S5 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

S5
S5 crossing a viaduct in Bad Homburg
Overview
Type	Rapid transit, Commuter rail
System	S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Status	Operational
Locale	Frankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini	Friedrichsdorf Frankfurt South
Stations	17
Services	Homburg Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt
Line number	5
Operation
Opened	28 May 1978 (1978-05-28)
Owner	Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Operator(s)	DB Regio
Depot(s)	Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stock	DBAG Class 423
Technical
Line length	28.9 km (18.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Route number	645.5

The S5 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.5

Routes

Homburg Railway

The Homburg Railway connects Frankfurt Central Station with Friedrichsdorf, via Bad Homburg. It was opened on 10 September 1860 and electrified on 26 September 1970. S-Bahn services commenced on the line on 25 September 1977.

City tunnel

The city tunnel is an underground, pure S-Bahn route used by almost all services (except for the S7 service which terminates at the central station). In a short section between Mühlberg and Offenbach-Kaiserlei the South Main railway is used.

History

The S5 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Friedrichsdorf and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R5 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S5 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the service's eastern terminal.

Operation

1. Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Süd
2. Bad Homburg – Frankfurt Süd

S5		Journey time		Station		Transfer	S-Bahn service since
1	2
		0			Friedrichsdorf		1978
		3	+3		Friedrichsdorf-Seulberg		1978
		7	+4		Bad Homburg		1978
		11	+4		Oberursel	U3	1978
		13	+2		Oberursel-Stierstadt		1999
		15	+2		Oberursel-Weißkirchen/Steinbach		1978
		19	+4		Frankfurt-Rödelheim	S3 S4	1978
		22	+3		Frankfurt West	S3 S4 S6	1978
		24	+2		Frankfurt Messe	S3 S4 S6	1999
		26	+2		Frankfurt Galluswarte	S3 S4 S6	1978
		29	+3		Frankfurt Hbf (tief)	S1 S2 S3 S4 S6 S7 S8 S9 U4 U5	1978
		31	+2		Taunusanlage	S1 S2 S3 S4 S6 S8 S9	1978
		33	+2		Hauptwache	S1 S2 S3 S4 S6 S8 S9 U1 U2 U3 U6 U7 U7	1978
		34	+1		Konstablerwache	S1 S2 S3 S4 S6 S8 S9 U4 U5 U6 U7	1983
		36	+2		Ostendstraße	S1 S2 S3 S4 S6 S8 S9	1990
		38	+2		Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof	S3 S4 S6	1990
		39	+1		Frankfurt South Station	S3 S4 S6 U1 U2 U3 U7	1990

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to S5 (S-Bahn Rhein-Main).

• traffiQ Frankfurt – S5 timetable

Rhine-Main S-Bahn
Services	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9
Routes	Frankfurt City Tunnel Offenbach City Tunnel Frankfurt Airport loop South Main S-Bahn Homburg Railway Kronberg Railway Limes Railway Main Railway Main-Lahn Railway Main-Neckar Railway Main–Weser Railway Offenbach-Bieber–Dietzenbach railway Mannheim–Frankfurt railway Rodgau Railway Taunus Railway