S9 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

S9
File:Neue Niederräder Brücke S-Bahn.jpg Train crossing the Main river in Frankfurt
Overview
Type	Rapid transit, Commuter rail
System	S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Status	Operational
Locale	Frankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini	Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof Hanau Hauptbahnhof
Stations	25
Services	Taunus Railway, Main Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, South Main S-Bahn
Line number	9
Operation
Opened	2000 (2000)
Owner	Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Operator(s)	DB Regio
Depot(s)	Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stock	DB Class 420
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Route number	645.9

The S9 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.9.

Routes

Taunus Railway

Main article: Taunus Railway

Main Railway

Main article: Main 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 a line parallel with the South Main railway is used.

South Main S-Bahn

Main article: South Main S-Bahn

History

This service was first introduced in 2000 to provide an alternative route to Wiesbaden via Frankfurt Airport skipping Rhineland-Palatinate and its capital Mainz.

Operation

1. Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf
2. Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Hbf
3. Wiesbaden Hbf – Offenbach Ost (sundays only)
4. Flughafen Regionalbahnhof – Frankfurt Hbf (former S15 service)
5. Flughafen Regionalbahnhof – Offenbach Ost (sundays only)

S8						Journey time		Station	Transfer	S-Bahn service since
1	2	3	4	5
Wiesbaden
					0			Wiesbaden Hbf	S1 S8	1978
					4	+4		Wiesbaden Ost	S1 S8	1978
					8	+4		Mainz-Kastel	S1	1978
Kreis Groß-Gerau
					15	+7		Mainz-Bischofsheim	S8	1978
					18	+3		Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk	S8	1978
					21	+3		Rüsselsheim	S8	1978
					24	+3		Raunheim	S8	1978
					29	+5		Kelsterbach	S8	1978
Frankfurt am Main
					35	+6		Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof	S8	1978
					39	+4		Frankfurt Stadion	S7 S8	1978
					42	+3		Frankfurt-Niederrad	S7 S8	1978
					46	+4		Frankfurt Hbf	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 U4 U5	1978
					47	+5		Frankfurt Hbf (tief)	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 U4 U5	1978
					49	+2		Taunusanlage	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S8	1978
					51	+2		Hauptwache	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S8 U1 U2 U3 U6 U7 U7	1978
					52	+1		Konstablerwache	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S8 U4 U5 U6 U7	1983
					54	+2		Ostendstraße	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S8	1990
					56	+2		Mühlberg	S1 S2 S8	1992
Offenbach
					59	+3		Offenbach-Kaiserlei	S1 S2 S8	1995
					61	+2		Ledermuseum	S1 S2 S8	1995
					63	+2		Marktplatz	S1 S2 S8	1995
					66	+3		Offenbach Ost	S1 S2 S8	1995
Kreis Offenbach
					70	+4		Mühlheim	S8	1995
					72	+2		Mühlheim-Dietesheim	S8	1995
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
					75	+3		Hanau-Steinheim	S8	1995
					78	+3		Hanau Hbf	S8	1995

External links

• traffiQ Frankfurt – S8/S9 timetable