Hanau Hauptbahnhof

  • Hanau- Fulda ( KBS 615)
  • Hanau- Friedberg ( KBS 633 )
  • Hanau- Kahl -Aschaffenburg ( KBS 640)
  • Hanau -Frankfurt - Main Valley ( KBS 640, 641 )
  • Hanau -Frankfurt -Offenbach ( KBS 615, 641 )
  • Hanau- Eberbach ( KBS 641 )
  • Hanau Kahl Schöllkrippen ( KBS 642)
  • S- Bahn Rhein -Main ( KBS 645.8 / 9)

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The Hanau Hauptbahnhof is the main intersection of rail transport in the eastern Rhine -Main area.

History

Today Hanau main station was built as part of the Bebra - Hanau railway as a temporary terminus Hanau East and opened on 1 May 1867. Functional predecessor of the railway station was opened in 1848 as a railhead terminus of the Frankfurt- Hanau Railway Company, which was located west of downtown on the site of the current breakpoint Hanau West.

Hanau east was the Verküpfungsbahnhof between the Main-Spessart Railway, which had been built as an extension of the railway line Frankfurt- Hanau to Aschaffenburg, and the route to Bebra. At the same time Bahnbetriebswerk Hanau heath lands was established. Hanau East received a reception building, the station as an island between the track direction Bebra (Northern Railways ) and the distance to Aschaffenburg ( Southern Railways ) was built.

The location of the station resulted from the crossing of the River Main to Steinheim on the Steinheim Main Bridge, which was at right angles to cross the river, and the subsequent track alignment south of the river to Frankfurt am Main. The so- periodic penalty point explains the location of the station far from Hanau city center. Even today, the result is a significant problem for the line management of public transport in Hanau, who is serving two centers: The train station and the inner city bus node Freedom Square. By the end of World War II, the station was served by a tram Hanauer tram.

On May 15, 1927, the " Hanau Station East" was renamed " Hanau Hauptbahnhof".

The original station building was demolished in 1966 and replaced by a north of the railway tracks lying reception building with a spacious station forecourt. The original location as an island station can still be seen on the track numbering and access roads of the area between the tracks park-and -ride parking lot today. The floor level of the main level of the new station was essentially determined by the position of the existing pedestrian underpass that has been retained. Since the station was partially built in a former river bed of the River Main, there are always, but especially after thunderstorms, problems with water penetration. The passengers accessible part of the reception building was fundamentally transformed by the object of the baggage and Expressgutbeförderung the early 90s of the last century.

Connection

Hanau is a central hub in the railway network, the station linked six routes. It meet here the

  • Hanauer train ( Hanau -Frankfurt - Main valley )
  • Main-Spessart -Bahn ( Hanau- Kahl -Aschaffenburg )
  • Frankfurt- Bebra railway easterly direction: Kinzig Valley Railway, Hanau, Fulda -Göttingen
  • Westerly direction: Offenbach am Main Frankfurt am Main, also südmainische S -Bahn

Operation

Long-distance traffic

The Hanau Hauptbahnhof is classified as a category 2 station at Deutsche Bahn. Over several remote connections via ICE & IC the city with a large part of Germany as well as some cities abroad is connected.

Transport

Hanau is connected by several regional express and regional train lines with the surrounding area. Since 1995, also send the lines S8 and S9 S-Bahn Rhein -Main at Hauptbahnhof. At the station forecourt is also a central bus stop.

Changes

The timetable change 2005/2006 Hanau was Ruhrgebiet-Rhein/Main-Nürnberg/München of the ICE connection that is traversed by the new ICE 3 generation, largely decoupled. The justification - according to German train - was not the lack of cost-effectiveness, but structural conditions. Since only a remodeling at the station was made ​​and the German railway their decision not denied by the competent authorities, earned her the harsh criticism from the city government and politics.

Progress, however, the modernization of Odenwaldbahn was ( RMV line 64) that will increase the number of trains on the axis Odenwald- Frankfurt significantly increased and in further steps.

As part of the timetable change 2006/2007 of the Hanau main station received a number of new long-distance connections:

  • Hourly ICE connections to Berlin (previously every 2 hours),
  • In the opposite direction every hour alternately in Switzerland or Munich an ICE connection
  • Single additional IC connections, among other things, to Berlin and Halle an der Saale
  • Stop mostly all ICE, IC and EC trains the axis (Hamburg -Bremen ) Ruhr -Cologne- Bonn -Frankfurt- Hanau- Nuremberg ( every two hours ) and partial extensions Passau -Vienna-Budapest ( two EC pairs of trains ) or Mittenwald -Seefeld in Tirol ( IC train pair 328/329 ).

Planning

A suburban railway line should be coming out from the center of Frankfurt and the Frankfurt East Station tunnel as Nordmainische S-Bahn to Hanau. Preparatory works are already underway. Since future with this expansion have ended much more trains in Hanau than before, is the number of tracks to be increased. In addition to a new platform 1a there should be 100 in the future, an additional 8 track and a track. Accessibility is to be created on all platforms through the installation of lifts, also the station should be thoroughly modernized and visually embellished.

Accidents

  • On November 14, 1884 in Hanau drove a passenger on a freight train. A coming from the opposite direction the second freight train ran into the wreckage. 22 people died in the accident, 26 were injured. → Main article: Railway accident of Hanau 1884
  • And the very next day, November 15, 1884, the mixed train Gmp was 718 headed by Friedland by an incorrectly Asked switch the station to the connecting track to the south side of the station, where he ascended to another freight train. 5 injured were the result.
  • On November 8, 1900 came between Mülheim am Main and Offenbach Hauptbahnhof, the D 42 and a passenger train together. 12 people died and four others were injured. In the literature of accident frequently is called imprecise and inaccurate as done " in Hanau ." → Main article: Railway accident of Mülheim am Main 1900
  • On April 27, 1954, a passenger train coming from the Odenwaldbahn ran after the exit from the Hanau Hauptbahnhof is a " stop" signal at danger and drove the opposite direction from the upcoming " Scandinavia Express" in the flank. Four people died and 97 were injured. → Main article: Railway accident of Hanau 1954
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