Frankfurt-Louisa station

Frankfurt-Louisa
Through station
Line S3 service at Louisa station
General information
Location	Schwarzsteinkautweg 1, Frankfurt-Louisa, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°04′59″N8°40′13″E / 50.083176°N 8.670337°E / 50.083176; 8.670337
Line(s)	Main-Neckar railway
Platforms	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	1873 [1]
DS100 code	FLS [2]
IBNR	8002047
Category	4 [1]
Fare zone	: 5081 [3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1877
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station Stresemannallee towards Friedberg (Hess) Neu Isenburg towards Darmstadt Hbf
Location Frankfurt-Louisa Location within Frankfurt Show map of Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt-Louisa Hesse Show map of Hesse Frankfurt-Louisa Location within Germany Show map of Germany Frankfurt-Louisa Location within Europe Show map of Europe

Frankfurt-Louisa station is a station served by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn in the city of Frankfurt, Germany. It is on the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. ^[1]

History

Frankfurt-Louisa station building at its opening in 1877

The station was opened soon after the connection of the Frankfurt–Offenbach railway to the Main-Neckar Railway running towards the Main-Weser station in Frankfurt. The junction entered into operation on 1 April 1876. At the same time a connecting curve was opened from the south towards Sachsenhausen and Offenbach. A year later, on 15 May 1877, a station was established here with a simple station building. The northern approach of the Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt to Louisa was moved further west between 1885 and 1888 as a result of the construction of the new Frankfurt main freight yard and the new Frankfurt Central Station (now called the Hauptbahnhof).

Passenger trains initially ran between Louisa station and Offenbach to provide connections with services on the Main-Neckar Railway. This service was discontinued in 1895. Subsequently, all passengers had to make this connection via the central station.

In 1997 lines S3 and S4 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn were opened between Frankfurt Stresemannallee and Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof. Other passenger services stopping at Frankfurt-Louisa were discontinued and the unused platforms were removed. In December 2024 the S-Bahn network was changed and the route to Darmstadt is now served by line S6. ^[4]

Origin of the name

The name Frankfurt-Louisa refers to the Louisa parcel station (Flurstück Louisa), which was immediately west of the current station. At the beginning of the 19th century the Frankfurt banker and diplomat Simon Moritz von Bethmann (1768–1828) acquired the land the parcel station was built on to create an English garden. After his marriage to Louise Friederike Boode in 1810, Bethmann named the park after his wife. The Bethmann family retained ownership of most of the Park Louisa until 1941. In the north-eastern corner of the site, about 200 metres to the north of the station, the existing Waldspielpark Louisa (Louisa forest playground) was established in 1954. ^{[5] [6]}

Rail services

The station is served by S-Bahn line S6, which stops at a central platform on the eastern side of the station area. The tracks used by freight, long-distance passenger and regional trains have no platforms. The four tracks of the Main-Neckar Railway and a connecting curve from the Main Railway run from the south into the station. From the north two tracks run from the Main-Neckar Bridge and three tracks from the connecting curve from Frankfurt South station.

Outside the station, Frankfurt-Louisa stop is served by tram lines 17 and 18.

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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. 144. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
4. Sahler, Christoph (21 November 2024). "Größte Änderung seit 20 Jahren: Frankfurt bekommt neuen S-Bahn-Fahrplan" [Biggest change for 20 years: Frankfurt gets new S-Bahn timetable]. Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
5. "Waldspielpark Louisa" (in German). City of Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
6. Environmental Agency, Green Belt Project Group, ed. (2009). Rundweg im Grüngürtel-Park Oberforsthaus (leaflet) (in German) (1 ed.). City of Frankfurt am Main.

References

• Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland[German railway atlas] (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
• Fritz Paetz (1985). Datensammlung zur Geschichte der Eisenbahnen an Main, Rhein und Neckar (in German). Bensheim-Auerbach.