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==History== |
==History== |
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The Offenbach-Bieber–Dietzenbach line was opened on 1 December 1898, following the opening of the Rodgau Railway in 1896. It was the result of continuing efforts at the local level since about 1870 to open up the area south of [[Offenbach |
The Offenbach-Bieber–Dietzenbach line was opened on 1 December 1898, following the opening of the Rodgau Railway in 1896. It was the result of continuing efforts at the local level since about 1870 to open up the area south of [[Offenbach]] with a railway, but which was only adopted by the [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]] very slowly. So it took until 1888 for the government to finally give its approval and it took another ten years until the first train ran. |
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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 [[Offenbach (district)|district of Offenbach]], especially for those working in the leather goods industry in Offenbach. |
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 [[Offenbach (district)|district of Offenbach]], especially for those working in the leather goods industry in Offenbach. |