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.

Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof underground station Tiefbahnhof im Hauptbahnhof von Frankfurt am Main
Underground station
S6 train to Friedberg in the underground station
General information
Location	Im Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°6′25″N 8°39′45″E / 50.10694°N 8.66250°E / 50.10694; 8.66250Coordinates: 50°6′25″N 8°39′45″E / 50.10694°N 8.66250°E / 50.10694; 8.66250
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Frankfurt City Tunnel
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Train operators	S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Other information
Station code	1866^[1]
DS100 code	FFT^[2]
IBNR	8098105
Category	3^[1]
Fare zone	: 5001^[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1978; 45 years ago (1978)
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station Griesheim towards Wiesbaden Hbf Taunusanlage towards Rödermark-Ober Roden Griesheim towards Niedernhausen Taunusanlage towards Dietzenbach Galluswarte towards Bad Soden Taunusanlage towards Darmstadt Hbf Galluswarte towards Kronberg Taunusanlage towards Langen Galluswarte towards Friedrichsdorf Taunusanlage towards Südbahnhof Galluswarte towards Friedberg (Hess) Niederrad towards Wiesbaden Hbf Taunusanlage towards Hanau Hbf
Location
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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

 

Entrance to the underground station in main station concourse

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

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.

 

Underground station

Services

•   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

1. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 137. Retrieved 8 April 2021.