Rüsselsheim station is a transit station in the town of Rüsselsheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main Railway from Mainz to Frankfurt am Main. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[2] The station is served by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and by regional trains. There is another station in Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk station, which is served by S-Bahn trains only.
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| Location | Rüsselsheim, Hesse Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°59′30″N 8°24′50″E / 49.99167°N 8.41393°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 5440 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | FKCH[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8005220 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 3[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone |  : 3730[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station was opened in 1863. The Rüsselsheim train disaster occurred near the station on 2 February 1990, killing 17 persons and severely injuring 145.
Services
editRüsselsheim lies in the area served by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). It is used by Rhine-Main S-Bahn trains operated by DB Regio and buses.
Trains
editServices on lines S8 and S9 each operate at 30-minute intervals on the Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof–Hanau Hauptbahnhof route. Together the two lines operate at 15-minute intervals through Rüsselsheim. Line S8 runs through Mainz Hauptbahnhof to Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof, while line S9 runs via Kostheim Bridge to Mainz-Kastel and Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof.
Rüsselsheim station is also served by Regional-Express trains running between Koblenz Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (the Mittelrhein-Main-Express, RE 2) and between Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (Rhein-Nahe-Express, RE 3), each running every two hours, resulting in an approximately hourly service as far as Mainz. In the peak hours there are a few Regionalbahn services to Idar-Oberstein and to Bingen Hauptbahnhof. Hessische Landesbahn also operates an hourly service (RE 58) from Rüsselsheim Opelwerk to Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt South, Hanau, Aschaffenburg and Laufach.
Buses
editRüsselsheim station has a large bus station. It is served by city bus routes 6, 11, 31, 32, 41, 42, 51, and 52, and regional bus line 1 to Flörsheim (Main) station. Rüsselsheim Bahnhof Südseite bus stop to the south of the station is served by routes L1, 22, 24, 28, 72, and 752.
Notes
edit- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 151. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
