Limburg (Lahn) station

Limburg (Lahn) station
File:Limburg Bahnhof.JPG Aerial view of the station from the west
Location	Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Lahn Valley Railway (KBS 625) Lower Westerwald Railway (KBS 629) Upper Westerwald Railway (KBS 461) Main-Lahn Railway (KBS 627)
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	3720
DS100 code	FL
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	5 July 1862

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Station building

Limburg (Lahn) station is a station of the city of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse. It is on the Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn), running between Koblenz and Gießen. The only section of this that is electrified in the Limburg area is between Limburg freight yard and Eschhofen station. At the west end of station a two-track branch line branches off towards Staffel, where it separates into two single-track lines to Siershahn (the Lower Westerwald Railway, Westerwaldbahn) and to Au (Sieg) (the Upper Westerwald Railway, Oberwesterwaldbahn). East of Limburg, in Eschhofen, the double track, electrified Main-Lahn Railway (Main-Lahn-Bahn) branches off to the southeast towards Frankfurt and Wiesbaden (via the Ländches Railway (Ländchesbahn).

Until 2005, there was also a Deutsche Bahn maintenance depot at the station, which is now closed and leased in part to the private rail operator, vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. Most of the former site was converted into a shopping centre. Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH also has its headquarters there.

Train Services

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LINT 41 of vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft in Limburg station

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Station forecourt

The following services currently call at Limburg:

Line	Route	Comments
RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway	Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Limburg (Lahn)	Mon-Fri only, every 2-hours (+ extra trains in peak hour)
SE 20 Main-Lahn Railway	Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Limburg (Lahn)	Hourly
RB 21 Main-Lahn Railway, Ländches Railway	Wiesbaden Hbf – Niedernhausen (Taunus) (– Limburg (Lahn))	Every 2 hours (fewer services on Sat and Sun)
RE 25 Lahn Valley Railway	Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Eschhofen – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen	Every 2 hours
RB 25 Lahn Valley Railway	Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Eschhofen – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen (– Fulda)	Hourly (+ extra trains in peak hour)
RB 28 Upper Westerwald Railway	Limburg (Lahn) – Hadamar – Westerburg – Nistertal-Bad Marienberg – Hachenburg – Altenkirchen (Westerwald) – Au (Sieg)	Every 2 hours
RB 29 Lower Westerwald Railway	Limburg (Lahn) – Montabaur – Siershahn	Every 2 hours (+ extra trains in peak hour)

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Terminus		RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway		Eschhofen toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
		SE 20 Main-Lahn Railway
Diez toward Koblenz Hbf		RE 25 Lahntal-Express		Eschhofen toward Gießen Hbf
Terminus		RB 25 Lahntal-Bahn
Preceding station		vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft		Following station
Terminus		RB 21 Ländches Railway		Eschhofen toward Wiesbaden Hbf
Diez toward Koblenz Hbf		RB 25 Lahntal-Bahn		Terminus
Diez-Ost toward Au (Sieg) Hbf		RB 28 Oberwesterwald-Bahn
Diez-Ost toward Siershahn		RB 29 Unterwesterwald-Bahn

Connections with Limburg Süd station

During the construction of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed railway was decided not to establish a rail link between Limburg (Lahn) station and Limburg Süd station. Buses that stop at the bus station on the south side of the station connect the two stations together and are free for travellers with train tickets to either station.