page_title: Rodgau Railway
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: Rodgau Railway / History / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bahnhof Weiskirchen an der Rodgaubahn Quelle: selbst fotografiert Fotograf/Zeichner: presse03 Datum: 1. Mai 2006
context_page_description: The Rodgau Railway is a railway line that runs from Offenbach Central Station via Rodgau to Rödermark-Ober-Roden in the German state of Hesse. The name Rodgaubahn is derived from the medieval name of Rodgau, part of the former Maingau, which the line passes through for its whole length.
context_section_description: Initially, four pairs of trains operated daily. After the connection of the Dreieich Railway, there were only two pairs of through trains between Offenbach and Dieburg. The first trains were steam hauled; after the Second World War trains were increasingly hauled by diesel locomotives. The importance of the connection lay in the growing commuter traffic from the district of Offenbach, especially for those working in the leather goods industry in Offenbach.
  On 28 May 1965, the line between Dieburg and Reinheim was closed for passengers, partly because of the operation of the parallel bus route. In 1967, this section of the line was dismantled, beginning with the section between Dieburg and Groß-Zimmern. Freight trains ran to and from the Odenwald Railway (Odenwaldbahn) over  the Darmstadt Ost–Groß-Zimmern railway until it was closed in 1970. In 1989, the remaining section of the line to Reinheim was closed.
caption: Old station building at Weiskirchen
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