Friedrichsdorf station

• Taunusbahn (km 0.0) ( KBS 637)
• Homburger Bahn (km 23.9 ) ( KBS 637/645.5 )
• Friedberg- Friedrichsdorf (km 23.8 ) ( KBS 636)

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In the Friedrichsdorfer core city, on the highway road, the Friedrichsdorf train station is (Taunus ). Although the city on behalf of the Appendix " Taunus " usually omitted, the station transmits with the name. On the newest blue platform signs and in RMV plans of the appendix is not to be found. At Deutsche Bahn AG, the station is carried in the train station category 4; to 2010 was Friedrichsdorf category 3 and therefore one of 250 regional nodes.

History

In order to connect Friedrichsdorf Taunus and the communities at the Frankfurt railway and " so that the backwardness of that region coming to an end ", started in 1895 the construction of the railway Usinger, today Taunusbahn. She led a single track from Usinger train station in Bad Homburg Friedrichsdorf Seulberg and on about Köppern in the Taunus. With the construction Friedrichsdorf received through station. However, the Usinger train would not have been the only way of a rail connection for Friedrichsdorf; previously ran planning for a cross connection to the Main- Weser Railway. It was not until 1901, the Friedberg- Friedrichsdorf line was put into operation. Yet you brought an advantage, as the purpose of increasing capacity and at the personal request of the emperor, the entire route from Frankfurt via Friedrichsdorf to Friedberg has been expanded over the years, two tracks from 1907 to 1910. First, there were two people and a goods track. To traverse the crossing a wooden bridge was south, towards Seulberg, built, of which only the stone base can be seen today. West of the tracks, the station building was built. It consists of a central building with two floors and two lateral extensions and closely resembles the in Usingen.

The railway line was soon well taken. Especially in the area of ​​goods, there was due to over- demand frequent delays. Thus, " the presentation of coupon -Lok in Frankfurt four beers charges in Friedrichsdorf to their removal to Usingen requested " has been around for. In 1910, the site, which still lay on Seulberger district to date, acquired by Friedrichsdorf.

Later, local companies took advantage of the rail connection directly. The company Rühl AG & Co. and the Tettauer glass works possessed both a siding. The glass works settled in 1945 in Friedrichsdorf, since the rail connection to their parent plant was lost in Tettau by the inner German border. The track was removed there after decommissioning with the start of construction of the new residential area, the course already in the course of modernization of Taunusbahn.

In 1970 the line was electrified to Friedrichsdorf and recorded on September 27, the electrical equipment. In addition, seven years later was built in Bad Homburg, a relay interlocking system, which was the range from white churches controlled and connected to the Friedrichsdorf 1978. The trains of the routes to Gravenwiesbach and Friedberg now ended mostly in Friedrichsdorf. 1974 began with the inclusion in the FVV an S -Bahn -like forward operation from Frankfurt Main to Friedrichsdorf line under the name R5. This laid the foundation for the beginning of 1978, running under the name still preserved line S5 train operation was laid. In 1992, the range of Usinger train from Friedrichsdorf was reactivated after Gravenwiesbach and recorded in 1993 as a T- track in the FVV. The trains ran again to Bad Homburg. With the acquisition of the Rhine -Main Transport Association ( RMV) no trains now Taunusbahn said line ended more in Friedrichsdorf.

Current situation

The Friedrichsdorf station is now served by three lines, two of them end up here: The route to Friedberg ( RMV line 16 ) and the S -Bahn line S5, since the electrification will also be discontinued. The Taunusbahn ( RMV line 15) continues to Bad Homburg or - in the rush hour - Frankfurt Hbf

On the platforms, a passenger information system was in the form of flip-digit displays. Due to a renewal of the control computer 2006, they were - as in Bad Homburg - has since shut down. In Bad Homburg new LCD displays were in June 2007 as mounted in the Frankfurt city center area, the devices in Friedrichsdorf were attached to the tracks 2, 4 and 5 end of August 2007 and went in February 2008. They must be supplemented between spring 2009 and autumn 2020 through automatic announcement systems that can be monitored from a central station in Frankfurt's main train station and supplemented by announcements of staff if necessary.

Also in August 2007, all station tracks were together ballast replaced ( except for track 5, which received the renewal already with the dismantling of the freight tracks ).

