Friedberg (Hess) station

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Friedberg

Friedberg (Hess)
Friedberg; Friedberg (Hess) ;
Through station
	Former royal reception building
General information
Location	Hanauer Str. 44, Friedberg, Hesse ; Germany
Coordinates	50°19′55″N8°45′39″E / 50.331916°N 8.760878°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz ; DB Station&Service ;
Line(s)	Main-Weser Railway (165.9 km); Friedberg–Hanau railway (0.0 km); Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf railway (40.1 km); Friedberg–Mücke railway (0.0 km);
Platforms	10
Construction
Architect	Krause
Architectural style	Neoclassicism / Renaissance Revival
Other information
Station code	1868
DS100 code	FFG
IBNR	8000111
Category	3
Fare zone	: 2501
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	10 August 1913
Passengers
	about 17,500
Services
Location
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	Friedberg (Hess) Location in Hesse Friedberg (Hess) Location in Germany Friedberg (Hess) Location in Europe

Last updated August 13, 2024

Friedberg (Hess) station is the station of Friedberg, Germany, on the Main-Weser Railway.

History

First station

The first Friedberg station was opened on 10 May 1850 with the opening of the section of the Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt am Main to Friedberg. On 9 November 1850 the next section to Butzbach was opened. The entire route of the Main-Weser line from Kassel to Frankfurt was opened for traffic 15 May 1852.^[5] The station was at the 165.4 kilometre mark (from Kassel) and was designed as a through station. There is currently a parking garage on the site of the old station building.

Additional lines were connected to the Main-Weser Railway in Friedberg. On 15 September 1881, the Friedberg–Hanau railway was fully opened, following the commencement of services to Heldenbergen-Windecken (now Nidderau) station on 1 December 1879. On 1 October 1897 the Friedberg–Mücke Railway opened. On 13 July 1901 the Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf–Bad Homburg line opened; this was part of a line from Bad Nauheim to Wiesbaden, also known as the Bäderbahn (Spa Railway). Friedberg became a hub for passengers and freight.

Second station

On 10 August 1913 the second Friedberger station was opened at the 165.9 kilometre mark, about 500 metres further south. On 28 May 1978 the station became the terminal of line S6 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn.

Railway

Friedberg station has two platforms next to the main station building and four island platforms, that is ten platform faces. One of the main platforms is a bay platform used only for local trains to and from Friedrichsdorf. The trains to Hanau depart from the easternmost platform. East of the platforms is a freight yard with another 12 tracks. Previously, the station handled a large amount of seasonal sugar beet traffic from the surrounding region, the Wetterau. The freight yard is hardly used now. The northern exit from the station led directly on to the Rosental Viaduct (built from 1847 to 1850), which has been replaced since 1982 by a modern concrete bridge, located a few metres to the east.

Buildings

The original buildings were built in a neoclassical style; the entrance building could have been designed by Julius Eugen Ruhl. It was demolished in 1983.^[6]

The current station building and other buildings of the station are mostly classed as cultural monuments under the Hessian Heritage Act. The current station building was built in 1912–1913 in a mixture of neoclassical and Renaissance Revival architecture to the design of a government architect from Darmstadt, Krause, who was influenced by Armin Wegner.^[6] In the vestibule are original ceramic tiles and stained glass windows, which are influenced by Art Nouveau.

North of the station building is a former royal reception building, which was constructed in 1897–98, south of the original station and later moved to the new station.^[7]

Train services

Long distance

Every two hours, an ICE service from Hamburg to Karlsruhe stops in Friedberg station. Two train pairs go to/from Schwerin. One train pair on this line runs as an Intercity to Westerland.

Line	Route	Interval
ICE 26	(Stralsund –) Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Marburg – Friedberg – Frankfurt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe	Every two hours
IC 26	Karlsruhe – Darmstadt – Frankfurt – Friedberg – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Hannover – Celle – Hamburg – Westerland	One train pair on Sunday

Regional services

Series	Route	Frequency
RE 98 / RE 99 Main-Sieg-Express	Siegen – Dillenburg – Gießen – Friedberg – Frankfurt	Every 2 hours
RE 30 Main-Weser Railway	Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Wabern – Treysa – Neustadt – Stadtallendorf – Kirchhain – Marburg – Gießen – Friedberg – Frankfurt	Every 2 hours
RB 16 Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf railway	Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf	Every 30 minutes
RB 40 / RB 41 Mittelhessen-Express	Dillenburg – Gießen – Friedberg – Frankfurt	Every 2 hours
RB 47 Friedberg–Mücke railway	Friedberg – Wölfersheim-Södel	Hourly
RB 48 Beienheim–Schotten railway	Friedberg – Nidda	Hourly
RB 49 Friedberg-Hanau railway	Friedberg – Nidderau – Hanau	Every 30 or 60 minutes

Notes

1 2 "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. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
↑ Artikel der Frankfurter Rundschau
↑ Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 143
1 2 Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 189
↑ Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 188

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References

Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (State Conservation Hesse), ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Railways in Hesse. Cultural sites in Hesse. Monumental topography of the Federal Republic of Germany) (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. pp. 188f. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2007/2008 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.
Alfred Kerber & Wolfgang A. Keil (1979). Friedberg - Deine Bahn (Friedberg - Your railway) (in German). Friedberg (Hesse).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[categories-1] 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[Eisenbahnatlas-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. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[4] Artikel der Frankfurter Rundschau

[5] Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 143

[Eisenbahn_in_Hessen,_p._189-6] 1 2 Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 189

[7] Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 188

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