Hochheim station is situated on the Frankfurt–Wiesbaden line (line number 3603; timetable section 645.1). It is in the town of Hochheim am Main, southwest of Frankfurt in the German state of Hesse. It is on the Taunus Railway (German: Taunus-Eisenbahn) from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
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| Through station | |||||||||||
 The station in the upper right | |||||||||||
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| Location | Hochheim, Hesse Germany | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°0′15.3″N 8°21′1.4″E / 50.004250°N 8.350389°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Taunus Railway (km 28.4) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 2802[1] | ||||||||||
| DS100 code | FHM[2] | ||||||||||
| IBNR | 8002872 | ||||||||||
| Category | 5[1] | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | |||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 24 November 1839 | ||||||||||
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  Hochheim station Location within Hesse | |||||||||||
History edit
The station was opened on 24 November 1839 on the Taunus Railway, the oldest railway in Hesse, opened between 1839 and 1840. The station building dates from the foundation of the historically significant railway line and is one of the few surviving buildings from its foundation that is heritage listed in Main-Taunus-Kreis. It is a simple, rectangular, two-story stucco building with a mezzanine. It has a flat, overhanging roof supported on carved rafters and wide head struts.[5]
Infrastructure edit
The three track station is served by the trains of line S 1 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn. It has a platform next to the station building and an island platform. S-Bahn services to Wiesbaden stop on platform 1. Services to Hattersheim, Frankfurt-Höchst, the Frankfurt Central underground station, the City Tunnel, Offenbach Ost, Obertshausen and Rodgau to Rödermark-Ober-Roden stop on platform 2. In peak hour some trains to Offenbach Ost or Rödermark-Ober-Roden start on platform 3.
The Hattersheim station is not accessible for the disabled.
Services edit
Services, including ticketing, at Hochheim are organised by the Rhine-Main Transport Association (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, RMV).
S-Bahn edit
The S-Bahn runs from Monday to Friday every half hour on the route between Wiesbaden Central Station and Rödermark-Ober-Roden. Regional and long distance services run through the station without stopping.
Buses edit
The Hochheim Bahnhof bus stop is served by regional bus routes 48 and 809. Bus route 826 of Stadtverkehrs Hattersheim connects the station with central Hattersheim, the Heinrich-von-Bretano-Schule (school) and Hochheim’s eastern industrial area.
The station also has a park and ride facility.
Notes edit
- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 140. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "RNN Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Bahnhof" (in German). Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 23 June 2012.