S3 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

S3
File:Bsbahnhof.jpg S3 at its terminal in Bad Soden
Overview
Type	Rapid transit, Commuter rail
System	S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Status	Operational
Locale	Frankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini	Bad Soden Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof
Stations	27
Services	Limes Railway, Homburg Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, Main-Neckar Railway
Line number	3
Operation
Opened	28 May 1978 (1978-05-28)
Owner	Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Operator(s)	DB Regio
Depot(s)	Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stock	DBAG Class 423
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Route number	645.3

The S3 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.3

Routes

Limes Railway

Main article: Limes Railway

Homburg Railway

Main article: Homburg Railway

City tunnel

Main article: Citytunnel Frankfurt

The city tunnel is an underground, pure S-Bahn route used by almost all services (except for the S7 service which terminates at the central station). In a short section between Mühlberg and Offenbach-Kaiserlei the South Main railway is used.

Main-Neckar Railway

Main article: Main-Neckar Railway

History

Year	Stations	Route
1974 (R3)	11	Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf
1978	15 (+4)	Frankfurt-Höchst – Hauptwache
1983	16 (+1)	Frankfurt-Höchst – Konstablerwache
1990	19 (+3)	Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Süd
1997	26 (+10, -3)	Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
1999	27 (+1)	Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
2002	28 (+1)	Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
2008	29 (+1)	Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf

The S3 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Frankfurt-Höchst and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R3 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S3 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the service's eastern terminal.

Operation

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Crossing the A5 motorway

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S3 between Messe and Galluswarte

1. Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
2. Frankfurt Hbf – Darmstadt Hbf
3. Bad Soden – Langen (Sundays only)

S3			Journey time		Station		Transfer	S-Bahn service since
1	2	3
Main-Taunus-Kreis
			0			Bad Soden		1978
			2	+2		Sulzbach Nord		1978
			5	+3		Schwalbach Limes		1978
			6	+1		Schwalbach Nord		2008
			9	+3		Eschborn-Niederhöchstadt	S4	1978
			11	+2		Eschborn	S4	1978
			13	+2		Eschborn-Süd	S4	1978
Frankfurt am Main
			17	+4		Frankfurt-Rödelheim	S4 S5	1978
			20	+3		Frankfurt West	S4 S5 S6	1978
			22	+2		Frankfurt Messe	S4 S5 S6	1999
			24	+2		Frankfurt Galluswarte	S4 S5 S6	1978
			27	+3		Frankfurt Hbf (tief)	S1 S2 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 U4 U5	1978
			29	+2		Taunusanlage	S1 S2 S4 S5 S6 S8 S9	1978
			31	+2		Hauptwache	S1 S2 S4 S5 S6 S8 S9 U1 U2 U3 U6 U7 U7	1978
			32	+1		Konstablerwache	S1 S2 S4 S5 S6 S8 S9 U4 U5 U6 U7	1983
			34	+2		Ostendstraße	S1 S2 S4 S5 S6 S8 S9	1990
			36	+2		Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof	S4 S5 S6	1990
			38	+2		Frankfurt South Station	S4 S5 S6 U1 U2 U3 U7	1990
			40	+2		Frankfurt Stresemannallee	S4	1990
			42	+2		Frankfurt Louisa	S4	1997
Kreis Offenbach
			45	+3		Neu-Isenburg	S4	1997
			48	+3		Dreieich-Buchschlag	S4	1997
			50	+2		Langen Flugsicherung	S4	2002
			52	+2		Langen	S4	1997
			55	+3		Egelsbach		1997
Kreis Darmstadt-Dieburg
			57	+2		Erzhausen		1997
Darmstadt
			59	+2		Darmstadt-Wixhausen		1997
			62	+3		Darmstadt-Arheilgen		1997
			65	+3		Darmstadt Hbf		1997

External links

• traffiQ Frankfurt – S3/S4 timetable