This article is about the railway from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden. For line from Bad Homburg to Brandoberndorf of the same name, see Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus).
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.
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 151–53. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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