S6 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

S6
S6 to Friedberg at Frankfurt-Eschersheim station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Line number	6
Locale	Frankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini	Friedberg Frankfurt South
Stations	33
Service
Type	Rapid transit, Commuter rail
System	S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Services	Main-Weser Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, Main-Neckar Railway
Route number	645.6
Operator(s)	DB Regio
Depot(s)	Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stock	DBAG Class 423
History
Opened	28 May 1978 (1978-05-28)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line

The S6 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.6

Routes

Main-Weser Railway

Main article: Main-Weser Railway

City tunnel

Main article: Citytunnel Frankfurt

The city tunnel is an underground, pure S-Bahn route used by almost all services (except for the S7 service which terminates at the central station).

Main-Neckar Railway

Main article: Main-Neckar Railway

History

Year	Stations	Route
1974 (R6)	13	Friedberg – Frankfurt Hbf
1978	16 (+3)	Friedberg – Hauptwache
1983	17 (+1)	Friedberg – Konstablerwache
1990	21 (+4)	Friedberg – Stresemannallee
1997	20 (-1)	Friedberg – Frankfurt Süd
1999	21 (+1)	Friedberg – Frankfurt Süd
2024	33 (+12)	Friedberg – Darmstadt Hbf

The S6 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Kronberg and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R6 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S6 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that Stresemannallee became the service's eastern terminal.

Operation

1. Friedberg – Langen
2. Groß Karben – Darmstadt Hbf
3. Bad Vilbel – Darmstadt Hbf
4. Frankfurt Hbf – Darmstadt Hbf
5. Friedberg – Frankfurt Süd

					Journey time		Station		Transfer	S-Bahn service since
1	2	3	4	5
					0			Friedberg (Hess)		1978
					4	+4		Friedberg-Bruchenbrücken		1978
					6	+2		Wöllstadt-Nieder-Wöllstadt		1978
					9	+3		Karben-Okarben		1978
					12	+3		Karben-Groß-Karben		1978
					15	+3		Bad Vilbel-Dortelweil		1978
					20	+5		Bad Vilbel		1978
					22	+2		Bad Vilbel-Süd		1978
					25	+3		Frankfurt-Berkersheim		1978
					27	+2		Frankfurt-Frankfurter Berg		1978
					29	+2		Frankfurt-Eschersheim		1978
					32	+3		Frankfurt-Ginnheim		2024
					35	+2		Frankfurt West		1978
					37	+2		Frankfurt Messe		1999
					38	+1		Frankfurt Galluswarte		1978
					42	+2		Frankfurt Hbf (tief)		1978
					44	+2		Taunusanlage		1978
					45	+1		Hauptwache		1978
					47	+2		Konstablerwache		1983
					49	+2		Ostendstraße		1990
					51	+2		Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof		1990
					52	+1		Frankfurt South Station		1990
					54	+2		Frankfurt Stresemannallee		1990
					56	+2		Frankfurt Louisa		1997
					59	+3		Neu-Isenburg		1997
					62	+3		Dreieich-Buchschlag		1997
					64	+2		Langen Flugsicherung		2002
					66	+2		Langen		1997
					69	+3		Egelsbach		1997
					71	+2		Erzhausen		1997
					73	+2		Darmstadt-Wixhausen		1997
					76	+3		Darmstadt-Arheilgen		1997
					80	+4		Darmstadt Hbf		1997

External links

• traffiQ Frankfurt – S6 timetable
• Construction work information of Deutsche Bahn (in German)