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Railway station in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany
Hofheim (Taunus)Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Hofheim station, streetside
General information
LocationHattersheimer Str. 6, Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°05′04″N 8°26′40″E / 50.0844150332°N 8.4443879127°E / 50.0844150332; 8.4443879127
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms3
Train operatorsDB Regio Mitte
S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Connections
Other information
Station code2827
DS100 codeFHF
IBNR8002935
Category4
Fare zoneRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 6601
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 October 1877
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Niedernhausentowards Limburg (Lahn) RE 20 Frankfurt-Höchsttowards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
RB 22
Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station
Lorsbachtowards Niedernhausen Krifteltowards Dietzenbach
Location
Hofheim (Taunus) is located in HesseHofheim (Taunus)Hofheim (Taunus)Location within Hesse

Hofheim (Taunus) station is a station in the city of Hofheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Lahn Railway. The station opened on 15 November 1877, and is served by line S2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and regional services operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

Location

The station is located on the boundary between the town’s centre and the district of Marxheim on Marxheimer Weg about one kilometre from the centre of the town. It is on the Main-Lahn Railway (German: Main-Lahn-Bahn), which connects the regional station of Limburg (Lahn) with Frankfurt Central Station.

Entrance building

The station building was built in 1906 and has three storeys. It was built in the Heimatschutzstil (“homeland defence style”) in a pragmatic baroque form. It is a stucco building with striking embossing in Taunus quartzite of its lower storey and on the outsides of its upper widow jambs. It is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.

Operations

Fares at Hofheim station are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The headquarters of the RMV is near the station. The station is served by trains operated by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and DB Regio.

Rail

The station is served by S-Bahn line S2, which runs between Niedernhausen and Dietzenbach. It operates on weekdays at 30-minute intervals, at 15-minute intervals during peak hours and hourly on weekends. It is also served by RE 20 Regional-Express and RB 22 Regionalbahn services on the route from Limburg via Bad Camberg, Idstein and Niedernhausen to Frankfurt Central Station. During peak times there are six connections every hour between Hofheim and Frankfurt.

Buses

At the station there is a large bus station, from which bus routes run to the Hofheim suburbs and the surrounding communities. Called shared taxis also operate from the bus station. There are also direct bus services to Wiesbaden, operating three times an hour during the daytime.

Notes

  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. "Hofheim station heritage listing" (in German). Denkmalschutz Hessen. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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