Eschhofen station

• Main -Lahn -Bahn ( 66.5 km )
• Lahn Valley Railway ( 48.9 km )

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The Eschhofen station is situated on the Lahn Valley Railway in the district Eschhofen the Hessian town of Limburg an der Lahn. Shortly after the listed train station branches off the Main -Lahn -Bahn to Frankfurt ( Main ) Hauptbahnhof from.

History

The Eschhofen station was opened on 10 January 1863 with the inauguration of the Lahn valley route. The first section of the Main -Lahn -Bahn between Eschhofen and Niederselters was opened to traffic on 1 February 1875, the total line was opened on 15 October 1877. Around 1906 the signal box was built. In 1993, the town of Limburg acquired the station from Deutsche Bahn and then rented apartments and individual rooms in the station building. There is also a meeting place for young people has been established.

2013 a buyer was found and started the restoration for which at that time had long only limited use buildings. Beginning of 2014 it was completed. It originated commercial units on the ground floor and two small residential units upstairs. In addition, a hairdressing salon were in the cultivation of the former signal box decorated and offices in the old goods shed.

Infrastructure

The station is a pure local train station. He has three platform tracks. Track 1 (the main platform ) is used for trains towards Limburg and Koblenz. Track 2 track 3 is next on a central platform and serves all trains direction Giessen or Niedernhausen / Wiesbaden / Frankfurt. Track 3 is only as siding and is not used regularly. Siding 3 are currently two tracks without platforms which are, however, no longer used today. On Eschhofen station also include another park-and -ride and a bike-and - ride facility.

Connection

On Eschhofen station all trains stop towards Limburg / Koblenz and Gießen / Wiesbaden / Frankfurt. Except operated by Vectus line 21, all trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn AG (DB). The trains to Koblenz Hbf (RE 25 ) run every two hours on the relation casting Limburg -Koblenz. In addition an hourly regional train the relation Giessen- Wetzlar -Weilburg Limburg, which is operated since the timetable change 2011/2012 by HLB. On the Main -Lahn -Bahn the trains - to low- Hausen - for weekday rush hour in about a quarter of an hour, with a Regional-Express and a city - Express to Frankfurt, and a regional train to Wiesbaden wrong. Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays operate approximately every two hours, a city - Express to Frankfurt and a regional train to Wiesbaden, resulting in an hourly service between Limburg and Lower Hausen results.

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