Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof underground

Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof underground
Underground station
S6 train to Friedberg in the underground station
Location	Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°6′25″N 8°39′45″E / 50.10694°N 8.66250°E / 50.10694; 8.66250
Line(s)	Frankfurt City Tunnel
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	1866
DS100 code	FFT
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1978 (1978)

Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof underground station (German: Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof Tiefbahnhof) is a four-track S-Bahn station below Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and as such part of the busiest railway station in Frankfurt, Germany. It is also the busiest rapid transit station in Frankfurt.

The underground station forms together with Hauptwache station and Konstablerwache station the key nodes in the network of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn, a rail network that serves the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region. It connects with the surface platforms of regional and long distance services and also interchanges with the U-Bahn and trams.

Station

Entrance to the underground station in main station concourse

The underground station is located under the northern part of Frankfurt central station and its forecourt in the Gutleut district, west of central Frankfurt. The station is part of the City Tunnel line. Located above the S-Bahn station is the U-Bahn station, which was built at the same time. The station consists of two very wide and 210 m long island platforms.

History

A line linking the western suburban lines through the city was first planned in the early 1960s. In 1962 the city of Frankfurt and the German Federal Railways approved plans for the line. Construction of the City Tunnel began in 1969 and construction of the Hauptbahnhof underground station commenced in 1971. The S-Bahn station, together with the underground station and a single-level shopping arcade was built in an excavation. The north wing of the station building was dismantled and its original stones were stored, so that the historical building could be rebuilt after the completion of the underground station.

After seven years of construction, the S-Bahn station, together with the first section of a City Tunnel to Hauptwache station was opened on 28 May 1978. On the same day, U-Bahn line (over which lines U4 and U5 operate) also extended to the central station.

Services

S1 Wiesbaden Hbf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Rödermark-Ober-Roden
S2 Niedernhausen–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Dietzenbach
S3 Bad Soden–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Darmstadt Hbf
S4 Kronberg–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Langen
S5 Friedrichsdorf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Frankfurt South
S6 Friedberg–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Frankfurt South
S8 Wiesbaden Hbf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Hanau Hbf
S9 Wiesbaden Hbf–Frankfurt Hbf (underground)–Hanau Hbf

Preceding station	Rhine-Main S-Bahn	Following station
Griesheim toward Wiesbaden Hbf	S1	Taunusanlage toward Rödermark-Ober Roden
Griesheim toward Niedernhausen	S2	Taunusanlage toward Dietzenbach
Galluswarte toward Bad Soden	S3	Taunusanlage toward Darmstadt Hbf
Galluswarte toward Kronberg	S4	Taunusanlage toward Langen
Galluswarte toward Friedrichsdorf	S5	Taunusanlage toward Südbahnhof
Galluswarte toward Friedberg	S6	Taunusanlage toward Südbahnhof
Niederrad toward Wiesbaden Hbf	S8	Taunusanlage toward Hanau Hbf
Niederrad toward Wiesbaden Hbf	S9	Taunusanlage toward Hanau Hbf

Underground station

Rhine-Main S-Bahn

Services	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9

Routes	Frankfurt City Tunnel Offenbach City Tunnel Frankfurt Airport loop South Main S-Bahn 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

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