Frankfurt South station

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Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Logo Deutsche Bahn.svg S S-Bahn-Logo.svg U U-Bahn.svg
Through station
Suedbahnhof Ffm Bahnhofsgebaeude.jpg
Entrance building
Location Hedderichstraße 51, Frankfurt, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates 50°5′58″N8°41′10″E / 50.09944°N 8.68611°E / 50.09944; 8.68611 Coordinates: 50°5′58″N8°41′10″E / 50.09944°N 8.68611°E / 50.09944; 8.68611
Line(s)
Platforms 5
Tracks 9
Construction
Architectural style Jugendstil
Other information
Station code 1856 [1]
DS100 code FFS [2]
Category 2 [1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 15 November 1873
Traffic
Passengers 22,500 [3]
Services
Preceding station  DB Fernverkehr  Following station
ICE 50
towards  Ostseebad Binz
IC 50
Preceding station  DB Regio Mitte  Following station
Terminus
 RE 50
Kinzig Valley Railway
toward  Fulda
RB 51
Kinzig Valley Railway
toward  Wächtersbach
RE 54
Main-Spessart Railway
toward  Bamberg
RE 55
Main-Spessart Railway
toward  Würzburg Hbf
RB 58
Main-Spessart Railway
toward  Laufach
Preceding station  VIAS  Following station
Terminus
 RE 85
Odenwald Railway
Preceding station  Rhine-Main S-Bahn  Following station
toward  Bad Soden
S 3
toward  Darmstadt Hbf
toward  Kronberg
S 4
toward  Langen
toward  Friedrichsdorf
S 5 Terminus
toward  Friedberg
S 6
Preceding station  Frankfurt U-Bahn  Following station
toward  Ginnheim
U 1 Terminus
U 2
U 3
toward  Ginnheim
U 8
Location
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Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Location within Frankfurt

Frankfurt (Main) Süd (German for Frankfurt (Main) South) or Frankfurt Südbahnhof is one of three railway stations for long-distance train services in Frankfurt, Germany. Unlike Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof it is not a terminus but a through station, and has nine tracks with five platforms. [4] It is a stopping station for some long-distance routes (ICE, IC) and for regional traffic (Regional-Express and RegionalBahn). It is also one of the major rapid-transit railway hubs in the city with S-Bahn and U-Bahn services.

German language West Germanic language

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Frankfurt Place in Hesse, Germany

Frankfurt is a metropolis and the largest city of the German federal state of Hesse, and its 746,878 (2017) inhabitants make it the fifth-largest city of Germany after Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Cologne. On the River Main, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring city of Offenbach am Main, and its urban area has a population of 2.3 million. The city is at the centre of the larger Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, which has a population of 5.5 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr Region. Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013, the geographic centre of the EU is about 40 km (25 mi) to the east of Frankfurt's central business district. Like France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhine Franconian dialect area.

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Environment

The station is located in the district of Sachsenhausen south of the Main. From the station forecourt, the Diesterwegplatz, five streets radiate: Hedderichstraße to the southwest and northeast, Diesterweg to the northwest, leading to Schweizer Platz, Stegstraße to the north (leading to the Eiserner Steg—Iron Bridge—for pedestrians) and Brückenstraße to the northeast (leading to the Alte Brücke—Old Bridge). On Diesterwegplatz there is a market on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main) Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main in Hesse, Germany

Sachsenhausen-Nord and Sachsenhausen-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as Sachsenhausen is generally considered an entity. Both city districts are part of the Ortsbezirk Süd.

Main (river) right tributary of Rhine river in Germany

The Main is a river in Germany. With a length of 525 kilometres (326 mi), it is the longest right tributary of the Rhine. It is also the longest river lying entirely in Germany. The largest cities along the Main are Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg.

A block west of the station runs the Schweizer Straße, the main axis of Sachsenhausen. Immediately northeast of the station forecourt, between Hedderichstraße and Textorstraße was the old Sachsenhausen Tram Depot, which was closed in 2003 and has since been gutted and rebuilt. It now contains a large supermarket and an office of the Frankfurt city library. The southern exit from the station leads to the Mörfelder Landstraße.

