Taunus Railway

Taunus Railway
Former Taunus station in Frankfurt
Overview
Native name	Taunus-Eisenbahn
Line number	3603/3610
Locale	Hesse, Germany
Service
Route number	645.1
Technical
Line length	41.2 km (25.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend 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) Former Aar Valley Railway to Diez A 66 ~39.3 Wiesbaden-Salzbach junction Connecting line to East Rhine Railway Former connecting line from Ländches Railway East Rhine Railway from Oberlahnstein Former Rhine station 37.8 Wiesbaden Ost (interchange) Mainz freight bypass, to Mainz Hbf B 40 (Theodor Heuss Bridge) 33.4 Mainz-Kastel Rhine bank B 43 (Kostheimer Landstraße) freight railway from Mainz 30.9 Kostheim (junction) Line to Mainz-Bischofsheim A 671 28.4 Hochheim (Main) 24.9 Taubertsmühle siding, Contipack siding Falkenbergstraße Taubertsmühle siding, Steinbruch siding (dismantled) Shell siding B 519 21.9 Flörsheim (Main) Weilbacher Straße LC (B 519) A 3 Cologne–Frankfurt HSL 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 Schwarzbach bridge 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 Königstein Railway from Königstein 9.3 Frankfurt-Höchst (interchange) Soden Railway to Bad Soden Main-Lahn Railway to Frankfurt Hbf Nidda Oeserstraße LC Former maintenance facility 6.1 Frankfurt marshalling yard Frz (junction) former "Kaiser" (Emperor) Curve (to Homburg Railway) A 5 current "Rebstock curve" from Homburg Railway 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 Frankfurt Airport loop connecting line to Main Railway, Riedbahn Main Railway from Mainz, from Riedbahn 2.2 Frankfurt Gutleuthof (junction) Frankfurt Kleyerstr. (junction) Frankfurt outer yard to Frankfurt main freight yard Main-Neckar Railway from Darmstadt South bank line from Offenbach Main-Weser Railway from Gießen 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) ^ from left to right: Rhine, Taunus, Ludwig stations ^ 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.