Frankfurt (Main) Süd station

Frankfurt (Main) Süd (Frankfurt (Main) South) or Frankfurt Südbahnhof is one of three railway stations for long-distance train services in Frankfurt, Germany. Unlike Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof it is not a terminus but a through station, and has nine tracks with five platforms.[5] It is a stopping station for some long-distance routes (ICE, IC) and for regional traffic (Regional-Express and RegionalBahn). It is also one of the major rapid-transit railway hubs in the city with S-Bahn and U-Bahn services.

Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Entrance building
General information
LocationHedderichstraße 51, Frankfurt, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°5′58″N 8°41′10″E / 50.09944°N 8.68611°E / 50.09944; 8.68611
Line(s)
Platforms5
Tracks9
Construction
AccessibleYes (S-Bahn tracks only)
Architectural styleJugendstil
Other information
Station code1856[1]
DS100 codeFFS[2]
Category2[1]
Fare zoneRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 5010[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 November 1873
Passengers
22,500[4]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Frankfurt Airport
Terminus
ICE 13 Hanau Hbf
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 22 Hanau Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Fulda
towards Berlin Hbf
FLX 10 Darmstadt Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Terminus
RE 50 Offenbach (Main) Hbf
towards Bebra
RB 51 Offenbach (Main) Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Terminus
RE 54 Frankfurt (Main) Ost
towards Bamberg
RE 55 Offenbach (Main) Hbf
Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station
Frankfurt Airport long-distance RB 58 Frankfurt (Main) Ost
towards Laufach
Frankfurt Airport regional
Terminus
RE 59 Frankfurt (Main) Ost
towards Bamberg
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Terminus
RE 85 Offenbach (Main) Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station
Lokalbahnhof
towards Bad Soden
Stresemannallee
Lokalbahnhof
towards Kronberg
Stresemannallee
towards Langen
Lokalbahnhof Terminus
Lokalbahnhof
Other services
Preceding station Frankfurt U-Bahn Following station
Schweizer Platz
towards Ginnheim
U1 Terminus
Schweizer Platz U2
Schweizer Platz U3
Schweizer Platz
towards Ginnheim
U8
Map
Location
Frankfurt (Main) Süd is located in Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Location within Frankfurt
Frankfurt (Main) Süd is located in Hesse
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Hesse
Frankfurt (Main) Süd is located in Germany
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Location within Germany
Frankfurt (Main) Süd is located in Europe
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Location within Europe

Environment

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The station is located in the district of Sachsenhausen south of the Main. From the station forecourt, the Diesterwegplatz, five streets radiate: Hedderichstraße to the southwest and northeast, Diesterweg to the northwest, leading to Schweizer Platz, Stegstraße to the north (leading to the Eiserner Steg—Iron Bridge—for pedestrians) and Brückenstraße to the northeast (leading to the Alte Brücke—Old Bridge). On Diesterwegplatz there is a market on Tuesdays and Fridays.

A block west of the station runs the Schweizer Straße, the main axis of Sachsenhausen. Immediately northeast of the station forecourt, between Hedderichstraße and Textorstraße was the old Sachsenhausen Tram Depot, which was closed in 2003 and has since been gutted and rebuilt. It now contains a large supermarket and an office of the Frankfurt city library. The southern exit from the station leads to the Mörfelder Landstraße.

History

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Environs of the former Bebraer Bahnhof, 1893

The government of the Electorate of Hesse (Kurhessen) had begun building the Frankfurt–Bebra railway from Bebra in North Hesse to Fulda, Hanau and Frankfurt before its annexation by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The project was completed by the Prussian state railways on 15 December 1868. Until the opening of the line south of the Main, trains from Bebra to Frankfurt had to use the line north of the Main and the Frankfurt City Link Line. On 15 November 1873 the new line south of the Main between Hanau and Frankfurt via Sachsenhausen and Offenbach was opened, including South Station (opened as Bebraer Bahnhof, "Bebra line" station) and Offenbach Hauptbahnhof. The South Main line is still the most important rail link connecting Frankfurt with Leipzig, Berlin and Hamburg.

