Rödermark-Ober Roden station

Rödermark-Ober Roden station (German: Bahnhof Rödermark-Ober Roden) is the station of the Rödermark suburb of Ober-Roden in the German state of Hesse. It is the southern terminus of line S1 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and a stop for Regionalbahn services on the Dreieich Railway. It is classified in station category 4^[1] and is a hub for public transport. The station building is a listed building.

Rödermark-Ober Roden
Interchange station
S-Bahn set of class 423 in Rödermark-Ober Roden station
General information
Location	Dieburgerstr. 69, Ober-Roden, Rödermark, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	49°58′24″N 8°49′44″E / 49.9732°N 8.8290°E / 49.9732; 8.8290
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Rodgau Railway (km 21.9) (S-Bahn) Dreieich Railway (km 0.0)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	4615^[1]
DS100 code	FORD^[2]
IBNR	8000285
Category	4^[1]
Fare zone	: 3565^[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1896
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Rödermark-Urberach towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 61 Eppertshausen towards Dieburg Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station Rodgau-Rollwald towards Wiesbaden Hbf Terminus
Location Rödermark-Ober Roden Location within Hesse

History

Ober-Roden was connected to the railway network in 1896 with the opening of the Rodgau Railway (Rodgaubahn), which connected Offenbach (Main) Hauptbahnhof via Ober-Roden to Dieburg on the Rhine-Main Railway. The first part of the present entrance building was built during its construction. The Dreieich Railway (Dreieichbahn) was opened in 1905, running from Buchschlag on the Main-Neckar Railway via Urberach.

The modernisation of the Dreieich Railway began in 1997. Platform and tracks were rebuilt and preparations were made for the construction of a platform subway.

The station was completely rebuilt for the upgrade of the Rodgau Railway in preparation for the extension of the S-Bahn in 2003. The platform access previously provided by a pedestrian bridge was replaced by a barrier-free subway. Since then there has been direct access on the main platform between the S-Bahn and the buses. The platforms for tracks 2-4 are connected by stairs and lifts to the subway.

The conversion of the station forecourt to a substantial urban gateway began in the third quarter of 2013. The station building was renovated during this work. Various residential and shopping areas were incorporated in the building. A glass structure was planned on the site of the former northern building, which would house a catering business.^[4]

Current services

Ober-Roden stations is located in the fare zone of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), which manages S-Bahn and Regionalbahn services as well as bus and night bus services.

Rail services

From Mondays to Fridays the station is served by 173 trains daily:

• S-Bahn line S1 runs from here via Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof to Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof; in the peak it runs every 15 minutes, but the additional services run only as far as Hochheim.
• The services on the Dreieich Railway run hourly between Ober-Roden and Dieburg or Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and half hourly between Ober-Roden and Dreieich-Buchschlag. In the peak hour, additional trains that run to Frankfurt Hbf combine to create a service every 15 minutes between Ober-Roden and Dreieich-Buchschlag.

Bus services

S-Bahn
Regionalbahn	RB 61
Bus routes	OF-95 674 679 X74
Night bus routes	n65 n66 679

The change from the bus to the S-Bahn requires a very short walk. The platform that adjoins track 1, which is used by S-Bahn services, serves on its other side as a bus platform. The barrier-free transfer path is only about five metres.

• Various bus routes stop on the eastern side of the station and connect Ober-Roden with the surrounding area:

route OF-95: Neu-Isenburg – Dietzenbach – Ober-Roden – Urberach

route 674: Ober-Roden – Dieburg – Darmstadt

route 679: Ober-Roden – Dieburg – Groß-Zimmern – Reinheim (on Fri/Sat and Sat/Sun nights there is also a Nightliner on the Dieburg–Ober-Roden section)

Linie X74: Ober-Roden – Eppertshausen – Münster – Darmstadt (express bus)

This adds up to about 100 bus connections per day.

Night services

Rödermark-Ober Roden station is served by several night lines.

• Weekends and nights before holidays:

S-Bahn line S1: Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt Süd – Offenbach Hbf – Rodgau – Ober-Roden

Line n66: (Frankfurt Konstablerwache –) Offenbach-Marktplatz – Heusenstamm – Dietzenbach – Ober-Roden

Line n66 runs as line n65 without change from Frankfurt-Konstablerwache.

Linie 679 (Nightliner): (Darmstadt Hbf –) Dieburg – Münster – Eppertshausen – Ober-Roden

The Nightliner line 679 runs as line 672 without change from Darmstadt Hbf.

• On all other nights (normal nights from Monday to Friday):

Linie n65: Frankfurt Konstablerwache – Offenbach-Marktplatz – Rodgau – Ober-Roden

In Offenbach-Marktplatz there is a connection to S-Bahn line S8 to Frankfurt.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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. 148. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
4. "Website of the planned reconstruction of the Ober Roden station building" (in German). bahnhof-ober-roden.de. Retrieved 23 January 2014.