in
Miltenberg (April 2009) The
Bavarian State Railways (
Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen) first connected the town of
Miltenberg to the railway network with a main line railway from
Aschaffenburg, which was opened on 12 November 1876. A rail terminus was built south of the
Main river on the edge of the
old town, which would later be called
Miltenberg Hauptbahnhof (main station). The line to
Seckach via
Amorbach (
Seckach–Miltenberg railway, also called the
Madonnenlandbahn) begins here. The extension of the line to
Wertheim was opened as a branch line on 21 May 1906 to
Stadtprozelten and extended to Wertheim on 1 October 1912. The last 3.85 kilometre-long section was owned by the
Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (
Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen). Wertheim had been connected by the
Tauber Valley Railway with
Lauda since 1868 and by the
Wertheim–Lohr railway to
Lohr am Main since 1881. A line was built to a bridge over the Main, which branched off near the entrance to Miltenberg station, and ran along the right (northern) bank to the through station of
Miltenberg Nord. All through passenger trains had to push back from the main station to the junction and then reverse to continue their journey. Between the 1950 and 1970s,
Heckeneilzugen ("hedgerow expresses") on the
Lake Constance–
Crailsheim–Aschaffenburg–
Frankfurt route ran on this line. The Hauptbahnhof was closed for passenger traffic in the summer of 1977 and has since served only as a freight yard. Passenger services have stopped since then at the purpose built northern station. This was renamed as
Miltenberg and the old terminus as
Miltenberg Gbf (freight yard). Since that time, the trains to
Seckach via
Amorbach have also begun and ended at the former North station. The freight yard was closed in 2005. In its position paper.
Weichenstellung 2017 ("setting the course for 2017"), the council of the
Miltenberg (district) supported electrification of the railway line from Miltenberg to Aschaffenburg. This would allow trains to run through to/from
Frankfurt am Main and an hourly service on the weekend. == Current situation ==