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Main railway

Main Railway
Overview
Native name Mainbahn
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail
Regional rail, Commuter rail
Intercity rail
Status Operational
Locale Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Germany
Termini Mainz Hbf
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Stations 12
Line number 3520
Operation
Opened 3 January 1863
Owner Deutsche Bahn
Operator(s) DB Regio, Rhein-Main S-Bahn
Technical
Line length 37.5 km (23.3 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph)
Route number 471/645.8/645.9
Route map
West Rhine Railway from Boppard
From rail bypass and
Taunus line to Wiesbaden S8Frankfurt S8.svg
Line from Alzey
From Mainz harbour
0.0 Mainz Hbf
Mainz railway tunnel north (northbound)
New Mainz tunnel (southbound)
Mainz railway tunnel south (northbound)
1.8 Mainz Römisches Theater
Former line from Mainz Hauptbahnhof
Line to Ludwigshafen
South bridge (Mainz), border RP/Hesse
Former train ferryRhine-Main Railway
4.6 Mainz-Gustavsburg
5.6 Mainz-Gustavsburg harbour siding
Mainz rail bypass, from Taunus Railway S9Frankfurt S9.svg
7.4 Mainz-Bischofsheim
To Mainz-Bischofsheim
9.6 Mainz-Bischofsheim Ültg II junction
Rhine-Main Railway to Darmstadt
11.2 Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk
12.2 Rüsselsheim
15.9 Raunheim
17.4 Raunheim Mönchwald junction
Connecting curve to HSL to Frankfurt
A 3
Frankfurt Airport–Cologne HSL
19.1 Raunheim Caltex & Ticona siding
19.4 Raunheim Brunnenschneise junction
Connecting curve from HSL to Cologne
Industrial sidings
23.8 Kelsterbach
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