Oberursel (Taunus) railway station
| Oberursel (Taunus) | |
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 Track systems (above), reception building and subway station (below)
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| Design | Through station |
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| abbreviation | FOU |
| IBNR | 8004596 |
| Price range | 4th |
| opening | 1860 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Oberursel__Taunus_ |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Oberursel |
| country | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 11 '56 " N , 8 ° 35' 18" E |
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| Railway stations in Hessen | |
The Oberursel (Taunus) station is located at the Homburg Railway in the city of Oberursel (Taunus) . Today it is served by the S5 S-Bahn line of the Rhein-Main S-Bahn and (during rush hour ) the RB15 regional train operated by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) . The railway system, located in the eastern part of the city, was built at a distance of 15.3 to 189.1 m above sea level. NN erected.
The former mountain railway to Hohemark , which is now part of the U3 underground line , also goes from the station . The transfer station to the category 4 subway (local transport hub ), which is called Oberursel Bahnhof there , is only referred to as Oberursel in RMV plans .
In 2013 the station was voted small town station of the year .
history
As a replacement for the horse-drawn bus line , which has been running partly via Oberursel since 1850, the Homburg Railway was opened in 1860 after several failed attempts and ran from Frankfurt to Bad Homburg . On this route Oberursel received a train station. The station building was initially to the west of the level crossing on Frankfurter Landstrasse. Later, the station building that still exists today was built east of the street.
In 1901 the Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf line was put into operation. It brought an advantage, as 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-track between 1907 and 1910.
The standard-gauge mountain railway to the Hohemark was opened in 1899, with steam locomotives used to transport goods and passengers . In the eastern part of the station, a transition to the Homburg Railway was made. In 1910, the small railway line from Heddernheim followed , which linked the mountain railway with the Frankfurt tram network.
From 1968 the line from Frankfurt to Hohemark was operated as an underground tram with the number 24, later as the A3. From 1978, the trains stopped in Oberursel as the U3 underground line. The originally single-track line was expanded to double-track for the underground, which made Oberursel less important as a train station and a turning system was built for it. The transition to the Homburg Railway was still used, for example for the delivery of the first series of U2 type underground vehicles . These initially rolled on their own axles, after a derailment on a switch they were delivered on flat wagons. The freight trains were pulled by class 50 steam locomotives .
On September 27, 1970, the line via Oberursel and Bad Homburg to Friedrichsdorf was electrified . Seven years later, on May 8, 1977, a relay signal box was also built in Bad Homburg , which controls the area from Weißkirchen. As a result, the dispatcher interlocking on the east side of the station, the barrier post on Gattenhöferweg and the switch / gatekeeper on Frankfurter Landstrasse became superfluous. In 1974, when it was accepted into the Frankfurter Verkehrsverbund (FVV), an S-Bahn -like advance service from Frankfurt Central Station began 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 . Since joining the FVV in 1993, Taunusbahn trains have also run to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof. These stop in Oberursel, but not in Stierstadt and Weißkirchen.
For the Hessentag 2011 , the station area was originally to be extensively rebuilt. The subway tracks should be moved to the other side of the reception building - to the Homburger Bahn - in order to enable transfers at the same level as the platform. However, a few missing centimeters in the clearance profile prevented this. Therefore, because of the otherwise high costs, only a simple solution was implemented. It planned to rebuild the platforms of the underground station so that they were barrier-free and to redesign the space in front of the reception building on the street side, which was also implemented.
In 2013, the Oberursel station was awarded the title Station of the Year by the Pro Schiene Alliance .
Todays situation
Buildings and facilities
Of the original large number of buildings, only two remain today: the former switchman's building and the station building . Until the Hessentag 2011 , the only access to the island platform was an underpass that ended directly in the hall of the reception building. In addition to the annex, which was occasionally used by scouts , there was a kiosk . After the renovation work was completed, a new, barrier-free entrance was created.
In the reception building was established in May 2012, a restaurant with the name H-Lounge opened (as original name was because the facility style Hemingway -Lounge planned. Because of complaints, however, the name had to be changed), an extension houses a DB Service Store with ticket sales.
Tracks
The Oberurseler Bahnhof on the Homburg Railway now only consists of two main tracks with an island platform and two track changes. The tracks in the extensive freight area were still there until the Hessentag 2011, but no longer connected and mostly overgrown. The transition to the subway network had also been interrupted for a long time by a GSM-R transmission mast. In the area between the loading crane and the reception building, 200 different plant species were recorded during a spontaneous count. The site has been fallow again since Hessentag, parts of which have a park and ride car park
The underground station consists of a double-track stop with an adjoining turning and parking facility , in front of which the route to Hohemark branches off from the tracks that run parallel to the Homburger Bahn. It was once part of a triangle of tracks. The turning system was used as planned by the additional trains that only went to Oberursel Bahnhof. Since it was discontinued in 2011, it has only served as a reserve for operational disruptions.
Planning
It is planned to build a mixed area with residential and commercial buildings on the former freight yard , with the entire traffic routing around the station being adapted. A parking garage is to be built on the railway line.
Connection
Rail transport
In Oberursel, the S5 trains stop every half hour, which is compressed to a quarter of an hour from Monday to Friday until around 6 p.m. In addition, there are the through trains of the Taunusbahn to and from Frankfurt Central Station . The U3 serves Oberursel train station every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes in the evening and on Sundays.
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| bad Homburg |
 S5 Homburg Railway |
Bull town | ||
| bad Homburg |
 RB 15 Taunusbahn |
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| Oberursel city center |
 U3 A route |
Bommersheim | ||
Bus transport
Four regional bus routes (including two express bus routes ), three city bus routes and four night bus routes (including one supraregional overland night bus route ) stop at Oberursel train station , which connect the train station with all Oberursel districts and the surrounding towns and communities in the Hochtaunus district.
literature
- Oberursel - A train station in major. In: mobil , 03/2017
Web links
- Pictures and brief descriptions of the train stations on the Homburger and Taunusbahn
- "Rails in Bad Homburg" - Timeline for Homburg routes
- Bad Homburg relay signal box - the track diagram photos show the plan of the Oberursel train station
Individual evidence
- ↑ Route timetable RB 15. (PDF) Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund RMV, accessed on December 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Oberursel on weiltalbahn.de
- ↑ Friedrichsdorf on weiltalbahn.de
- ↑ Timetable rails in Bad Homburg (see web links)
- ↑ FVV network plan from 1974
- ^ Station of the year: The most customer-friendly stations in Germany . In: Alliance pro rail . ( allianz-pro-schiene.de [accessed on September 1, 2018]).
- ↑ fr-online: Oberursel station: flower garden in the old track bed
- ↑ Information page of the city of Oberursel