After the completion of South Main line, the Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen station (Bahnhof Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen) at Darmstädter Landstraße (opened in 1848) of the Frankfurt-Offenbach Local Railway became a terminus, with trains only operating towards Offenbach. The track formerly connecting it to the Main-Neckar Railway to the west was removed. In 1876 it was renamed Lokalbahnhof; the Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof S-Bahn station is named in its honour, although it is about 250 metres south of the old station, which closed in 1955.

The current building was opened in 1914. In its simplified Art Nouveau style, it is similar to the Höchst station opened the same year. During the building of the U-Bahn station (completed in 1984), almost the entire station building was demolished and rebuilt after the completion of the tunnelling. It now includes a community centre. The former steel train shed was demolished during the U-Bahn construction and not rebuilt.

 
The Rhine-Main S-Bahn uses the two northern platforms, regional and mainline services use the three southern platforms.
 
ICE T Homburg/Saar in Frankfurt South station on its way to Frankfurt Airport

Operations

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Long-distance services

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Line Route Interval
ICE 13 Berlin Ostbahnhof Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – Braunschweig – Hildesheim – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Frankfurt Süd Frankfurt Airport 120 min
ICE 22 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt Süd Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Stuttgart One train (Fri)
NJ DüsseldorfCologneBonnKoblenzMainzFrankfurt Airport – Frankfurt Süd NurembergAugsburgMunichKufsteinWörglInnsbruck One train pair
NJ Düsseldorf – Köln – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt Süd Nürnberg – Passau – Linz – St. Pölten Wien Meidling Vienna One train pair
FLX 10 Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Gotha – Eisenach – Fulda – Frankfurt Süd – Darmstadt – Weinheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart 1–2 train pairs

Regional services

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The following Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services stop at Frankfurt South station:

Line Route Frequency
RE 50 Frankfurt (Main) HbfFrankfurt SouthOffenbach HauptbahnhofHanauFulda 60 min
RB 51 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Offenbach – Hanau Hbf – LangenselboldGelnhausenWächtersbach (– Bad Soden-Salmünster) 60 min
RE 54 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt SouthMaintal Ost – Hanau (– AschaffenburgWürzburgBamberg) 120 min
RE 55 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Offenbach – Hanau (– Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Bamberg) 120 min
RB 58 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Maintal Ost – Hanau – Aschaffenburg 60 min
RE 59 Frankfurt AirportFrankfurt SouthFrankfurt OstMaintal Ost – Hanau (– Kahl (Main) – Aschaffenburg) 120 min (weekdays)
RE 85 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt South – Offenbach – Hanau – BabenhausenGroß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach (– Erbach (Odenw)) 120 min
  Bad Soden (Taunus)Frankfurt Hbf (tief)Frankfurt South – Langen (Hess) – Darmstadt Hbf 30 min
  Kronberg (Taunus) – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Frankfurt South – Langen (Hess) (– Darmstadt Hbf) 30 min
  Friedrichsdorf (Taunus)Bad Homburg – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Frankfurt South 15 min
  Friedberg (Hess) – Groß Karben – Bad Vilbel – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Frankfurt South 15 min

Urban public transport

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Südbahnhof tram stop
 
Walls of the underground station decorated with historic photographs, including of the old station building

Frankfurt South station plays a particularly important role for transport. It is at the interface between the inner city and the southern suburbs and it is served by, in addition to the regional services discussed above, lines S3 to S6 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn, U-Bahn services on corridor A (U1 to U3 and U8), and tram lines 15, 16, 18, and the Ebbelwei Express. Tram line 19 starts at the Südbahnhof/Schweizer Straße stop. Numerous city and regional bus lines run from the station, especially to the southern region and to Frankfurt Airport. Some of these buses stop at the southern entrance on Mörfelder Landstraße.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  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. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Zum Glück gibt´s den Markt" (in German). Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Track plan of Frankfurt South station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
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