Frankfurt western stations

The Frankfurt West stations were an ensemble of three stations on the western edge of the ramparts in Frankfurt am Main between today's Willy -Brandt-Platz, then Gallustor, and the Taunustor.

Plant

For the three from the west feeding on Frankfurt railway lines, the Taunus Railway from Wiesbaden ( 1839), the Main- Neckar line of Heidelberg (1846 ) and the Main- Weser Railway from Kassel (1850), developed at the then outskirts of Frankfurt, the three adjacent West railway stations ( from north to south ):

• Main-Weser Railway Station ( 1850)
• Taunus Station (1839 )
• Main-Neckar Railway Station (1848 ). ( Between 1846 and 1848 the first south of the Main train stations Mainspitze and Sachsenhausen were used because the (old ) Main-Neckar bridge was completed in late. )

This ensemble of three stations in 1888 replaced by the about half a kilometer to the west central station. The routes of all three railroads were connected to the opening of the main station together by two connecting curves west of the respective railway stations. The "Am Hauptbahnhof " is situated on the former compound curve of the Main-Neckar and the Main - Weser Railway.

Current situation

The now redundant systems of the West stations were demolished. On the thus created web fallow the International Electrotechnical exhibition took place in 1891. Until the First World War was built on the site of the railway station district.

The former approach routes to the West stations were transformed into streets and squares. On the former Northern Railway for the Main- Weser -Bahn rail road (today Friedrich- Ebert-Anlage and Hamburger Allee ) was applied.

The Main-Neckar bridge was converted to a road bridge, then, now called William Bridge Peace Bridge, the southern access route to Stresemannallee.

Worth knowing

In the novel by Nicholas Hahn, The detective, a historical crime novel set in 1882, the constellation of three adjacent stations is a crucial moment.