Frankfurt/main-limburg/lahn

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  1. Higgybaby90

    Higgybaby90 Active Member

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    Hi, why not bring the Main-Lahn railway from Frankfurt/Main to Limburg/Lahn to Train Sim World.
    The route is about 70 km Long (same as the Leipzig route).
    It is mostly used by RE/RB trains with a BR 143 and Dosto cars every hour and S-Bahn trains using the BR 423 every 30 mins. More often in Rushhour. At least one freight train daily (Limburg-Domodossola) transporting clay is also running the route.

    RE/RB trains start in Frankfurt Hbf, one of the biggest train stations in Germany, with the amous Skyline of Frankfurt behind. From here they go to Frankfurt Höchst.
    The S-Bahn "starts" (coming from Dietzenbach through the City tunnel) in Frankfurt Hbf (tief) and uses a different line to Frankfurt Höchst via Frankfurt Griesheim and Frankfurt Nied. Passing by Frankfurt's big trainyard including the maintenance for ICE trains near Griesheim.
    In Frankfurt Höchst both lines meet each other again and all trains stop here. Frankfurt Höchst includes the ICE trainwash and a freightyard with connections to Höchst's famous chemical factory.
    After Frankfurt Höchst the next stations are Frankfurt-Zeilsheim (S-Bahn only), Kriftel (S-Bahn only), Hofheim (all Trains), Lorsbach (S-Bahn only), Eppstein (S-bahn only), Eppstein-Bremthal (S-Bahn only), Niederjosbach (S-Bahn only), and Niedernhausen (all trains). In Niedernhausen the S-Bahn terminates. Now RE/Rb Trains stop at the stations of Idstein, Wörsdorf, Bad Camberg, Niederselters, Oberbrechen, Niederbrechen, Lindenholzhausen, Eschhofen (meeting the Lahntalbahn from Wetzlar) and finally Limburg/Lahn. The Terminus for all the RE/RB trains from Frankfurt/Main. Including a small freightyard with an activ humpyard.

    The line is mostly going through a beautiful hillside but also Frankfurt's busy City area. Since it is only local train traffic trough the mountains it is not very fast (120km/h).

    So why this route?
    Well, it can definitely be built in TSW in Terms of length.
    It can use easily a small amount of trainsets to simulate lots of traffic (BR 423, BR 143+Dostos, and maybe a freight loco).
    All RE/RB trains terminate within the map (end to end driving) and must be stalled for the night.
    S-Bahn mostly uses Niedernhausen for stalling. So many interesting moves are possible.
    Diverse landscape from City to rural mountain.
     
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  2. NorthRail1

    NorthRail1 Well-Known Member

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    For the next German route, I would prefer something more high speed, maybe an InterCity Express route, however, it would be good to see this route in the future for TSW.
     
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