Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus)

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Taunusbahn

Line length:

42 km

Gauge:

1435 mm

Maximum incline:

20 ‰

Maximum speed:

80 km/h

Legend


		former Solmsbachtalbahn (to Wetzlar)
		Brandoberndorf
		Hasselborn
		Hasselborn Tunnel 1300 m
		Jägerhaus former wood loading station
		Grävenwiesbach
		Weiltalbahn (to Weilburg)
		Hundstadt
		German Federal Police ammunition depot
		Wilhelmsdorf
		former military airfield narrow-gauge railway
		Usingen
		Hausen
		Neu-Anspach
		Anspach viaduct
		Wehrheim
		Saalburg / Lochmühle Leisure Park
		Erlenbach/ L3041
		Köppern
		former railway to the Tettauer Glaswerke
		Friedberg-Friedrichsdorf railway line (to Friedberg)
		Friedrichsdorf
		S5 (called “Homburger Bahn”)
		Seulberg (trains from/to Frankfurt don't stop here)
		Bad Homburg
		Oberursel
		S3 (Bad Soden) / S4 (Kronberg)
		Frankfurt Rödelheim
		S-Bahn railway line
		uses the so-called Rödelheim Rail Curve
		regional trains rail
		Frankfurt (Main) Central Station

The Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus) is a train route between Frankfurt (Main) Central Station and Brandoberndorf over Bad Homburg, Usingen and Grävenwiesbach.

1 Overview
2 Image gallery
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Overview

The Taunusbahn is operated as the RMV line 15 by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) after the takeover of the Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn AG. It is one of the commuter rail routes operated by the HLB west and north of Frankfurt.

The Taunusbahn trains run during the peak hours to and from Frankfurt Central Station, otherwise its south terminus station is Bad Homburg, which can also be reached from Frankfurt by the S-Bahn line S5. The trains commute every half-hour on working days and Saturdays, and hourly on Sundays and public holidays.

The rolling stock consists mainly of VT2E-type diesel trains. In December 2006, ten new LINT 41-type trains were added.

[edit] Image gallery

A Taunusbahn train before arriving in Seulberg	A Taunusbahn LINT 41-type train in Köppern	A modernized V2TE-type train in Köppern	A VT2E-type train near Wehrheim
A VT2E-type train between Wehrheim and Neu-Anspach	The Hasselborn Tunnel	A VT2E-type train in Brandoberndorf