Frankfurt Airport to Heidelberg Hbf Train Journey | DB ICE 4 Class 412

(4K, 2024, Left-Hand Side) A train journey aboard the 15:53 ICE 2409 service from Frankfurt Airport to Heidelberg Hbf with Deutsche Bahn (DB), via Darmstadt. Operated by a DB ICE 4 Class 412, on Saturday 21st September 2024. ICE 2409 began at Hamburg Altona, and was heading to Stuttgart Hbf. As far as I can tell, as of the time of publishing, there is no direct train service between Frankfurt Airport and Heidelberg at the moment. I didn't know what to expect on this rail journey, nor did I know anything about the route, but I was very pleasantly surprised - we travelled through some really beautiful countryside in the Hesse Hesse region south towards Baden-Württemberg, especially after departing Darmstadt. The landscape is dominated by hills (some with castles), including Melibokus, the highest hill in the Bergstraße region of Hesse. It was a gorgeous sunny afternoon weather-wise. The train leaves Frankfurt Airport Long Distance Station, briefly travelling towards the city of Frankfurt over the Cologne to Frankfurt High-Speed Line, before heading off on the Main bypass line, eventually joining the Main - Neckar line towards Darmstadt. This takes us to Mannheim where we cross the Neckar River, before then switching to the Mannheim-Karlsruhe-Basel line to take us into Heidelberg. Calling at:

Darmstadt
Heidelberg

Other Points of Interest:

00:00 Frankfurt Airport Long Distance Station Exterior Shots
01:01 Departing Frankfurt Airport
01:36 Frankfurt to Cologne High-Speed Line
03:40 Passing Frankfurt am Main Stadion
04:05 Junction for Tracks to Frankfurt am Main City Centre
04:20 Main Railway Bypass Line
05:30 Forsthaus Junction to Frankfurt am Main Sud
06:22 Main - Neckar Railway
07:52 Passing Neu Isenburg
09:45 Passing Dreieich - Buchschlag and Buchschlager Level Crossing
09:53 Dreieich Railway Diverges
10:55 Passing Langen (Hesse)
11:57 Passing Egelsbach
12:43 Passing Erzhausen
12:59 Interior Shot of Info Screen Approaching Darmstadt
13:37 Passing Wixhausen
14:25 Passing Darmstadt-Arheilgen
14:58 Lines to Aschaffenburg and Erbach Branch Off
16:51 Darmstadt Freight Yard
17:35 Arriving Darmstadt
21:04 Passing Darmstadt Sud
24:21 Passing Darmstadt-Eberstadt
27:09 Passing Bickenbach (Bergstr)
28:21 Passing Hahnlein-Alsbach
29:07 Melibokus Hill
29:16 Passing Zwingenberg (Bergstr)
30:35 Schloss Auerbach (Auerbach Castle)
30:50 Passing Bensheim-Auerbach
32:15 Passing Bensheim
34:56 Starkenburg Castle(Schlossberg Mountain)
35:22 Passing Heppenheim (Bergrstr)
37:49 Passing Laudenbach (Bergstr)
39:11 Passing Hemsbach
39:26 Passing Weinheim-Sulzbach
41:21 Passing Weinhem (Bergstr) Hbf
44:47 Passing Heddensheim/Hirschberg
46:06 Passing Ladenburg
46:23 Neckarbrücke (Neckar Bridge) - River Neckar
48:44 Passing Neu-Edingen/Mannheim Friedrichsfield
49:11 Interior Shot of Info Screen Approaching Heidelberg
50:17 St. Bonifatius and Johannes-Calvin Churches
50:30 Mannheim-Karlsruhe-Basel Railway
52:22 Approaching Heidelberg
54:08 Passing Heidelberg-Pfaffengrund/Wieblingen
56:15 Arriving Heidelberg Hbf
56:37 Heidelberg Hbf Ticket Hall with Mural

Scheduled Departure Time: 15:53
Scheduled Arrival Time: 17:11
Camera: GoPro HERO11 Black (4K, 60FPS, Linear FOV), Google Pixel 9 XL Pro for External Shots (4K, 60FPS)
External Microphone: GoPro Media Mod
Byte Travel Name/Logo: Eimear Kelly (https://www.artstation.com/eimearkelly)
Software: Da Vinci Resolve 18