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Frankfurt-Höchst
Frankfurt-Höchst
Through station
General information
Location	Frankfurt am Main, Hesse; Germany
Coordinates	50°6′9″N 8°32′33″E / 50.10250°N 8.54250°E
Line(s)	Königstein Railway; Main-Lahn Railway; Soden Railway; Taunus Railway;
Platforms	7
Construction
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code	1872
DS100 code	FHOE
IBNR	8000106
Category	3
Fare zone	: 5002
Website	www.bahn.de
History
Opened	1839; (current station building opened 1914)
Passengers
	22,500
Services
Location
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	Frankfurt-Höchst Location within Frankfurt

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The Frankfurt-Höchst station is an important station in the Frankfurt district of Höchst and is the second largest station in the city with twelve tracks. It is currently mainly used by S-Bahn, suburban and regional services.

History

The first Höchst station was built as part of one of the oldest railways in Germany. On 26 September 1839, four years after the opening of Germany's first railway from Nuremberg to Fürth, the first section of the Taunus Railway opened from the Taunus station in Frankfurt, running nine kilometres west to Höchst. The original Höchst station was located 400 metres east of the current location on Königsteiner Straße.

At the time, the line was an international route, connecting the Free City of Frankfurt and the Duchy of Nassau. On 19 May 1840, the line was completed via Hattersheim, Flörsheim and Mainz-Kastel (then in the Grand Duchy of Hesse) to Wiesbaden, the capital of Nassau. The entire route from the current S-Bahn station of Taunusanlage to Wiesbaden is now part of the busy S-Bahn S1 line.

A second line was connected to Höchst in 1847 with the opening of the short Soden Railway—Germany's oldest branch line. It linked the major spa of Bad Soden with the rest of the world. In 1877, a railway known as the Limburg Railway was established. This railway was particularly important as it connected Frankfurt to the Lahn Valley Railway, which ran between Gießen and Koblenz, crossing Nassau. Nassau had been annexed by Prussia due to the 1866 War.

In 1880, the old station building of 1839 was replaced by a new building. It was designed by the royal inspector of railways and industry (German: Königlicher Eisenbahn- und Betriebsinspektor), Heinrich Velde, who designed a total of 37 stations in the Rhine-Main area. One of which is the Höchst station, considered as his architectural tour de force. The new building was built on an “island” between the tracks of the Limburg line to the south and the Taunus and Sodene lines to the north, west of Königsteiner Straße.

In 1902, the Königstein Railway was opened via Kelkheim to Königstein. With the opening of a second line to Frankfurt (the Limburg Railway extension to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof in 1888), the number of lines connecting to Höchst station increased to six, with three from the east and three from the west. On 1 September 1905, the Bäder curve was opened from Rödelheim on the Homburg line. The Bäder curve was initially used only by freight trains. Its passenger services began in 1908, including a Berlin–Wiesbaden express via Bad Nauheim and Bad Homburg.

The current Höchst station building was opened in 1914.

Current station

Höchst station would be sufficient, with its twelve platform tracks, for a city. In fact, only eight tracks are used regularly, since one platform is closed completely. The entrance hall, the design of which is influenced by Art Nouveau, is run-down.

Services

RE 20 Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen – Limburg (Lahn)
RB 10 Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Wiesbaden Hbf – Rüdesheim – Koblenz Hbf - Neuwied
RB 11 Frankfurt Höchst – Bad Soden
RB 12 Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst– Kelkheim – Königstein
RB 22 Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen – Limburg (Lahn)
Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Rödermark-Ober-Roden
Niedernhausen – Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Dietzenbach Bf

The station is served by line S 1 and S 2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn, operating during the day at 30-minute intervals, together providing service every 15 minutes between Frankfurt-Höchst and central Frankfurt.

It is also served by RB (Regionalbahn) 12 services on the Königstein Railway between Königstein and Frankfurt Hbf, operated by Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland (HLB) every 30 minutes. The Soden line is served by RB 11 services operated by Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland at hourly intervals between Frankfurt-Höchst and Bad Soden.

The station is served by the RB 10 service between Frankfurt Hbf and Neuwied every hour, operated by VIAS.

It is served by RE 20 and RB 22 services between Frankfurt Hbf and Limburg every hour, together providing a service every 30 minutes.

Use of tracks and platforms

Platform tracks 1/2: S-Bahn lines towards central Frankfurt, Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services from Limburg to Frankfurt
Platform tracks 3/4: S-Bahn services towards Wiesbaden/Niedernhausen (track 3)
Platform tracks 5/6: Regionalbahn services from and to Wiesbaden/Koblenz/Neuwied
Platform tracks 8/9: access to the cleaning facilities for Intercity-Express trains
Platform tracks 10/11: Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services to Limburg (track 10), Soden line (track 11) (HLB)
Platform tracks 12/13: Königstein Railway to Königstein (track 13) and Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (track12) (HLB)

References

^ ^a ^b "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ Artikel der Frankfurter Rundschau

[categories-1] "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.

