Plausible fiction
Please note the layout is NOT a copy of any particular location but it is based elements of the Gau Oderheim - Osthofen line in Rheinhessen. The presumption is that part of the line was closed and it now ends at Dittlesheim - Heßloch, renamed Grafenwalde, 9,3km from Gau Oderheim.
Reality
The
railway survived the Second World War, in 1949, the railway was
nationalised and the operation was taken over by the Deutsche Bundesbahn. In 1954, the line was downgraded to a simplified branch line service and on 1 July 1968, Dittelsheim-Heßloch station was converted into an unstaffed stop, cut timber and Zuckerrübe or Sugar Beet was loaded here, the traffic kept the line open.
Passenger traffic was discontinued on September 29, 1974. Freight traffic followed in stages, the line was ultimately used in the autumn and winter during the beet harvest season. In 1998 the line was dismantled and the former roadbed is accessible as a Wanderweg.
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