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Hofheim (Taunus) station

Railway station in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany


Railway station in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany

FieldValue
styleDeutsche Bahn
nameHofheim (Taunus)
native_name_langde
symbolrailsymbol2 = s
symbol_locationde
symbol_location2frankfurt
imageHofheim Bahnhof 20110818.jpg
captionHofheim station, streetside
addressHattersheimer Str. 6, Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse
countryGermany
coordinates
ownedDB Netz
operatorDB Station&Service
line{{Plainlist1=
* Main-Lahn Railway <small>({{KursbuchlinkRegion600-699Nummer=627/645.2}}
platforms3
accessibleYes
train_operatorsDB Regio Mitte
S-Bahn Rhein-Main
code
zone: 6601
opened15 October 1877
website[www.bahnhof.de](https://www.bahnhof.de/en/Hofheim-Taunus)
map_typeHesse
map_captionLocation within Hesse
services{{Adjacent stationssystem1=DB Regio Mitte
line1RE 20left1=Niedernhausenright1=Frankfurt-Höchst
line2RB 22left2=Niedernhausenright2=Frankfurt-Höchst
system11Rhine-Main S-Bahn
line11S2left11=Lorsbachright11=Kriftel
  • Main-Lahn Railway ( S-Bahn Rhein-Main line11=S2|left11=Lorsbach|right11=Kriftel

Hofheim (Taunus) station is a station in the city of Hofheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Lahn Railway. The station opened on 15 November 1877, and is served by line S2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and regional services operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

Location

The station is located on the boundary between the town’s centre and the district of Marxheim on Marxheimer Weg about one kilometre from the centre of the town. It is on the Main-Lahn Railway (), which connects the regional station of Limburg (Lahn) with Frankfurt Central Station.

Entrance building

The station building was built in 1906 and has three storeys. It was built in the Heimatschutzstil (“homeland defence style”) in a pragmatic baroque form. It is a stucco building with striking embossing in Taunus quartzite of its lower storey and on the outsides of its upper widow jambs. It is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.

Operations

Fares at Hofheim station are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The headquarters of the RMV is near the station. The station is served by trains operated by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and DB Regio.

Rail

The station is served by S-Bahn line S2, which runs between Niedernhausen and Dietzenbach. It operates on weekdays at 30-minute intervals, at 15-minute intervals during peak hours and hourly on weekends. It is also served by RE 20 Regional-Express and RB 22 Regionalbahn services on the route from Limburg via Bad Camberg, Idstein and Niedernhausen to Frankfurt Central Station. During peak times there are six connections every hour between Hofheim and Frankfurt.

Buses

At the station there is a large bus station, from which bus routes run to the Hofheim suburbs and the surrounding communities. Called shared taxis also operate from the bus station. There are also direct bus services to Wiesbaden, operating three times an hour during the daytime.

Notes

References

  1. (2009). "Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)". Schweers + Wall.
  2. {{DBCatsURL
  3. (1 January 2021). "Tarifinformationen 2021". [[Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund]].
  4. "Hofheim station heritage listing". Denkmalschutz Hessen.
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