Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (low level)
Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (low level) (German: Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof Tiefbahnhof, officially Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (tief)) is a four-track S-Bahn station below Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and as such part of the busiest railway station in Frankfurt, Germany. It is also the busiest rapid transit station in Frankfurt.
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| Location | Im Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt, Hesse Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°6′25″N 8°39′45″E / 50.10694°N 8.66250°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | S-Bahn Rhein-Main | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 1866[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | FFT[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8098105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 3[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | : 5001[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The underground station forms together with Hauptwache station and Konstablerwache station the key nodes in the network of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn, a rail network that serves the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region. It connects with the surface platforms of regional and long-distance services and also interchanges with the U-Bahn and trams.
Station edit
The underground station is located under the northern part of Frankfurt central station and its forecourt in the Gutleut district, west of central Frankfurt. The station is part of the City Tunnel line. Located above the S-Bahn station is the U-Bahn station, which was built at the same time. The station consists of two very wide and 210 m long island platforms.
History edit
A line linking the western suburban lines through the city was first planned in the early 1960s. In 1962 the city of Frankfurt and the German Federal Railways approved plans for the line. Construction of the City Tunnel began in 1969 and construction of the Hauptbahnhof underground station commenced in 1971. The S-Bahn station, together with the underground station and a single-level shopping arcade was built in an excavation. The north wing of the station building was dismantled and its original stones were stored, so that the historical building could be rebuilt after the completion of the underground station.
After seven years of construction, the S-Bahn station, together with the first section of a City Tunnel to Hauptwache station was opened on 28 May 1978. On the same day, U-Bahn line B (over which lines U4 and U5 operate) was also extended to the central station.
Services edit
- Wiesbaden Hbf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Rödermark-Ober-Roden
- Niedernhausen–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Dietzenbach
- Bad Soden–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Darmstadt Hbf
- Kronberg–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Langen
- Friedrichsdorf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Frankfurt South
- Friedberg–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Frankfurt South
- Wiesbaden Hbf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Hanau Hbf
- Wiesbaden Hbf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Hanau Hbf
References edit
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.