Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) train station
| Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) | |
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 Friedrichsdorf station from the east side
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| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | FFRI |
| Price range | 4th |
| opening | 1895 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Friedrichsdorf__Taunus_ |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Friedrichsdorf |
| country | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 15 '8 " N , 8 ° 38' 40" E |
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| Railway stations in Hessen | |
The Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) train station is located in the Friedrichsdorf core city, on Bahnstrasse . Although the city mostly dispenses with the appendix “Taunus” in its name, the station also bears the name. However , the appendix cannot be found on the latest blue platform signs and in RMV maps. At Deutsche Bahn AG , the station is classified in station category 4; until 2010 Friedrichsdorf was category 3 and thus one of 250 regional nodes.
history
In order to connect Friedrichsdorf and the Taunus communities to the Frankfurt railway traffic and “so that the backwoods of that area would come to an end”, the construction of the Usinger Bahn , today's Taunusbahn , began in 1895 . It ran on a single track from the Usinger train station in Bad Homburg via Seulberg to Friedrichsdorf and on via Köppern into the Taunus . With their construction, Friedrichsdorf received the through station . The Usinger Bahn would not have been the only possibility of a rail connection for Friedrichsdorf; Planning for a cross connection to the Main-Weser Railway was already in progress . It was not until 1901 that the Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf line went into operation. Nevertheless, it had an advantage, since in order to increase capacity and at the personal request of the emperor, the entire route from Frankfurt via Friedrichsdorf to Friedberg was expanded to two tracks between 1907 and 1910. Initially there were two passenger and one freight track. To cross the tracks, a wooden bridge was built to the south, in the direction of Seulberg, of which only the stone base can be seen today.
To the west of the tracks was the classicist reception building , which is now a listed building. It consists of a central building with two floors and a hipped roof as well as two side extensions and is very similar to that in Usingen. In 1901 the open hall on the south side of the building was torn down and the station building was extended in this direction. The contrast between the light plaster and the red tones of the brick of the risalites and window arches is part of the original design concept.
The railway line was soon used well. In the goods sector in particular, there were often delays due to excessive demand. For example, for " four loads of beer in Friedrichsdorf, for the transport of which to Usingen the provision of a special locomotive in Frankfurt was requested ". In 1910, the area, which until then was still in the Seulberg district, was bought by Friedrichsdorf.
Local companies later also used the rail connection directly. The company Rühl AG & Co. and the Tettauer Glaswerke both had a siding. The glassworks settled in Friedrichsdorf in 1945, as the rail connection to their main plant in Tettau was lost through the inner-German border. The track was removed after the closure with the start of construction on the new residential area, the switches were removed as part of the modernization of the Taunus Railway.
In 1970 the line to Friedrichsdorf was electrified and electrical operation began on September 27th. In addition, a relay signal box was built in Bad Homburg seven years later , which controls the area from Weißkirchen and was connected to Friedrichsdorf in 1978. Most of the trains on the routes to Grävenwiesbach and Friedberg now ended in Friedrichsdorf. In 1974, with the inclusion in the FVV, an S-Bahn-like advance service began from Frankfurt Central Station to Friedrichsdorf under the line designation R5 . This laid the foundation stone for the S-Bahn service that began in 1978 and continues under the line designation S5 , which is still preserved today . In 1992 the Usinger Bahn route from Friedrichsdorf to Grävenwiesbach was reactivated and in 1993 it was included as a T-Bahn in the FVV. The trains went back to Bad Homburg. With the takeover of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), no more trains on the line, now known as the Taunusbahn , ended in Friedrichsdorf.
Todays situation
Friedrichsdorfer Bahnhof is now served by three lines, two of which end here: The line to Friedberg (RMV line 16) and the S5 line, as electrification will not continue either. The Taunusbahn (RMV line 15) continues to Bad Homburg or - during rush hour - Frankfurt Hbf .
A passenger information system in the form of case- sheet displays was located on the platforms . Due to a renewal of the tax computer in 2006, they have been out of operation since then - like the one in Bad Homburg. In Bad Homburg, new LCD displays were installed in June 2007, as in the inner city area of Frankfurt; the devices in Friedrichsdorf were installed on tracks 2, 4 and 5 at the end of August 2007 and went into operation in February 2008. Between spring 2009 and autumn 2020, they are to be supplemented by automatic announcement devices, which can be monitored from a control center in Frankfurt main station and, if necessary, supplemented by announcements from employees.
