S8 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

S8
S8 at station Mainz Roman Theatre
Overview
Type	Rapid transit, Commuter rail
System	S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Status	Operational
Locale	Frankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini	Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof Hanau Hauptbahnhof
Stations	28
Services	Main Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, South Main S-Bahn
Line number	8
Operation
Opened	1995 (1995)
Owner	Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Operator(s)	DB Regio
Depot(s)	Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stock	DB Class 420
Technical
Line length	70.3 km (43.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Route number	645.8

The S8 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.8

Routes

Main Railway

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 a line parallel with the South Main railway is used.

South Main S-Bahn

History

In 1972 the Frankfurt Airport loop, a new line to connect the recently built Terminal Mitte (Central Terminal) at the Frankfurt Airport to the Central Station and the Main railway, became operational. Two years later the R14 experimental service running between Wiesbaden Central Station and Frankfurt Central Station started. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S14 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. In 1980 the new shuttle service S15 running between the Airport station and Frankfurt Central Station started operation. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the S14's eastern terminal. In 1995 both services S14 and S15 were renamed to S8 and extended their operation to the east connecting the Central Station of Hanau. Like the S1 the S8 now also used the eastern branch of the Frankfurt Citytunnel as well as the Offenbach Citytunnel.

In 1990 two S14 trainsets collided near the Rüsselsheim station killing 17 and injuring 145 passengers. The conductor of the train bound for Frankfurt ignored the stop signal and crashed into an oncoming, fully occupied train.^[1]

Operation

S8 at the airport station, bound for Wiesbaden

S8 at Offenbach East station, bound for Wiesbaden

Trainset at Hanau-Steinheim station

1. Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf
2. Wiesbaden Hbf – Offenbach Ost
3. Kelsterbach – Frankfurt Hbf
4. Flughafen Regionalbahnhof – Frankfurt Hbf (former S15 service)
5. Rüsselsheim – Offenbach Ost
6. Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt Hbf

S8						Journey time		Station		Transfer	S-Bahn service since
1	2	3	4	5	6
						0			Wiesbaden Hbf	S1 S9	1978
						4	+4		Wiesbaden Ost	S1 S9	1978
						7	+3		Mainz Nord		1978
						12	+5		Mainz Hauptbahnhof		1978
						16	+4		Mainz Römisches Theater		1978
						19	+3		Mainz-Gustavsburg		1978
						22	+3		Mainz-Bischofsheim	S9	1978
						25	+3		Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk	S9	1978
						28	+3		Rüsselsheim	S9	1978
						31	+3		Raunheim	S9	1978
						36	+5		Kelsterbach	S9	1978
						42	+6		Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof	S9	1978
						46	+4		Frankfurt Stadion	S7 S9	1978
						49	+3		Frankfurt-Niederrad	S7 S9	1978
						53	+4		Frankfurt Hbf	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S9 U4 U5	1978
						54	+5		Frankfurt Hbf (tief)	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S9 U4 U5	1978
						56	+2		Taunusanlage	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S9	1978
						58	+2		Hauptwache	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S9 U1 U2 U3 U6 U7 U7	1978
						59	+1		Konstablerwache	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S9 U4 U5 U6 U7	1983
						61	+2		Ostendstraße	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S9	1990
						63	+2		Mühlberg	S1 S2 S9	1992
						66	+3		Offenbach-Kaiserlei	S1 S2 S9	1995
						68	+2		Ledermuseum	S1 S2 S9	1995
						70	+2		Marktplatz	S1 S2 S9	1995
						73	+3		Offenbach Ost	S1 S2 S9	1995
						77	+4		Mühlheim	S9	1995
						79	+2		Mühlheim-Dietesheim	S9	1995
						82	+3		Hanau-Steinheim	S9	1995
						82	+3		Hanau Hbf	S9	1995

References

1. ↑ "Bilder bis heute im Kopf" (in German). FR Online. 

External links

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• traffiQ Frankfurt – S8/S9 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