S5 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

The S5 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.5

S5
S5 to Friedrichsdorf at Frankfurt (Main) Süd train station
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Line number5
LocaleFrankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini
Stations17
Service
TypeRapid transit, Commuter rail
SystemS-Bahn Rhein-Main
ServicesHomburg Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt
Route number645.5
Operator(s)DB Regio
Depot(s)Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stockDBAG Class 423
History
Opened28 May 1978 (1978-05-28)
Technical
Line length28.9 km (18.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line

Routes

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Homburg Railway

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The Homburg Railway connects Frankfurt Central Station with Friedrichsdorf, via Bad Homburg. It was opened on 10 September 1860 and electrified on 26 September 1970. S-Bahn services commenced on the line on 25 September 1977.

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).

History

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Year Stations Route
1974 (R5) 8 Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Hbf
1978 11 (+3) Friedrichsdorf – Hauptwache
1983 12 (+1) Friedrichsdorf – Konstablerwache
1990 16 (+4) Friedrichsdorf – Stresemannallee
1997 15 (-1) Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Süd
1999 17 (+2) Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Süd

The S5 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Friedrichsdorf and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R5 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S5 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.

 
S5 at Bad Homburg station

Operation

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  1. Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Süd
  2. Bad Homburg – Frankfurt Süd
  Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn service
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1 2

Hochtaunuskreis

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0 Friedrichsdorf 1978
3 +3 Friedrichsdorf-Seulberg 1978
7 +4   Bad Homburg 1978
11 +4   Oberursel   1978
13 +2   Oberursel-Stierstadt 1999
15 +2 Oberursel-Weißkirchen/Steinbach 1978

Frankfurt am Main

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19 +4   Frankfurt-Rödelheim     1978
22 +3 Frankfurt West       1978
24 +2   Frankfurt Messe       1999
26 +2 Frankfurt Galluswarte       1978
29 +3   Frankfurt Hbf (tief)                     1978
31 +2 Taunusanlage               1978
33 +2   Hauptwache                           1978
34 +1   Konstablerwache                       1983
36 +2 Ostendstraße               1990
38 +2 Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof       1990
39 +1   Frankfurt South Station               1990


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