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
Niederrad toward Wiesbaden Hbf		S8		Taunusanlage toward Hanau Hbf
		S9

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 Riedbahn Rodgau Railway Taunus Railway