[Eisenbahnatlas-2] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[3] "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[4] Artikel der Frankfurter Rundschau

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+| zone                = {{rint|frankfurt|RMV}}: 5002<ref>{{cite web |title=Tarifinformationen 2021 |url=https://www.rmv.de/c/fileadmin/documents/PDFs/_RMV_DE/Infomaterial/Fahrkarten-_und_Tarifinformationen/RMV-Tarifheft_2021_.pdf |publisher=[[Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund]] |access-date=8 April 2021 |page=140 |date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515202010/https://www.rmv.de/c/fileadmin/documents/PDFs/_RMV_DE/Infomaterial/Fahrkarten-_und_Tarifinformationen/RMV-Tarifheft_2021_.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-| website             = [https://www.bahnhof.de/bahnhof-de/Frankfurt-H%C3%B6chst-1038998 www.bahn.de]
+| website             = [https://www.bahnhof.de/en/frankfurt-hoechst.html www.bahn.de]
 | map_type            = Germany Frankfurt am Main
 | map_caption         = Location within Frankfurt
 | services            = {{Adjacent stations
 |system1=DB Regio Mitte
-|line1=RE|type1=20|left1=Hofheim|right1=Frankfurt (Main)
+|line1=RE 20|left1=Hofheim|right1=Frankfurt (Main)
-|line2=RB|type2=22|left2=Hofheim|right2=Frankfurt (Main)
+|line2=RB 22|left2=Hofheim|right2=Frankfurt (Main)
 |system3=VIAS
-|line3=RB|type3=10|left3=Kastel|right3=Frankfurt (Main)
+|line3=RB 10|left3=Kastel|right3=Frankfurt (Main)
-|system4=Hessische Landesbahn
+|system4=Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland
-|line4=RB|type4=11|left4=Sossenheim
+|line4=RB 11|left4=Sossenheim
-|line5=RB|type5=12|left5=Frankfurt-Unterliederbach|right5=Frankfurt (Main)
+|line5=RB 12|left5=Frankfurt-Unterliederbach|right5=Frankfurt (Main)
 |system11=Rhine-Main S-Bahn
 |line11=S1|left11=Höchst Farbwerke|right11=Nied
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 }}
-The '''Frankfurt-Höchst station''' is an important station in the [[Frankfurt]] district of [[Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)|Höchst]] and is the second largest station in the city with twelve tracks. It is currently mainly used by [[Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S-Bahn]], suburban and regional services. It is the most important public transport node in western Frankfurt.
+The '''Frankfurt-Höchst station''' is an important station in the [[Frankfurt]] district of [[Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)|Höchst]] and is the second largest station in the city with twelve tracks. It is currently mainly used by [[Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S-Bahn]], suburban and regional services.
 ==History ==
 [[File:Bahnhof Höchst am Main 1846.jpg|thumb|left|Höchst station in 1839 in an English engraving of 1846]]
 [[File:Frankfurt-Höchst Bahnhof 1880.jpg|thumb|left|The second Höchst station in 1880]]
-The first Höchst station was built as part of one of the [[List of the first German railways to 1870|oldest railways in Germany]]. On 26 September 1839, four years after the opening of [[Bavarian Ludwig Railway|Germany's first railway]] from [[Nuremberg]] to [[Fürth]], the first section of the [[Taunus Railway]] opened from the Taunus station in Frankfurt, running nine kilometres west to Höchst. The first Höchst station was not at the current location, but 400 metres east of it at Königsteiner Straße.
+The first Höchst station was built as part of one of the [[List of the first German railways to 1870|oldest railways in Germany]]. On 26 September 1839, four years after the opening of [[Bavarian Ludwig Railway|Germany's first railway]] from [[Nuremberg]] to [[Fürth]], the first section of the [[Taunus Railway]] opened from the Taunus station in Frankfurt, running nine kilometres west to Höchst. The original Höchst station was located 400 metres east of the current location on Königsteiner Straße.
-At the time the line was an international route, connecting the [[Free City of Frankfurt]] and the [[Nassau (state)|Duchy of Nassau]]. On 19 May 1840, the line was completed via [[Hattersheim am Main|Hattersheim]], [[Flörsheim]] and [[Mainz-Kastel]] (then in the [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]]) to [[Wiesbaden]], the capital of Nassau. The entire route from the current S-Bahn station of [[Taunusanlage station|Taunusanlage]] to Wiesbaden is now part of the busy S-Bahn [[S1 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)|S1 line]].
