Mainz Hauptbahnhof

The Mainz Hauptbahnhof is the central Gare of Mainz, at the south-western edge of the city. It is a turntable of transport in the area of the Rhine and the Hand. It is the largest station of the city and the every day approximately 55 000 travellers and visitors attend the station.

History

The central station was established in 1882-1884 according to the plans of Philipp Johann Berdellé (* é1838, † 1903) within the framework of urban widening after the Franco-German Guerre of 1870.

Historical context

In 1831, Mainz lost an authorization of storage and sale for the maritime trade (German: ) Lord of the the First Rhenish convention Rheinschifffahrtsakte or Act of Mainz . Moreover, its ensablé port was gradually avoided by the ships. April 13rd, 1840 the railroad of Taunusbahn between Francfort-sur-le-Main, Kastel and Wiesbaden was opened and cause a drop in tourism and the transit by Mainz. In addition, Mainz was more the big city of the Grand-duché of Hesse and a particular attraction for the railway network resulted from it. The company féroviaire Ludwigsbahngesellschaft de Hesse domiciled in Mainz thus obtained the right to construction of railway lines from Mainz, initially in 1845 for the Mainz-Worms-Ludwigshafen destination. Construction started in 1847. Work was delayed following of events 1848/49 (German Révolution (1848/1849)) finishing only on March 23rd, 1853. The first station of Mainz was built at the edge of the Rhine, outside the urban wall between the turn of Wood, Strong Malakoff and the Musée of ancient navigation current. The opening took place in August 1853.

In December 1858, Ludwigsbahn put a control line close to Aschaffenbourg on the national capital of the time, Darmstadt. For lack of bridge, the line stopped in Right Bank of the Rhine above mouth of the Hand. The travellers were to cross the Rhine thanks to a vat. In 1860, the construction of a railway bridge was undertaken. The work was completed on December 20th, 1862.

October 17th, 1859 the Mainz-Bingen line entered in service. The station of Mainz was then a Terminal. The station was then outside the ramparts of the city, in the " Gartenfeld" , corresponding â the current district of Neustadt, close to " Vert" bridge;.

Another railway line of the compagnine Ludwigsbahn de Hesse was built in 1871 in direction of Gonsenheim until Alzeyle.

Plannings

With the course 19th century, with the growth of the number of the travellers, the station of Mainz - with the junction of the lines in Darmstadt, Ludwigshafen, Aschaffenbourg, Bingen and Frankfurt - developed in conscéquence. However the fortress in the sector of the edge of the Rhine leaves only one limited space and did not allow a widening of the railway installations. Already in 1858, the Mayençaise Gazette submitted a report/ratio on plans aiming at a displacement of station.

The requirements of the urban development, of the organization of widening of the edge of the Rhine and the development of the railroads required an high degree of coordination. In order to create a valid prospect, the urban architect mayençais Kreyssig proposed into 1873 to move the station on the west coast of the city.

The implementation

The architect mayençais Philipp Johann Berdellé (1838-1903) created the building of reception of the new central station with a sandstone of luminous Flonheim of style néo-Italian Renaissance with elements of the baroques and the classicism. The building was solemnly open on October 15th, 1884.

Structure & art

The station of Mainz is a work of the Architecte Philipp Johann Berdellé. It has the effect of being built with the top of the ways. It is indeed a through station whose building travellers is established on a platform á 3.800 m ² posed perpendicular to the top of 5 perrons and 7 ways for a total of 16.906 m ².

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