Frankfurt Hauptwache station
- 4 ( level -2 ) (S -Bahn & C route)
- 2 ( level -3 ) (A- line )
- Frankfurt city tunnel ( 51.6 km )
- Metro Route A
- Metro Line C.
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Frankfurt ( Main ) Main Guard Station has 181,000 passengers per day, the third largest high-speed railway node of the city of Frankfurt am Main and an important hub of rail transport in the Rhine- Main area. In addition to the S- Bahn lines S1 -S6 and S8/S9 here also hold the U -Bahn lines U1 -U3 and U6 - U8. The station is named after the former city guard.
History
In 1961 the city council of Frankfurt decided to build a metro network. The connection of a new housing estate - the northwest city - to the city center, was the background for the route of the first metro line. Construction began in 1963 near the present station Miquel-/Adickesallee/Polizeipräsidium (now there is the foundation to find). The first section of the subway, the A- line, could be opened in 1968. She led from the present station Nordwestzentrum to the main station. 1971 was followed by the section to Ginn 's home. Two years later, the line was to Theatre Square Metro Station, today expanded Willy -Brandt-Platz, the guard was no longer so terminus. 1978, the traffic with customized tramcars of type Mt was set to the A- line, so that even to Hohemark now exclusively frequented rail vehicles. Thus, the U1 -U3 drove to the station, this was 2010, also traveling on the A- line U8.
The development of the S- Bahn service took more time to complete. Although in 1962 the construction of an S- Bahn network was decided by the German Federal Railroad, it was only 16 years later - be opened to traffic - May 28, 1978. For all that time lines main guard was until 1983 terminus. To allow fast turning of the trains, the new drivers already increased at the main station in the rear cab, and could control the train in the opposite direction so after a short wait. With the opening of the S-Bahn station Konstablerwache the main guard was a through station.
Trams no longer on the main guard since 1986.
Importance
The main guard station occupies a central place in public transport in Frankfurt. Through him, the Zeil, one of Germany's top-selling shopping streets, but also large parts of downtown provision of public transport as standard. This station is one of the busiest in the whole rail network. Even people who are familiar with the unspecified transport in Frankfurt, Main Guard is a term. About direct accesses the Zeil and a Kaufhof department store can be achieved.
Tracks
From the B - level full of shops can be reached via escalators and elevators to the platform levels. At the C level, there are two side platforms for the U -Bahn lines U6 and U7 direction Ostbahnhof and Enkheim (track 1) and direction Praunheim and Oberhausen (track 4). In the intervening central platform, the S- Bahn trains stop toward South Station / Darmstadt / Hanau (track 2 ) and in the opposite direction Hauptbahnhof / Region ( track 3 ). On the two side platforms of the D- level features of the U1 -U3 and U8 towards South Station ( Platform 1 ) and Heddernheim run (track 2 ) (A- line ).