Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof Underground
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
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.
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
