Hofheim (Taunus) station

Hofheim (Taunus) station
Through station

Hofheim station, streetside
Location Hattersheimer Str. 6, Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates 50°05′04″N 8°26′40″E / 50.0844150332°N 8.4443879127°E / 50.0844150332; 8.4443879127Coordinates: 50°05′04″N 8°26′40″E / 50.0844150332°N 8.4443879127°E / 50.0844150332; 8.4443879127
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Other information
Station code 2827
DS100 codeFHF
IBNR8002935
Category4 [1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 15 October 1877
Services
Preceding station   DB AG   Following station
RE 20
Main-Lahn Railway
SE 20
Main-Lahn Railway
Preceding station   Rhine-Main S-Bahn   Following station
Lorsbach
S2
Kriftel
toward Dietzenbach

Hofheim (Taunus) station is a station in the city of Hofheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Lahn Railway. The station opened on 15 November 1877 and is served by line S 2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and regional services operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1]

Location

The station is located on the boundary between the town’s centre and the district of Marxheim on Marxheimer Weg about one kilometre from the centre of the town. It is on the Main-Lahn Railway (German: Main-Lahn-Bahn), which connects the regional station of Limburg (Lahn) with Frankfurt Central Station.

Entrance building

The station building was built in 1906 and has three storeys. It was built in the Heimatschutzstil (“homeland defence style”) in a pragmatic baroque form. It is a stucco building with striking embossing in Taunus quartzite of its lower storey and on the outsides of its upper widow jambs. It is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.[2]

Operations

Fares at Hofheim station are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The headquarters of the RMV is near the station. The station is served by trains operated by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and DB Regio.

Rail

The station is served by S-Bahn line S2, which runs between Niedernhausen and Dietzenbach. It operates on weekdays at 30-minute intervals, at 15-minute intervals during peak hours and hourly on weekends. It is also served by the RE/SE 20 Regional-Express/Stadt-Express service on the route from Limburg via Bad Camberg, Idstein and Niedernhausen to Frankfurt Central Station. Thus, during the peak six services per hour operate between Hofheim and Frankfurt.

Buses

At the station there is a large bus station, from which bus routes run to the Hofheim suburbs and the surrounding communities. Called shared taxis also operate from the bus station. There are also direct bus services to Wiesbaden, operating every half-hour during the daytime.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hofheim station heritage listing" (in German). Denkmalschutz Hessen. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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