The Bingerbrück–Rüdesheim train ferry was operated as a train ferry from 1862 (163 years ago) (1862) to 1900 (125 years ago) (1900) across the Rhine between Bingerbrück now in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and Rüdesheim now in the state of Hesse.
Both rail lines could be used to supply the demand for coal in the Middle and Upper Rhine.
The supply of the Wiesbaden and Frankfurt area by rail was only possible by a roundabout route via the Rhine-Main Railway to Mainz and Darmstadt.
To encourage the transport of coal by rail and to compete more effectively with river barges, the Rhine-Nahe Railway and the Nassau State Railway (which now owned the Nassau Rhine line) decided to set up a ferry for freight wagons between Bingerbrück and Rüdesheim.
Originally it was operated with two paddle steamers (Bingerbrück and Rüdesheim) attached alongside coupled pontoons carrying the freight wagons over the Rhine.