S8 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

     S8

S8 at station Mainz Roman Theatre
Overview
Type Rapid transit, Commuter rail
System S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Status Operational
Locale Frankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof
Hanau Hauptbahnhof
Stations 28
Services Main Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, South Main S-Bahn
Line number 8
Operation
Opening 1995
Owner Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Operator(s) DB Regio
Depot(s) Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stock DB Class 420
Technical
Line length 70.3 km (43.7 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead line
Route number 645.8

The S8 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.8

Routes

Main Railway

Main article: Main Railway

City tunnel

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). In a short section between Mühlberg and Offenbach-Kaiserlei a line parallel with the South Main railway is used.

South Main S-Bahn

History

Year Stations Route
1974 (R14) 15 Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Hbf
1983 (S14) 18 (+3) Wiesbaden Hbf – Konstablerwache
1990 (S14) 21 (+3) Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Süd
1995 28 (+9, -2) Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf

In 1972 the Frankfurt Airport loop, a new line to connect the recently built Terminal Mitte (Central Terminal) at the Frankfurt Airport to the Central Station and the Main railway, became operational. Two years later the R14 experimental service running between Wiesbaden Central Station and Frankfurt Central Station started. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S14 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. In 1980 the new shuttle service S15 running between the Airport station and Frankfurt Central Station started operation. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the S14's eastern terminal. In 1995 both services S14 and S15 were renamed to S8 and extended their operation to the east connecting the Central Station of Hanau. Like the S1 the S8 now also used the eastern branch of the Frankfurt Citytunnel as well as the Offenbach Citytunnel.

In 1990 two S14 trainsets collided near the Rüsselsheim station killing 17 and injuring 145 passengers. The conductor of the train bound for Frankfurt ignored the stop signal and crashed into an oncoming, fully occupied train.[1]

Operation

S8 at the airport station, bound for Wiesbaden
S8 at Offenbach East station, bound for Wiesbaden
Trainset at Hanau-Steinheim station
  1. Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf
  2. Wiesbaden Hbf – Offenbach Ost
  3. Kelsterbach – Frankfurt Hbf
  4. Flughafen Regionalbahnhof – Frankfurt Hbf (former S15 service)
  5. Rüsselsheim – Offenbach Ost
  6. Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt Hbf
Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn service
since
1 2 3 4 5 6
0 Wiesbaden Hbf 1978
4 +4 Wiesbaden Ost 1978
7 +3 Mainz Nord 1978
12 +5 Mainz Hauptbahnhof 1978
16 +4 Mainz Römisches Theater 1978
19 +3 Mainz-Gustavsburg 1978
22 +3 Mainz-Bischofsheim 1978
25 +3 Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk 1978
28 +3 Rüsselsheim 1978
31 +3 Raunheim 1978
36 +5 Kelsterbach 1978
42 +6 Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof 1978
46 +4 Frankfurt Stadion 1978
49 +3 Frankfurt-Niederrad 1978
53 +4 Frankfurt Hbf 1978
54 +5 Frankfurt Hbf (tief) 1978
56 +2 Taunusanlage 1978
58 +2 Hauptwache 1978
59 +1 Konstablerwache 1983
61 +2 Ostendstraße 1990
63 +2 Mühlberg 1992
66 +3 Offenbach-Kaiserlei 1995
68 +2 Ledermuseum 1995
70 +2 Marktplatz 1995
73 +3 Offenbach Ost 1995
77 +4 Mühlheim 1995
79 +2 Mühlheim-Dietesheim 1995
82 +3 Hanau-Steinheim 1995
82 +3 Hanau Hbf 1995

References

  1. ↑ "Bilder bis heute im Kopf" (in German). FR Online.

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