Hofheim (Taunus) station

Location
	Hofheim (Taunus) Location within Hesse

Hofheim (Taunus)
Hofheim (Taunus)
Through station
	Hofheim station, streetside
General information
Location	Hattersheimer Str. 6, Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse ; Germany
Coordinates	50°05′04″N8°26′40″E / 50.0844150332°N 8.4443879127°E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Main-Lahn Railway (KBS 627/645.2 ;
Platforms	3
Train operators	DB Regio Mitte ; S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Connections
Other information
Station code	2827
DS100 code	FHF
IBNR	8002935
Category	4
Fare zone	: 6601
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 October 1877
Services
Location
Location
	Hofheim (Taunus) Location within Hesse

Last updated November 04, 2024

Hofheim (Taunus) station is a station in the city of Hofheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Lahn Railway. The station opened on 15 November 1877, and is served by line S2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and regional services operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.^[1]

Location

The station is located on the boundary between the town’s centre and the district of Marxheim on Marxheimer Weg about one kilometre from the centre of the town. It is on the Main-Lahn Railway (German : Main-Lahn-Bahn), which connects the regional station of Limburg (Lahn) with Frankfurt Central Station.

Entrance building

The station building was built in 1906 and has three storeys. It was built in the Heimatschutzstil (“homeland defence style”) in a pragmatic baroque form. It is a stucco building with striking embossing in Taunus quartzite of its lower storey and on the outsides of its upper widow jambs. It is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.^[4]

Operations

Fares at Hofheim station are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The headquarters of the RMV is near the station. The station is served by trains operated by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and DB Regio.

Rail

The station is served by S-Bahn line S2, which runs between Niedernhausen and Dietzenbach. It operates on weekdays at 30-minute intervals, at 15-minute intervals during peak hours and hourly on weekends. It is also served by RE 20 Regional-Express and RB 22 Regionalbahn services on the route from Limburg via Bad Camberg, Idstein and Niedernhausen to Frankfurt Central Station. During peak times there are six connections every hour between Hofheim and Frankfurt.

Buses

At the station there is a large bus station, from which bus routes run to the Hofheim suburbs and the surrounding communities. Called shared taxis also operate from the bus station. There are also direct bus services to Wiesbaden, operating three times an hour during the daytime.

Notes

1 2 3 "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. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
↑ "Hofheim station heritage listing" (in German). Denkmalschutz Hessen. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

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[categories-1] 1 2 3 "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. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[4] "Hofheim station heritage listing" (in German). Denkmalschutz Hessen. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

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