Taunus Railway

Taunus Railway
Former Taunus station in Frankfurt
Overview
Native nameTaunus-Eisenbahn
Line number3603/3610
LocaleHesse, Germany
Service
Route number645.1
Technical
Line length41.2 km (25.6 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

Taunus station[Note 1]
(1840–1906)
41.2
Wiesbaden Hbf
(since 1906)
Wiesbaden-Wäschbach Nord
(junction)
Wiesbaden-Wäschbach Nord junction
Ländches Railway, Connecting line to HSL
Wiesbaden-Wäschbach Süd
(junction)
~39.3
Wiesbaden-Salzbach junction
Connecting line to East Rhine Railway
Former connecting line
from Ländches Railway
Former Rhine station
37.8
Wiesbaden Ost
(interchange)
33.4
Mainz-Kastel
Rhine bank
B 43 (Kostheimer Landstraße)
30.9
Kostheim
(junction)
28.4
Hochheim (Main)
24.9
Taubertsmühle siding,
Contipack siding
Falkenbergstraße
Taubertsmühle siding,
Steinbruch siding (dismantled)
Shell siding
21.9
Flörsheim (Main)
Weilbacher Straße LC
(B 519)
Posten (crossing guard) 20
L 3366
Eddersheim LC
(L 3366)
18.9
Hattersheim-Eddersheim
(level crossings at both ends)
Posten-19-Weg
Hessische Bewehrungsstahl siding
14.9
Hattersheim (Main)
B 40
14.8
road to the International School
12.2
Frankfurt-Sindlingen
Main-Lahn Railway
from Niedernhausen
Freight line from Main-Lahn Railway
10.4
Frankfurt-Höchst Farbwerke
9.3
Frankfurt-Höchst
(interchange)
Main-Lahn Railway
to Frankfurt Hbf
Oeserstraße LC
Former maintenance facility
6.1
Frankfurt marshalling yard Frz
(junction)
Frankfurt marshalling yard entrance group
3.1
Frankfurt Mainzer Landstr.
(junction)
freight line from Frankfurt-Griesheim
Main-Lahn Railway
from Frankfurt-Höchst
connecting line from Main-Lahn Railway
connecting line to Main Railway,
Riedbahn
2.2
Frankfurt Gutleuthof
(junction)
Frankfurt Kleyerstr.
(junction)
Frankfurt outer yard
to Frankfurt main freight yard
Homburg Railway
from Frankfurt West
0.0
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
(since 1888)
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf underground
(since 1978)
City Tunnel to Frankfurt
South and Offenbach
and
western stations[Note 2]
(until 1888)
  1. ^ from left to right: Rhine, Taunus, Ludwig stations
  2. ^ from left to right: Neckar, Taunus, Weser stations

Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Taunus Railway (German: Taunus-Eisenbahn) is a double-track electrified railway line, which connects Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Germany. It is 41.2 km long and follows the course of the Main on its north side, running quite close to it in some places. Its first stage was opened in September 1839 and is thus the oldest railway line in the German state of Hesse and one of the oldest in Germany. Today it is used by Regional-Express trains between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden and the trains of line S1 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn between Frankfurt-Höchst and Wiesbaden. Between Frankfurt Hbf (Frankfurt central station) and Frankfurt-Höchst, they run on the line of the former Hessian Ludwig Railway.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 151–53. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.