stage area of the ancient theatre. During construction of the railway line through this ground no thought was given to protecting this monument. The retaining wall of the 19th century railway has been partially removed in recent years, enabling the excavation of the theatre. Rail operations The station has three platforms on four tracks. The tracks towards Mainz Hauptbahnhof enter the Mainz railway tunnel immediately west of the station under the Eisgrub. From here, three routes are operated to the southeast: the Rhine-Main Railway (to Darmstadt and Aschaffenburg, operated by the Regionalbahn RB 75 service) The Main Railway (to Frankfurt, Offenbach (Main) Ost and Hanau Hauptbahnhof, operated by line S 8 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn) the Mainz–Ludwigshafen–Mannheim line Trains run to the northwest to Mainz Hauptbahnhof, Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof, Koblenz Hauptbahnhof and to Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are not yet adapted for access for the disabled. A lift from the listed pedestrian underpass only currently exists to the platform for track 1. Regional and S-Bahn services Regional rail services are as follows: The places written small are not served regularly. Buses The station is connected by the Mainz public transport network through two nearby bus stops: Bahnhof Römisches Theater/CineStar: lines 64, 65, 66E, 67E, 71, 92 Zitadellenweg/Bahnhof Römisches Theater: lines 64, 65, 66E, 67E, 90, 92. There are direct connections to Mainz Hauptbahnhof (lines 64, 65, 71, 90, 92) and to the centre of Mainz (lines 64, 65, 66E, 67E, 71, 90, 92). References Rhine-Main S-Bahn stations Romisches Theater Railway stations in Germany opened in 1884