Homburg Railway

Homburg Railway
Class 423 train near Bad Homburg
Overview
Other name(s)	Frankfurt-Friedrichsdorf Railway
Native name	Homburger Bahn
Status	Operational
Owner	Deutsche Bahn
Line number	3611
Locale	Hesse, Germany
Termini	Frankfurt Hbf Friedrichsdorf
Stations	11
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger rail Regional rail, Commuter rail
Route number	637 645.5 (S-Bahn)
Operator(s)	Rhein-Main S-Bahn, Hessische Landesbahn
History
Opened	10 September 1860 (1860-09-10)
Completed	1895 (Bad Homburg-Friedrichsdorf)
Technical
Line length	23.9 km (14.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	120 km/h (74.6 mph)
Route map Legend City Tunnel from Frankfurt Süd 0.0 Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof tief Main-Lahn Railway City Tunnel ramp, Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Main-Neckar Bridge junction to Frankfurt (Main) outer station 1.6 Frankfurt (Main) Galluswarte former main freight yard 2.4 Frankfurt am Main Messe from main freight yard beginning of the elevation section 3.3 Frankfurt (Main) West (high level) branch to Main-Weser Railway Main-Weser Railway to Friedberg end of the elevation section 5.9 Rebstock curve (Bad Nauheim–Wiesbaden line) Nidda bridge 6.6 Frankfurt-Rödelheim Kronberg Railway / A 66 A 5 In der Wolfslach Viaduct over the Steinbach 12.4 Oberursel-Weißkirchen/Steinbach 13.7 Oberursel-Stierstadt Oberursel Gattenhöferweg U3 from Heddernheim Oberursel Frankfurter Landstraße 15.3 Oberursel (Taunus) A line to Hohemark former connection to U-Bahn (line A), originally Heddernheim–Hohemark light railway A 661 19.0 Bad Homburg Viaduct over the Kirdorfer brook 22.7 Seulberg 23.9 Friedrichsdorf, terminus of Taunus line to Brandoberndorf Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf line Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Homburg Railway (German: Homburger Bahn) is an 18 km line from Frankfurt am Main to Bad Homburg in the German state of Hesse. It was opened in 1860 as one of the first railway lines in Germany. It is now part of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn line S5 to Friedrichsdorf.