Mainz rail bypass

Mainz bypass
Kostheim Bridge over the Main
Overview
Native name	Umgehungsbahn Mainz
Line number	3525
Locale	Rhineland Palatinate and Hesse, Germany
Technical
Line length	15.1 km (9.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend from Kassel S1S2S5S51 West Rhine Railway from Cologne 0.0 Mainz-Mombach West Rhine Railway to Mainz Hbf (0.0) 00.0 From Mainz Hbf (2.4/2.7)0 Mainz Nord (4.3) 02.1 Mainz Kaiserbrücke (junction) Emperor Bridge (Rhine, Petersaue), Rhineland-Palatinate / Hesse state border (5.5) 03.3 Mainz Kaiserbrücke Ost (junction) Taunus Railway Frankfurt ↔ Wiesbaden (6.3) 00.0 to Wiesbaden Ost planned Igelstein connecting curve 4.4 Mainz-Kastel Igelstein (junction) B 455 (Boelckestraße) Taunus Railway from Wiesbaden (0.0) 09.1 Kostheim (junction) Taunus Railway to Frankfurt (1.8) 10.9 Kostheim Ost (junction) Kostheim Bridge (Main) B 43 (Darmstädter Landstraße) Rhine-Main Railway from Mainz Hbf A 671 15.1 Mainz-Bischofsheim Main Railway to Frankfurt Rhine-Main Railway to Darmstadt Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Mainz bypass railway (German: Umgehungsbahn Mainz) is a bypass around the Mainz Hauptbahnhof node primarily used for freight in the German states of Hesse and Rhineland Palatinate.