Buildings and facilities

In the reception building there was until 2005 even a ticket office. In the extension of a pub with beer garden was established. However, the building degenerated rapidly; a cleaning contract was terminated by the City, as the German Bahn AG was not satisfied with the results. The city government also tried to make a purchase of the building for the purpose of renovation; However, so far came no sale. Among others, it was the part of the path that they had even demanded, but received no reply; another time, the building was owned by a subsidiary company First Rail Property, which filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter. Recently, the web was open to discussions, progress there until 2009, no. But the proposal met the " station sponsorship " from the Friedrichsdorfer Town Hall on general interest. Here, citizens can report any damage and problems or even yourself when cleaning - especially the underpass - help. Meanwhile, the building with 490 others at the firm Patron Capital Ltd. was. sold out of London, which has in turn passed on to a company based in the region. This has already been in contact with the city to plan the use. One way to beat the city from the town library.

As a replacement for the ticket counter in the reception building, a container was placed on the platform next to a vending machine. In this DB Service Pavilion tickets in addition to drinks, snacks and magazines were sold. At the beginning of 2008 it was closed without notice again, but shortly thereafter reopened by another tenant. In 2009, acquired Taunus Real reception building and renovated it for a previous six -figure sum. In the course of the kiosk was re- routed into the building, the container was removed. The former premises of the pub and the upstairs are still empty.

Since December 2007, the town of Friedrichsdorf tried to fix the states of platforms and especially the underpass. In an interview with DB Station and Service AG was decided that the city can renovate the underpass and the DB takes over the costs. The governing parties CDU and FWG then offered to interested citizens, to participate in a future renovation action. At the same time young people should make an underpass with Friedrichsdorfer designs. In the fall of 2008, the underpass was first cleaned, painted white and then decorated with various Friedrichsdorfer motifs in warm and bright colors. In early November 2008 was the Milupa known to take over the financing of a new resin floor, on 5 November 2008, work began to do so. In December 2008, a layer of protective varnish was applied to the walls. What happens to the lighting and the ailing roof, is still unclear.

For the former Güterabfertigung on which the city was planning a car park extension, the DB was initially called no good offer. The site was also acquired in 2013 by the Taunus Real, which is now planning to build a seniors residence hall.

Tracks

In Friedrichsdorf train station are four tracks (as of 2008). At times, there were 8 tracks, which were controlled by the local switchboard. With the upgrading of technology to electronically put switches and light signals, a track was removed and cut two more tracks to head. Both the setting of freight traffic on both routes as well as the elimination of the second track route to Friedberg made ​​more tracks superfluous; Moreover, no more passenger trains are parked. By 2007, these tracks were removed, were left four tracks for passenger services normally solid assignments, one of which is rarely deviated.

The numbering begins on the west side of the station building.

• Track 1 is a head track and ends from the north even before the reception building. It was originally but a transit rails; the stairs to the underpass was left after the reduction and instead those concluded between track 2 and this. The track is usually not approached. The platform is 110 m long. The track is the property of the VHT, in the station area is also where the first Hektometerstein the Taunus railway line. Since the timetable change 2008/2009 in December 2008, the track is used during the day for parking of two railcars of Taunusbahn. These two new chargers have been established.
• Track 2 is a through track and is today through the demolition of rail 1, the next building. The trains of the Taunusbahn, both to Bad Homburg and in the Taunus, stop here. Before reactivating the Taunusbahn here were ready, the S -Bahn. At night, start the last S-Bahn to Frankfurt on track 2 in the northern part of a situated west island platform separates the tracks 1 and 2, which is applied in the southern part as a side platform. With a total of 330 meters is the longest platform of the station.
• Track 3 was a siding without platform. It was later shortened to the head track and often used to silence Uerdinger rail cars or short trains persons who at the time still DB own Taunusbahn. In August 2007, it was then completely degraded in the course of the renovation of the tracks in the station area.
• Track 4 Track 5 shares with an island platform. Here is the train to Friedberg. In addition, the through trains of Taunusbahn of Frankfurt holding here, which then intersect with a regular train on track 2. At this time the train to Friedberg currently traveling to or from Rosbach. The island platform is 210 m long.
• Track 5 is also a transit rails. The train is about to start here. Rarely, a train from Friedberg is redirected to this track, in case of delays or problems and morning drives on a train track in the Taunus Taunus direction of the track.

• Track 6 had no platform and was dismantled due to lack of transport. It also had a still existing, also separated hump towards Seulberg which is parallel to the other two tracks, but slightly elevated on an embankment. On it stood before the acquisition of traffic to Friedberg by the Hessian State Railway GmbH often the railcars of Class 628
• Track 7 was a goods track and had on the eastern side of the cargo area. The area is still present and shut off, the track was dismantled. It branched off of locally hand-operated switch in the station.
• Track 8 was another track before the freight conversion of the interlocking technology.

All platforms are the usual regional platform height of 76 cm.

Access to urban transport

Prior to the reception building is a small bus station, drive from where city buses into the local area and to Bad Homburg and the lines after Gravenwiesbach 59 and FB- 16 to Friedberg.