Frankfurt-Louisa station

Frankfurt-Louisa
Frankfurt-Louisa
Through station
	Line S3 service at Louisa station
General information
Location	Schwarzsteinkautweg 1, Frankfurt-Louisa, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse ; Germany
Coordinates	50°04′59″N8°40′13″E / 50.083176°N 8.670337°E
Line(s)	Main-Neckar railway (3.7, km);
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1873
DS100 code	FLS
IBNR	8002047
Category	4
Fare zone	: 5081
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1877
Services
Location
	Frankfurt-Louisa Location within Frankfurt Frankfurt-Louisa Hesse Frankfurt-Louisa Location within Germany Frankfurt-Louisa Location within Europe

Last updated May 01, 2024

Frankfurt-Louisa station is a station on the Rhine-Main S-Bahn in the city of Frankfurt in the German state of Hesse. It is also on the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg.The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.^[1]

History

The station was opened soon after the connection of the Frankfurt–Offenbach railway to the Main-Neckar Railway running towards the Main-Weser station in Frankfurt. The junction entered into operation on 1 April 1876. At the same time a connecting curve was opened from the south towards Sachsenhausen and Offenbach. A year later, on 15 May 1877, a station was established here with a simple station building. The northern approach of the Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt to Louisa was moved further west between 1885 and 1888 as a result of the construction of the new Frankfurt main freight yard and the new Frankfurt Central Station (now called the Hauptbahnhof).

Passenger trains initially ran between Louisa station and Offenbach to provide connections with services on the Main-Neckar Railway. This service was discontinued in 1895. Subsequently, all passengers had to make this connection via the central station.

After S-Bahn lines S3 and S4 were opened in 1997 between Frankfurt Stresemannallee and Darmstadt, other passenger services stopping at Frankfurt-Louisa were discontinued and the unused platforms were removed.

Origin of the name

The name Frankfurt-Louisa refers to the Louisa parcel station (Flurstück Louisa), which was immediately west of the current station. At the beginning of the 19th century the Frankfurt banker and diplomat Simon Moritz von Bethmann (1768–1828) acquired the land the parcel station was built on to create an English garden. After his marriage to Louise Friederike Boode in 1810, Bethmann named the park after his wife. The Bethmann family retained ownership of most of the Park Louisa until 1941. In the north-eastern corner of the site, about 200 metres to the north of the station, the existing Waldspielpark Louisa (Louisa forest playground) was established in 1954.^[4]^[5]

Rail services

The station is served by S-Bahn lines S3 and S4, which stop at a central platform on the eastern side of the station area. The tracks used by freight, long-distance passenger and regional trains have no platforms. The four tracks of the Main-Neckar Railway and a connecting curve from the Main Railway run from the south into the station. From the north two tracks run from the Main-Neckar Bridge and three tracks from the connecting curve from Frankfurt South station (Frankfurt (Main) Süd or Frankfurt Südbahnhof).

Outside the station, Frankfurt-Louisa stop is served by tram lines 17, 18, and 19.

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. 144. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
↑ "Waldspielpark Louisa" (in German). City of Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
↑ Environmental Agency, Green Belt Project Group, ed. (2009). Rundweg im Grüngürtel-Park Oberforsthaus (leaflet) (in German) (1 ed.). City of Frankfurt am Main.

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References

Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland[German railway atlas] (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
Fritz Paetz (1985). Datensammlung zur Geschichte der Eisenbahnen an Main, Rhein und Neckar (in German). Bensheim-Auerbach.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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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. 144. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[4] "Waldspielpark Louisa" (in German). City of Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

[5] Environmental Agency, Green Belt Project Group, ed. (2009). Rundweg im Grüngürtel-Park Oberforsthaus (leaflet) (in German) (1 ed.). City of Frankfurt am Main.

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v t e Rhine-Main S-Bahn
Services
Routes	Frankfurt City Tunnel Offenbach City Tunnel Frankfurt Airport loop Frankfurt Schlachthof–Hanau railway Homburg Railway Kronberg Railway Limes Railway Main Railway Main-Lahn Railway Main-Neckar Railway Main–Weser Railway Offenbach-Bieber–Dietzenbach railway Mannheim–Frankfurt railway Rodgau Railway Taunus Railway

v t e Railway stations in Frankfurt am Main
IC and ICE	Frankfurt Central (Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof) Frankfurt Airport Long-Distance (Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbahnhof) Frankfurt South (Frankfurt (Main) Südbahnhof) Frankfurt West (Frankfurt (Main) Westbahnhof)
RB and RE	Frankfurt Airport Regional (Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Regionalbahnhof) Frankfurt East (Frankfurt (Main) Ostbahnhof) Höchst Mainkur Niederrad Sossenheim Unterliederbach
S-Bahn	Frankfurt Central Underground (Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof tief) Berkersheim Eschersheim Frankfurter Berg Galluswarte Gateway Gardens Griesheim Hauptwache Höchst Farbwerke Konstablerwache Lokalbahnhof Louisa Messe Mühlberg Nied Ostendstraße Rödelheim Sindlingen Stadium (Frankfurt (Main) Stadion) Stresemannallee Taunusanlage Zeilsheim