Oberbrechen station

Oberbrechen
Oberbrechen
Through station
General information
Location	Frankfurter Str. 2, Oberbrechen, Brechen, Hesse ; Germany
Coordinates	50°21′17″N8°11′17″E / 50.354596°N 8.188047°E
Line(s)	Main-Lahn Railway (km 58.3)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	4627
DS100 code	FOB
IBNR	8004518
Category	6
Fare zone	: 6120
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1875
Services
Location
	Oberbrechen Location within Hesse

Last updated January 24, 2024

Oberbrechen station is a station on the Main-Lahn Railway, which runs from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof to Limburg (Lahn), in the Brechen suburb of Niederbrechen in the German state of Hesse. With Niederbrechen station, it is one of two stations in Brechen. The station is in the network of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station and has two platform tracks.

History

A Haltepunkt (halt) was built in Oberbrechen with the construction of the Main-Lahn Railway in 1875. The entrance building was opened in 1879, which was built according to the same plan as the stations in Niederbrechen, Niederselters and Bad Camberg. The entrance building is a listed building.^[4] A second platform track was built in 1913.

Operations

Oberbrechen station has two platform tracks, each with an outside platform. Except for the Regional-Express trains on the RE 20 line, all trains on the Main-Lahn Railway stop here.

Track 1 on the main platform (height: 34 cm, length: 227 m):^[5] RB 21/RB 22 to Limburg
Track 2 on the island platform (height: 76 cm, length: 212 m):^[5] RB 21 to Niedernhausen/Wiesbaden and RB 22 to Frankfurt

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) – Oberbrechen – Limburg (Lahn)	Every 2 hours on Sundays and evenings
RB 22 Main-Lahn Railway	Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Oberbrechen – Limburg (Lahn)	Hourly + additional services in the peak

Bus

At Oberbrechen station there is a connection to the hourly LM-51 bus service towards Weilburg via Weyer, Münster and Weinbach. Route 285 goes to Limburg three times a day.

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ländches Railway</span>

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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, Brechen, Oberbrechen, Frankfurter Straße 2, Bahnhofsgebäude" (in German). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 6 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, Brechen, Oberbrechen, Frankfurter Straße 2, Bahnhofsgebäude" (in German). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 6 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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