History

Environs of the former Bebraer Bahnhof, 1893 Meyers5 Frankfurt Sudbahnhof.png
Environs of the former Bebraer Bahnhof, 1893

The government of the Electorate of Hesse (Kurhessen) had begun building the Frankfurt–Bebra railway from Bebra in North Hesse to Fulda, Hanau and Frankfurt before its annexation by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The project was completed by the Prussian state railways on 15 December 1868. Until the opening of the line south of the Main, trains from Bebra to Frankfurt had to use the North Main line and the Frankfurt City Link Line. On 15 November 1873 the new line south of the Main between Hanau and Frankfurt via Sachsenhausen and Offenbach was opened, including South Station (opened as Bebraer Bahnhof, "Bebra line" station) and Offenbach Hauptbahnhof. The South Main line is still the most important rail link connecting Frankfurt with Leipzig, Berlin and Hamburg.

Electorate of Hesse state elevated by Napoleon in 1803 from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

The Electorate of Hesse, also known as Hesse-Kassel or Kurhessen, was a state elevated by Napoleon in 1803 from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. When the Holy Roman Empire was abolished in 1806, the Prince-Elector of Hesse chose to remain an Elector, even though there was no longer an Emperor to elect. In 1807, with the Treaties of Tilsit, the area was annexed to the Kingdom of Westphalia, but in 1814, the Congress of Vienna restored the electorate.

The Frankfurt–Bebra railway runs from Bebra to Frankfurt am Main via Fulda, Gelnhausen, Hanau and Offenbach am Main in south central Germany. The southern section between Fulda and Frankfurt is known as the Kinzig Valley railway due to the route it follows through the Kinzig Valley.

Bebra station railway station in Bebra, Germany

Bebra station is a railway station on the German passenger and freight rail network in the northern Hesse town of Bebra. It is a railway junction as well as an intercity stop on the Dortmund–Berlin–Stralsund route. The station was opened in 1846 and quickly became a major transport hub. Bebra then developed into a classic railway town.

After the completion of South Main line, the Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen station (Bahnhof Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen) at Darmstädter Landstraße (opened in 1848) of the Frankfurt-Offenbach Local Railway became a terminus, with trains only operating towards Offenbach. The track formerly connecting it to the Main-Neckar Railway to the west was removed. In 1876 it was renamed Lokalbahnhof; the Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof S-Bahn station is named in its honour, although it is about 250 metres south of the old station, which closed in 1955.

The Main-Neckar Railway is a main line railway west of the Odenwald in the Upper Rhine Plain of Germany that connects Frankfurt am Main to Heidelberg via Darmstadt, Bensheim and Weinheim. It was opened in 1846 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof railway station in Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof is an underground S-Bahn station in the district of Sachsenhausen of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The station was opened when the City Tunnel was extended to Frankfurt South station in 1990. It consists of two tracks, surrounding a central platform.

The current building was opened in 1914. In its simplified Art Nouveau style, it is similar to the Höchst station opened the same year. During the building of the U-Bahn station (completed in 1984), almost the entire station building was demolished and rebuilt after the completion of the tunnelling. It now includes a community centre. The former steel train shed was demolished during the U-Bahn construction and not rebuilt.

Art Nouveau Style of art & architecture about 1890 to 1910

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Frankfurt U-Bahn subterranean rapid transit

The Frankfurt U-Bahn, together with the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and the Frankfurt Straßenbahn, forms the backbone of the public transport system of Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Its name derives from the German term for underground, Untergrundbahn. Since 1996, the U-Bahn has been owned and operated by Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt (VgF), the public transport company of Frankfurt, and is part of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) transit association. The licence contract is up to 31 December 2031 and is renewable. The contracting authority of VGF is the municipal transport company traffiQ.

