Frankfurt (Main) Hauptwache station (German: Bahnhof Frankfurt (Main) Hauptwache) is a major train station situated at the Hauptwache square in the centre of Frankfurt, Germany.
As of 2022 [update] , with 93,000 passengers per day, [4] Hauptwache station is the third-busiest rapid transit station in Frankfurt after Frankfurt Central Station and Konstablerwache station and a major hub for commuter transport in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region. It is served by eight S-Bahn lines (S1–S6, S8, S9) and six U-Bahn lines (U1–U3, U6–U8) on 2 levels.
The station is situated under the Hauptwache square at the western end of the Zeil, Frankfurt's main shopping street. Konstablerwache station is located at the eastern end of the Zeil.
In 1961 the Frankfurt city council agreed to build a U-Bahn network. Construction began in 1963 on a line between the Nordweststadt (a new housing estate in the north-western suburbs) and the city centre. The first section (part of the A Line) opened on 4 October 1968 from Nordweststadt to Hauptwache, [5] which was the terminus of the tunnelled section until 1973, when it was extended south to Theaterplatz, now Willy-Brandt-Platz. [6] This route is now used by trains on lines U1–U3 and U8.
The S-Bahn reached Hauptwache on 28 May 1978, when the first section of the City Tunnel from the central station to was opened. [7] Hauptwache was the terminus of the S-Bahn until 1983, when the City Tunnel was extended to Konstablerwache, at the other end of the Zeil.
The east-west U-Bahn C Line (services U6 and U7) began running through Hauptwache in 1986, [8] using platforms which had already been built at the same time as those for the S-Bahn. [7]
The station has three underground levels. [10] Immediately below the street is a distribution level with a shopping arcade. Below this are the platforms for the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn C Line (U6 and U7). This level has four tracks. The S-Bahn runs on the inner two tracks with an island platform and the U-Bahn uses the outer two tracks with two side platforms. The U-Bahn A Line (U1–U3 and U8) runs through the deepest level of the station on two tracks with side platforms.
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