Niederselters station

Niederselters
Niederselters
Through station
	Entrance building, trackside
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 2, Niederselters, Selters, Hesse ; Germany
Coordinates	50°19′58″N8°13′48″E / 50.33267°N 8.230082°E
Line(s)	Main-Lahn Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	4527
DS100 code	FNS
IBNR	8004409
Category	6
Fare zone	: 6135
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1875
Services
Location
	Niederselters Location within Hesse

Last updated January 24, 2024

Niederselters station is a station on the Main-Lahn Railway, which runs from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof to Limburg (Lahn), in the Niederselters suburb of Selters in the German state of Hesse.

History

The Main-Lahn Railway was opened to Niederselters in 1875 and the whole line was completed to Limburg in 1877. A second track was opened in 1913. The line was electrified in 1986. The station was adjacent to a mineral spring (from which the expression "seltzer water" is derived), which became an important freight customer.

Location

The Haltepunkt (halt) is located in the south of the district of Niederselters in the municipality Selters. The halt lies between the streets Brunnenstraße (K513) in the north and Am Urseltersbrunnen in the south. The Selters water museum lies south of the station.

Operations

The entrance building of Niederselters station is listed.^[4] It is of the type that was built on the Lahn Valley Railway. The building and platform canopies were extended around 1910. The goods shed that was added to the east of the station building has been demolished.

Niederselters station has two platform tracks:

track 1 on the main platform (height: 76 cm, length: 224 m),^[5] served by RB 21/RB 22 to Limburg;
track 2 on the island platform (height: 76 cm, length: 220 m),^[5] served by RB 21 to Niedernhausen/Wiesbaden and RB 22 to Frankfurt.

The platforms are connected by an underpass. The station has a commuter parking area and covered bicycle parking. There are small waiting shelters on the platforms, which are litten over their whole length.

Services

Rail

The following services currently call at Limburg:^[6]^[7]

Line	Route	Comments
RB 21 Main-Lahn Railway, Ländches Railway	Wiesbaden Hbf – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Niederselters – Limburg (Lahn)	Every 2 hours on Sundays and evenings
RB 22 Main-Lahn Railway	Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Niederselters – Limburg (Lahn)	Hourly Hourly + additional services in the peak

Bus

Niederselters station is served by bus route 285 to Eisenbach, Münster, Haintchen, Weilrod and Oberselters and Bad Camberg.

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References

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. 147. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
↑ "Limburg-Weilburg, Selters, Niederselters, Bahnhofstraße 6, Bahnhofsgebäude" (in German). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
1 2 "Platform information for Oberbrechen station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
↑ "627: Wiesbaden/Frankfurt - Niedernhausen - Limburg (Lahn)" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 6 May 2018.
↑ "627: Limburg (Lahn) - Niedernhausen - Wiesbaden/Frankfurt" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 6 May 2018.

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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. 147. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[4] "Limburg-Weilburg, Selters, Niederselters, Bahnhofstraße 6, Bahnhofsgebäude" (in German). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[dbinfrahbfniebre-5] 1 2 "Platform information for Oberbrechen station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[6] "627: Wiesbaden/Frankfurt - Niedernhausen - Limburg (Lahn)" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[7] "627: Limburg (Lahn) - Niedernhausen - Wiesbaden/Frankfurt" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 6 May 2018.

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