Main Valley Line: Frankfurt - Aschaffenburg

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  1. thearkerportian

    thearkerportian Well-Known Member

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    Moin,

    this would be a nice continuation of the Main-Spessart-Bahn, yet vastly different in character. Hence I could imagine it as both, it's own route DLC or indeed an extension to the MSB. The own DLC option would probably be the wiser one, as this route itself offers plenty of opportunities for future expansions. It would be a short route admittedly, but then again it's basically two routes between the two end points.


    General
    Location: Germany
    Era: ca. 2010-2015
    Length end to end: 46 kilometers (via Maintal)
    max speed: 160 km/h
    # of passenger stations: 30
    Service types: Commuter, Regional, InterCity, ICE, Cargo
    # of tracks: 1-4
    Electrified: Yes

    Lines included at least partially:

    S1, S2 (Frankfurt Hbf - Offenbach Ost)
    S8, S9 (Frankfurt Hbf - Offenbach - Hanau Hbf)
    RE55 (Frankfurt-Süd - Offenbach - Aschaffenburg Hbf)
    RE54, RB58, RE59 (Frankfurt Hbf - Maintal - Aschaffenburg)
    RB50, RB55, RE85 (Frankfurt Hbf - Offenbach Hbf - Hanau Hbf)
    RB56 (Hanau-Kahl)
    RB75 (Aschaffenburg - Stockstadt)
    IC/ICE (Frankfurt - Aschaffenburg)

    Suitable vehicles (among others):
    BR 101, 110, 111, 143, 146
    ET 420, 423, 425, 430 1440
    VIAS Itino
    ICE1/2/3/T
    any cargo engine

    Maps
    Frankfurt-Aschaffenburg.PNG
    Frankfurt Aschaffenburg Map.PNG

    Key Locations
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    Frankfurt Hbf

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    Hanau Hbf

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    Aschaffenburg Hbf

    Further Impressions

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    Frankfurt-Taunusanlage

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    Frankfurt Ost

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    Offenbach-Marktplatz

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    Steinheim

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    Maintal West

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    Rückersbacher Schlucht

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    Stockstadt

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    Mühlheim am Main

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    Kahl

    Greetings, Mike.
     
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  2. WiSchmo

    WiSchmo Active Member

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    Yes, this would be just awesome to have this in the game!

    Maybe you could extend your proposal to include either side of the main for the route to Wiesbaden (either via Frankfurt Höchst or Mainz). Then it would include my daily commute, using the S8 or RB75 :)
     
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  3. hyperlord

    hyperlord Well-Known Member

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    THANK YOU, this is the entire area I wanted to promote. I live here and communte every day with the DB. Futhermore I went to school in Hanau and had to take an very very oldschool service (you were allowed to smoke in the cars) daily back then. Okay, that's almost 20 years past from now but hey, memories!!!

    I really really really hope anything from Frankfurt and Offenbach will someday be included :)
    Hope never dies
     
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  4. thearkerportian

    thearkerportian Well-Known Member

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    I have something coming in the other direction too. I kept this one a bit short, it might after all be a MSB extension too. :)
     
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  5. hyperlord

    hyperlord Well-Known Member

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    Ooooh yeah, you're my man :)
    Upvote up up up!
     
  6. hyperlord

    hyperlord Well-Known Member

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    S-Bahn Rhein-Main ... enough said ... ;-)
     
  7. krisn

    krisn New Member

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    +1 from me.
     
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  8. 37114

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    Love MSB so any extension to it would be awesome.
     
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  9. DB628

    DB628 Well-Known Member

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    Please more German Routes and S-Bahn Rhein-Main with BR 420, 423 and 430 want amazing
     
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  10. Dave Mel

    Dave Mel Well-Known Member

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    any extension on MSB would be good i love the route and German locos. By the way we are still waiting for a German diesel loco for the msb to work around the dock area and the branch lines
     
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  11. hyperlord

    hyperlord Well-Known Member

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    +1 from me :)
     
  12. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Excellent idea and one benefit of using ET425 & 1440 on This route is that if you want to continue further to Gemünden you should have enough tractive motive power from a stop to Max throttle 10 without the risk of rolling back into the station if on Max Throttle on DB BR 146.2 the German Version of NJ Transit ALP-46A & ALP-46. That happened to me twice at Aschaffenburg when I accelerate from the station at full power.
     

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