Frankfurt-Frankfurter Berg station (German: Bahnhof Frankfurt-Frankfurter Berg) is a railway station located in the Frankfurter Berg district of Frankfurt, Germany. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station[1] and part of the Main–Weser Railway. The station was called Bonames until 1996.
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| Location | Homburger Landstr. 465 Frankfurt, Hesse Germany | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°10′12″N 8°40′38″E / 50.17000°N 8.67722°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main–Weser Railway (189.4 km) (KBS 645.6 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1869[1] | ||||||||||
| DS100 code | FFBS[2] | ||||||||||
| IBNR | 8002044 | ||||||||||
| Category | 4[1] | ||||||||||
| Fare zone |  : 5006[3] | ||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1850 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bonames | ||||||||||
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History
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The station was built near the former independent village of Bonames, which is 1,500 metres away. Bonames became part of Frankfurt in 1910. The station building was built between 1911 and 1914 and is oriented towards the northwest and the village. It is a neo-baroque building and is listed as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.[4] In 1996 parts of Bonames, Eschersheim and Berkersheim were merged into a new city district (Frankfurter Berg) and the station was renamed.
The station also formerly handled freight. It was also connected by a siding to a leather dye works.[5]
Services
editThe station is serviced by line S6 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn. It features a passing track between the two main line tracks. In addition to the platform adjacent to the entrance building, there is a central platform accessible solely via a pedestrian underpass from the main platform. Pedestrian access to the newly developed Frankfurter Berg district to the south is facilitated by a second pedestrian underpass, albeit without direct platform access. However, this setup poses challenges for individuals with limited mobility. Plans are underway to enhance accessibility by upgrading the Main-Weser Railway from two to four tracks between Frankfurt West and Bad Vilbel stations, which will address these limitations.[6]
Planning
editThere are plans to extend line U5 of the Frankfurt U-Bahn along Homburger Landstraße to the station,[7][8][9] but this would first require the conversion of the existing tram track section to operations with high platforms.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
- ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Vol. 2.1. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 195. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
- ^ Thomé (1926). Reichsbahndierektion Frankfurt (Main) (ed.). Führer über die Linien des Bezirks der Reichsbahndirektion Frankfurt (Main) (in German). p. 50.
- ^ Jürgen Schultheis (8 July 2009). "Freie Fahrt nach Vilbel". Frankfurter Rundschau – Frankfurt local section (in German). p. F 5.
- ^ "Stadtbahnverlängerung von Preungesheim zum Frankfurter Berg" (in German). City of Frankfurt. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Frankfurt/Main, Streckenverlängerung U5, Frankfurter Berg" (in German). TransTecBau GmbH. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "U5-Ausbau: Strecke soll an beiden Enden verlängert werden". 5 November 2019.