Niederhöchstadt station

• Kronberger track ( 5.8 km )
• Limes railway (km 0.0 )

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The Niederhöchstadt station is a railway station in the district of separation Niederhöchstadt the Hessian town of Eschborn. Next to him there are the stations Eschborn Eschborn Süd. Shortly after the train station to separate the Kronberg Kronberg train to and the Limes train to Bad Soden.

History

The Niederhöchstadt station was opened on November 1, 1874 together with the Kronberg path through the Cronberger Railway Company. The station building dates from the turn of the century in 1900 and is a listed building. It is a two-storey brick building. He wears a shallow hipped roof and small covered with tent roofs dormers. In particular, the platform side shows a sophisticated Baugliederung with übergiebeltem central projection, wall panels and cornices. Later, a polygonal bay was for custodial staff on the ground floor and added an extension on the north side.

On 22 December 1970, shall be opened on the first section of the railway between Schwalbach Limes Niederhöchstadt and the train station (Taunus ) Limes Limes on the city shuttle. Almost 2 years later, on November 6, 1972, closing the gap followed to Bad Soden, until then only with the Frankfurt-Höchst a rail link through the Sodener train ( current RMV line 13 ) had.

Since May 28, 1978, both routes are served by the S- Bahn lines S3 and S4, initially only to Frankfurt (Main) main station, today until after Langen ( S4 ) and Darmstadt Hbf (S3).

Traffic

The station is a pure S-Bahn station today. Here keep the lines S3 and S4, the S- Bahn Rhein -Main, which of Bad Soden (S3 ) and Kronberg (S4 ) via Frankfurt ( Main ) Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt Süd, Neu-Isenburg and Langen to the main station of the South Hessian " state capital " Darmstadt run.