The Riedbahn, the railway connecting Frankfurt with Mannheim, will be“fully closed to train traffic from 1-22 January”, Deutsche Bahn (DB) stated. The line is planned to undergo significant renovation over the next five months. The reason behind the three-week closure is that DB wants to avoid shutting down the line during the European Football Championship in the summer.

Other than the complete closure over the first three weeks of January, the line will be partially closed for the whole five months needed for the upgrade. The project will be divided into two phases, as DB highlighted. During the first one, efforts will be focussed along the Frankfurt-Biblis section, whereas the second one entails the upgrade of the Biblis-Mannheim stretch. However, it is not clear how these partial closures of the Riedbahn will be implemented.

Source: Railfreight