Also in August 2007, all the station tracks including the ballast bed were replaced (apart from track 5, which received the renewal when the freight tracks were dismantled).
Buildings and facilities
There was still a ticket office in the reception building until 2005. In the extension there was a pub with a beer garden. However, the building deteriorated visibly; a cleaning contract was canceled by the city because the Deutsche Bahn AG was not satisfied with the results. The city administration also tried to acquire the building for renovation; so far, however, no sale has taken place. Among other things, it said on the part of the railway that they had inquired but received no answer; another time the building was owned by a subsidiary, First Rail Property , which filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter . Most recently, Deutsche Bahn was open to talks and there will be no progress until 2009. The suggestion of “train station sponsorship” from the Friedrichsdorf town hall aroused general interest. Citizens can report damage and problems or even help with cleaning - especially the underpass. The building has since been sold to Patron Capital Ltd. with 490 others . from London, which in turn brokered it to a company based in the region. This has already contacted the city to plan the use. The city suggested one possibility with the city library.
As a replacement for the ticket office in the reception building, a container was set up next to a machine on the platform. In this DB service pavilion , drinks, snacks and magazines were sold in addition to tickets. At the beginning of 2008 it was closed again without prior notice, but reopened shortly afterwards by another tenant. In 2009 Taunus Real acquired the reception building and renovated it for what was previously a six-figure sum. In the course of this, the kiosk was moved back into the building and the container was dismantled. The former rooms of the pub and the upper floor are still empty.
Since December 2007, the city of Friedrichsdorf has been trying to have the condition of the platforms and especially the underpass repaired. In a discussion with DB Station & Service AG , it was decided that the city can renovate the underpass and that DB will pay the costs. The ruling parties CDU and FWG then offered interested citizens to participate in a future renovation campaign. At the same time, young people should design the underpass with Friedrichsdorf motifs. In autumn 2008 the underpass was first cleaned, painted white and then decorated with various Friedrichsdorf motifs in warm and light colors. At the beginning of November 2008, Milupa announced that it would take over the financing for a new synthetic resin floor, and on November 5, 2008, work began on it. In December 2008 a layer of protective varnish was applied to the walls. What happens to the lighting and the dilapidated roof is still unclear.
For the former goods handling , on which the city was planning to expand the parking lot, DB was initially unable to name a favorable offer. The site was also acquired by Taunus Real in 2013 , which is now planning to build a senior citizens' home.
Tracks
There are four tracks in Friedrichsdorfer Bahnhof (as of 2015). At times there were 8 tracks that were controlled by the local signal box. With the conversion of the technology to electronically set points and light signals, one track was removed and two more shortened to end tracks. Both the cessation of freight traffic on both lines and the elimination of the second track to Friedberg made additional tracks superfluous; in addition, no more passenger trains are parked. These tracks were removed by 2007, leaving 4 tracks for passenger traffic with normally fixed occupancies, which are rarely deviated from.
The numbering begins on the west side of the reception building.
- Track 1 is a head track and ends from the north in front of the station building. However, it was originally a through track; the stairs to the underpass were left after the shortening and instead those between platform 2 and this were closed. The track is usually not approached. The platform is 110 m long. The track is the property of the VHT, in the station area there is also the hectometer stone for 0.0 km of the Taunus railway line. From the end of 2008, the track was temporarily used during the day to park two Taunusbahn railcars, and electrical connections and stop markings were installed for this purpose.
- Track 2 is a through track and is now the closest to the building due to the demolition of track 1. The trains of the Taunusbahn, both to Bad Homburg and in the Taunus, stop here. Before the reactivation of the Taunusbahn, the S-Bahn were ready here. At night, the S-Bahn to Frankfurt start on platform 2. In the northern part, an island platform in the west separates platforms 1 and 2, which is laid out as a side platform in the southern part . With a total of 330 m, the platform is the longest in the station.
