S3 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

The S3 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.3

S3
S3 towards Bad Soden at Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Line number3
LocaleFrankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini
Stations27
Service
TypeRapid transit, Commuter rail
SystemS-Bahn Rhein-Main
ServicesLimes Railway, Homburg Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, Main-Neckar Railway
Route number645.3
Operator(s)DB Regio
Depot(s)Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stockDBAG Class 423
History
Opened28 May 1978 (1978-05-28)
Technical
Line length49 km (30 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line

Lines

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Limes Railway

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Homburg Railway

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City tunnel

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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

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History

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Year Stations Route
1974 (R3) 11 Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf
1978 15 (+4) Frankfurt-Höchst – Hauptwache
1983 16 (+1) Frankfurt-Höchst – Konstablerwache
1990 19 (+3) Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Süd
1997 26 (+10, -3) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
1999 27 (+1) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
2002 28 (+1) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
2008 29 (+1) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf

The S3 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Frankfurt-Höchst and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R3 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S3 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the service's eastern terminal.

Operation

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S3 to Bad Soden departing Frankfurt West
 
S3 at Darmstadt-Arheilgen
  1. Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
  2. Frankfurt Hbf – Darmstadt Hbf
  3. Bad Soden – Langen (Sundays only)
  Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn service
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1 2 3

Main-Taunus-Kreis

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0   Bad Soden 1978
2 +2 Sulzbach Nord 1978
5 +3   Schwalbach Limes 1978
6 +1   Schwalbach Nord 2008
9 +3 Eschborn-Niederhöchstadt   1978
11 +2 Eschborn   1978
13 +2   Eschborn-Süd   1978

Frankfurt am Main

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17 +4 Frankfurt-Rödelheim     1978
20 +3 Frankfurt West       1978
22 +2   Frankfurt Messe       1999
24 +2 Frankfurt Galluswarte       1978
27 +3   Frankfurt Hbf (tief)                     1978
29 +2 Taunusanlage               1978
31 +2   Hauptwache                           1978
32 +1   Konstablerwache                       1983
34 +2 Ostendstraße               1990
36 +2 Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof       1990
38 +2   Frankfurt South Station               1990
40 +2   Frankfurt Stresemannallee   1990
42 +2   Frankfurt Louisa   1997

Kreis Offenbach

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45 +3   Neu-Isenburg   1997
48 +3   Dreieich-Buchschlag   1997
50 +2   Langen Flugsicherung   2002
52 +2 Langen   1997
55 +3   Egelsbach 1997

Kreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

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57 +2   Erzhausen 1997

Darmstadt

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59 +2 Darmstadt-Wixhausen 1997
62 +3   Darmstadt-Arheilgen 1997
65 +3   Darmstadt Hbf 1997
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