The Rhine-Main S-Bahn uses the two northern platforms, regional and mainline services use the three southern platforms. Mk Frankfurt Sudbahnhof-2.jpg
The Rhine-Main S-Bahn uses the two northern platforms, regional and mainline services use the three southern platforms.

Operations

ICE T Homburg/Saar in Frankfurt South station on its way to Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt (Main) Sud-Bahnhof- auf Bahnsteig zu Gleis 7- Richtung Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbahnhof (ICE 415 021-5 (Tz 1521) Homburg (Saar)) 18.10.2009.jpg
ICE T Homburg/Saar in Frankfurt South station on its way to Frankfurt Airport

Long-distance services

LineRouteFrequency
ICE 50 Dresden  – Leipzig  – Erfurt Hauptbahnhof  – Fulda  – Frankfurt  – Frankfurt Airport  Individual services
IC 31 Kiel  – Hamburg  – Bremen  – Dortmund  – Cologne  – Koblenz  – Mainz  – Frankfurt Airport –Frankfurt South – Nuremberg  – Passau One pair daily
IC 50 Leipzig  – Weimar  – Fulda – Frankfurt South –Frankfurt Airport120 min
ICFrankfurt South – Mannheim  – Karlsruhe  – Freiburg  – Basel One pair daily
CNL Zürich  – Basel – Frankfurt South – Erfurt – Dresden - Prague  / Dresden – Berlin Lichtenberg One pair daily
CNLZürich – Basel – Frankfurt South – Hamburg – Padborg  – Copenhagen One pair daily
DBasel – Freiburg – Frankfurt South – Erfurt - Berlin – Warsaw  – Moscow  One pair daily
LocomoreStuttgart – ... – Frankfurt South – ... - Berlin One pair daily

Regional services

The following Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services stop at Frankfurt South station:

Regional-Express type of regional train in Austria, Germany, and Luxembourg

In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than InterCity services.

Regionalbahn train service in Germany

The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Austria and Germany.

LineRouteFrequency
RE 50 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Offenbach Hauptbahnhof – Hanau – Fulda 60 min
RB 51Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Offenbach – Hanau Hbf – Langenselbold – Gelnhausen – Wächtersbach (– Bad Soden-Salmünster)60 min
RE 54Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Maintal Ost – Hanau (– Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Bamberg)120 min
RE 55Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Offenbach – Hanau (– Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Bamberg)120 min
RB 58Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Maintal Ost – Hanau – Aschaffenburg60 min
RE 85Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Offenbach – Hanau – Babenhausen – Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach (– Erbach (Odenw))120 min
S 3 Bad Soden (Taunus) – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Frankfurt South – Langen (Hess) – Darmstadt Hbf 30 min
S 4 Kronberg (Taunus) – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Frankfurt South – Langen (Hess) (– Darmstadt Hbf)30 min
S 5 Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) – Bad Homburg – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Frankfurt South15 min
S 6 Friedberg (Hess) – Groß Karben – Bad Vilbel – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Frankfurt South15 min

Urban public transport

Sudbahnhof tram stop VGF S201 29.11.2005 Suedbahnhof.JPG
Südbahnhof tram stop
Walls of the underground station decorated with historic photographs, including of the old station building Suedbahnhof Frankfurt tief.JPG
Walls of the underground station decorated with historic photographs, including of the old station building

Frankfurt South station plays a particularly important role for transport. It is at the interface between the inner city and the southern suburbs and it is served by, in addition to the regional services discussed above, lines S 3 to S 6 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn, U-Bahn services on corridor A (U 1 to U 3 and U 8), tram lines 14, 15, 16, 19 and the Ebbelwei Express. Tram line 19 starts at South station. Numerous city and regional bus lines run from the station, especially to the southern region and to Frankfurt Airport. Some of these buses stop at the southern entrance on Mörfelder Landstraße.

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References

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  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ↑ "Zum Glück gibt´s den Markt" (in German). Frankfurter Rundschau . Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Track plan of Frankfurt South station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 2 July 2012.
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