Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable dated from 13 December 2020 to 11 December 2021, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information. Map references relate to the 2017 issue of the Schweers+Wall Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland.
Obscure services
Mainz-Mombach - Mainz Abzw Kaiserbrücke West
[471] (ERA-E 57A2;151B2) DE21/401
This west to north curve links the line from Koblenz via Bingen with the Kaiserbrücke over the Rhein. It may be used by trains to Hochheim (Main) or Mainz-Bischofsheim if not calling at Mainz Hbf. Various types of older carriages are not permitted through the tunnels at Mainz, so any trains including such vehicles are likely to be diverted this way. This should not affect regular passenger trains operating through Mainz; excursions and other special trains are more likely to use this route.
The following train is the rear portion of a service that divides at Budenheim.
SSuX | RB29681 | Bad Kreuznach - 07:14 Budenheim - Wiesbaden Hbf |
The following trains are diverted via this route between 7 July and 31 August 2021, unless shown otherwise.
D1 | NJ421 | Amsterdam C - 23:46 Koblenz Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf | |
D1 | ICE209 | Kiel Hbf - 00:48 Koblenz Hbf - Basel SBB | |
D | IC2213 | Ostseebad Binz - 19:48 Koblenz Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf | |
D | RE29531 | Saarbrücken Hbf - 21:01 Budenheim - Frankfurt am Main Hbf | |
D | IC1021 | Hamburg-Altona - 21:23 Bingen (Rh) Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf | |
D | RE29533 | Saarbrücken Hbf - 21:55 Budenheim - Frankfurt am Main Hbf | |
D1 | IC2215 | Westerland (Sylt) - 21:48 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf | |
D | FSO | RB29697 | Bad Kreuznach - 22:50 Budenheim - Frankfurt am Main Hbf |
D1 | IC2027 | Hamburg-Altona - 22:48 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf | |
D1 | IC2020 | Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 23:39 Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Hamburg-Altona | |
D | SO | RB29690 | Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 00:43 Mainz-Bischofsheim - Idar-Oberstein |
D1 | ICE208 | Basel SBB - 03:23 Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Kiel Hbf | |
D1 | NJ420 | Innsbruck Hbf - 03:59 Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Amsterdam C | |
D2 | ICE90 | Wien Hbf - 19:58 Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Dortmund Hbf | |
D3 | ICE1622 | München Hbf - 19:58 Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Dortmund Hbf | |
D | RE29534/29669 | Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 20:39 Mainz-Bischofsheim - Saarbrücken Hbf | |
D | SuO | IC1910 | München Hbf - 20:08 Mannheim Hbf - Dortmund Hbf |
D | SX | IC2210 | Stuttgart Hbf - 20:39 Mannheim Hbf - Dortmund Hbf |
D | RE4266 | Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 21:37 Mainz-Bischofsheim - Koblenz Hbf | |
D | ICE22 | Wien Hbf - 21:59 Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Dortmund Hbf | |
D | RE29538 | Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 22:39 Mainz-Bischofsheim - Saarbrücken Hbf | |
D | RB29588 | Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 23:39 Mainz-Bischofsheim - Bad Kreuznach |
D1: 7 July to 13 August and 4 to 30 September 2021
D2: 7 to 16 July 2021
D3: 17 July to 13 August 2021
Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Ludwigshafen BASF Nord
[670.1] (ERA-E 53C1-61C2;159A2-158D1) DE21/402
Trains operate between Ludwigshafen Hbf and the BASF chemical works. These are shown in table 670.1 in the DB Kursbuch. There are very few trains on Saturdays and Sundays.
Use of the trains is officially restricted to those with works passes. Smoking and photography are strictly forbidden within the works.
Ludwigshafen west curve: Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim (Überleitung Nord) – Ludwigshafen-Mundenheim
[660,665.3-4] (ERA-E 53C1 not shown;158D2) DE21/403
This pair of curves, via the low level west side platforms at Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf, is used by through trains between the Worms and Schifferstadt lines. There is an RE service between Mainz and Karlsruhe via Germersheim every two hours for most of the day. Northbound trains run via platform 6 and the diveunder route to the Worms line, whereas southbound trains run via the direct curve to platforms 8 or 9.
Schifferstadt avoiding line: Limburgerhof (Limburgerhof Abzw.) – Böhl-Iggelheim (Böhl-Iggelheim Abzw.)
[670] (ERA-E 53C1;158D3-158C4) DE21/404
This line is used by trains between Mannheim/Ludwigshafen and Neustadt (Weinstraße)/Kaiserslautern not calling at Schifferstadt.
Enkenbach – Kaiserslautern Hbf (via Eselsfürth)
[672] (ERA-E 53B1;155C4-155D3) DE21/405
This line is used by those trains between Enkenbach and Kaiserslautern Hbf which are not booked to call at Hochspeyer, which is most of them. The service between Hochspeyer and Enkenbach is quite sparse.
Hochspeyer curve: Frankenstein (Pfalz) (Hochspeyer Ost) – Enkenbach (Hochspeyer Nord)
[670, 672.2] (ERA-E 53B1;155D4) DE21/406
This east to north curve links the Neustadt (Weinstraße) and Bingen (Rhein) lines east of Hochspeyer.
D | SuO | WX81493 | Koblenz Hbf – 11:06 Rockenhausen – Wissembourg |
D | SuO | RE4298 | Koblenz Hbf – 19:23 Enkenbach – Karlsruhe Hbf |
D | SuO | RE4299 | Karlsruhe Hbf – 08:53 Neustadt (Weinstraße) Hbf – Koblenz Hbf |
D | SuO | WX81494 | Wissembourg – 18:16 Neustadt (Weinstraße) Hbf – Koblenz Hbf |
Trier Hbf - Ehrang Ort
[690] (ERA-E 52C2 not shown;155D1) DE21/407
There are two routes between Trier Hbf and the Moselstrecke to Koblenz. The main line runs via Ehrang Bahnhof, but there is also a single line that runs on the far (east) side of the marshalling yard at Ehrang. The eastern route is sometimes used by RE trains from Trier, non-stop to Schweich.
Koblenz-Moselweiß (Koblenz Mosel Gbf) - Koblenz-Lützel
[470,690] (150C2) DE21/408
This west to north curve links the Moselstrecke from Trier to the Linke Rheinstrecke via Bonn Hbf, avoiding Koblenz Hbf. It is used occasionally in March and April by the through trains between Luxembourg and Düsseldorf Hbf, which normally reverse in Koblenz Hbf. Trains ran to the folowing schedules on 13 to 15, 19 to 22, 28 to 30 March and 6 to 10 April 2020, but terminating and starting at Wittlich or Wasserbillig on some days.
D | RE5107/IC5107 | Luxembourg – 08:22 Kobern-Gondorf – Düsseldorf Hbf | |
D | IC5106/RE5106 | Düsseldorf Hbf – 15:12 Koblenz-Lützel – Luxembourg |
Obscure services: Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions
Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein (Pfaffendorf) - Niederlahnstein
(150D2) DE21/431
If trains are diverted via the Rechte Rheinstrecke they normally cross back to the left bank to call at Koblenz Hbf. Exceptionally, they may use this route and not call at Koblenz. Diverted trains can be readily identified because they stop at Bonn-Beuel and Neuwied instead of Bonn Hbf and Koblenz Hbf.