Hanau-Gelnhausen high-speed railway
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The Hanau-Gelnhausen high-speed railway is currently in planning between Hanau
and Gelnhausen
. It would start from local tracks in Hanau and connect with the Hannover-Würzburg high-speed railway at Gelnhausen. The railway would improve journey times for trains travelling from Frankfurt-am-Main to both Berlin
and Munich
. Trains travelling to Berlin would be able to reach the Hannover-Würzburg high-speed railway quickly and trains travelling to Munich would, if the connection includes a triangular junction, allow high-speed trains to bypass Aschaffenburg
(where high-speed trains stop on the way to Munich) and reach Würzburg
quicker.
Hanau
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
and Gelnhausen
Gelnhausen
Gelnhausen is a town and the capital of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approx. 40 kilometers east of Frankfurt am Main, between the Vogelsberg mountains and the Spessart range at the river Kinzig...
. It would start from local tracks in Hanau and connect with the Hannover-Würzburg high-speed railway at Gelnhausen. The railway would improve journey times for trains travelling from Frankfurt-am-Main to both Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. Trains travelling to Berlin would be able to reach the Hannover-Würzburg high-speed railway quickly and trains travelling to Munich would, if the connection includes a triangular junction, allow high-speed trains to bypass Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...
(where high-speed trains stop on the way to Munich) and reach Würzburg
Würzburg
Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
quicker.
External links
- http://mgrobe.free.fr/prins/ifs_site/ifs8fc2.html
- http://www.fr-online.de/hanau/bahnstrecke-durch-den-main-kinzig-kreis-neues-gutachten-zur-mottgers-spange,1472866,4829152.html
- http://www.direktzu.de/stuttgart21/messages/mottgers-spange-29425