- Track 3 was a siding without a platform. It was later shortened to the head track and often used to park Uerdingen rail buses or short passenger trains on the Taunus Railway, which was still owned by DB at the time. In August 2007 it was completely dismantled as part of the renewal of the tracks in the station area.
- Track 4 shares an island platform with track 5. Here is the train to Friedberg. In addition, the through trains of the Taunusbahn from Frankfurt stop here, which then cross with a regular train on platform 2. At this time the train to Friedberg is on its way to or from Rosbach . The island platform is 210 m long.
- Track 5 is also a through track. The S-Bahn is ready to depart here. A train from Friedberg is seldom directed to this track, in the event of delays or problems, as well as in the morning, a Taunusbahn train in the direction of Taunus drives the track.
- Track 6 did not have a platform and was dismantled due to a lack of freight traffic. It also had a still existing, also separated drainage mountain in the direction of Seulberg, which is parallel to the other two tracks, but slightly elevated on a dam. Before the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH took over the traffic to Friedberg, the class 628 multiple units were often on it .
- Track 7 was a freight track and had a loading area on the eastern side. The area is still available and cordoned off, the track has been removed. It branched off at locally manually operated points in the station.
- Before the interlocking technology was upgraded, track 8 was another freight track.
All platforms are at the usual regional platform height of 76 cm.
Planning
In order to achieve barrier-free access to the platforms, it was initially planned to have track 5 from Friedberg end bluntly with a buffer stop and to dismantle it from Bad Homburg to allow level access to the central platform. At the same time, the platforms were to be adapted to the vehicle entry heights, which would not have allowed any alternative operation in the event of disruptions with the expansion of the southern switch connection. This led to critical reactions from Pro Bahn. Pedestrian and wheelchair ramps to Cheshamer Strasse / Am Viadukt were also planned. At the end of 2014, the plans were adapted to the extension of the S-Bahn to Usingen , which was investigated at the time, and the connection of the Friedberger line to Bad Homburg. Accordingly, the tracks remain untouched, while the house platform is raised to a height of 96 cm and lifts are installed on this and the central platform . For reasons of space, a ramp should only be built on the east side. This was originally supposed to happen until 2018/2019, at the end of 2017 the planned start of construction was postponed to 2020. The planning documents were published at the end of October 2019, according to which construction is expected to start in the summer of 2020, with the work lasting around one year. Among other things, bus shelters, bicycle parking boxes, lighting and guidance systems for the blind are to be renewed or retrofitted.
Connection to urban transport
In front of the reception building is a small bus station , from which city buses go to the local area and to Bad Homburg, as well as lines 59 to Grävenwiesbach and FB-16 to Friedberg.
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literature
- Angelika Baeumerth: 300 years of Friedrichsdorf (1687–1987) . From the history of the Huguenot city on the Taunus. Ed .: Magistrate of the City of Friedrichsdorf. Friedrichsdorf 1987.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Query of course book route 637 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of the course book route 637 / 645.5 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of the course book route 636 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ^ A b Günter Fischer: 90 Years of the Homburg-Friedrichsdorf-Usingen Railway - 1895–1985 . In: Suleburc Chronicle . 17th year. Friedrichsdorf 1986, p. 3-17 .
- ↑ Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 77-78 .
- ↑ Including the previous paragraph: Friedrichsdorf on weiltalbahn.de
- ↑ Timetable rails in Bad Homburg (see web links)
- ↑ FVV network plan from 1974
- ↑ New announcement center for the stations in the area of the Rhein-Main S-Bahn , press release from the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport and Regional Development
- ↑ Friedrichsdorf: At the station it's going ahead , Frankfurter Rundschau from January 5, 2011
- ↑ Underpass: Milupa donated a new floor covering for 7,000 euros , report in the Taunus newspaper from November 4, 2008
- ↑ Christiane Paiement-Gensrich: No toilet, poor security: it grows and smells at the train station. In: Taunus Zeitung. November 6, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Explanatory report on the planning documents. (PDF; 286 kB) Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
Web links
- Pictures and brief descriptions of the train stations on the Taunusbahn
- "Rails in Bad Homburg" - Timeline for Homburg routes
- Bad Homburg relay signal box - the plan of the Friedrichsdorf train station can be seen on the track diagram photos.