+At the time, the line was an international route, connecting the [[Free City of Frankfurt]] and the [[Nassau (state)|Duchy of Nassau]]. On 19 May 1840, the line was completed via [[Hattersheim am Main|Hattersheim]], [[Flörsheim]] and [[Mainz-Kastel]] (then in the [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]]) to [[Wiesbaden]], the capital of Nassau. The entire route from the current S-Bahn station of [[Taunusanlage station|Taunusanlage]] to Wiesbaden is now part of the busy S-Bahn [[S1 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)|S1 line]].
-A second line was connected to Höchst in 1847 with the opening of the short [[Soden Railway]]—Germany's oldest branch line. It linked the major [[spa]] of [[Bad Soden]] with the rest of the world. In 1877 this was followed by the much more important [[Main-Lahn Railway|Limburg Railway]], which provided a connection between Frankfurt and the [[Lahn Valley Railway]] (running between [[Gießen]] and [[Koblenz]]) across Nassau, which had been annexed by Prussia as a result of the [[Austro-Prussian War|1866 War]].
+A second line was connected to Höchst in 1847 with the opening of the short [[Soden Railway]]—Germany's oldest branch line. It linked the major [[spa]] of [[Bad Soden]] with the rest of the world. In 1877, a railway known as the [[Main-Lahn Railway|Limburg Railway]] was established. This railway was particularly important as it connected Frankfurt to the [[Lahn Valley Railway]], which ran between [[Gießen]] and [[Koblenz]], crossing Nassau. Nassau had been annexed by Prussia due to the [[Austro-Prussian War|1866 War]].
-In 1880, the old station building of 1839 was replaced by a new building. It was designed by the royal inspector of railways and industry ({{lang-de|Königlicher Eisenbahn- und Betriebsinspektor}}), Heinrich Velde, who designed a total of 37 stations in the [[Frankfurt/Rhine-Main|Rhine-Main area]], of which Höchst station is considered his architectural tour de force. The new building was built on an “island” between the tracks of the Limburg line to the south and the Taunus and Sodene lines to the north, west of Königsteiner Straße.
+In 1880, the old station building of 1839 was replaced by a new building. It was designed by the royal inspector of railways and industry ({{langx|de|Königlicher Eisenbahn- und Betriebsinspektor}}), Heinrich Velde, who designed a total of 37 stations in the [[Frankfurt/Rhine-Main|Rhine-Main area]]. One of which is the Höchst station, considered as his architectural tour de force. The new building was built on an “island” between the tracks of the Limburg line to the south and the Taunus and Sodene lines to the north, west of Königsteiner Straße.
-In 1902, the [[Königstein Railway]] was opened via [[Kelkheim]] to [[Königstein im Taunus|Königstein]], so that with the opening in the meantime of a second line to Frankfurt (the extension of the Limburg Railway to [[Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof|Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof]] in 1888), there were now six lines connecting to Höchst station, three from east and three from the west. On 1 September 1905, the Bäder curve was opened from Rödelheim on the [[Homburg Railway|Homburg line]]. The Bäder curve was initially used only by freight trains; passenger services began in 1908, including a Berlin–Wiesbaden express via [[Bad Nauheim]] and [[Bad Homburg station|Bad Homburg]].
+In 1902, the [[Königstein Railway]] was opened via [[Kelkheim]] to [[Königstein im Taunus|Königstein]]. With the opening of a second line to Frankfurt (the Limburg Railway extension to [[Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof|Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof]] in 1888), the number of lines connecting to Höchst station increased to six, with three from the east and three from the west. On 1 September 1905, the Bäder curve was opened from Rödelheim on the [[Homburg Railway|Homburg line]]. The Bäder curve was initially used only by freight trains. Its passenger services began in 1908, including a Berlin–Wiesbaden express via [[Bad Nauheim]] and [[Bad Homburg station|Bad Homburg]].
 The current Höchst station building was opened in 1914.
 ==Current station ==
-Höchst station would be sufficient, with its twelve platform tracks, for a city. In fact, only eight tracks are used regularly, one platform is closed completely. The entrance hall, the design of which is influenced by [[Art Nouveau]] is run-down.
+Höchst station would be sufficient, with its twelve platform tracks, for a city. In fact, only eight tracks are used regularly, since one platform is closed completely. The entrance hall, the design of which is influenced by [[Art Nouveau]], is run-down.
 ==Services==
-* {{Bahnlinie|RE|20}} [[Frankfurt Hbf]] – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – [[Niedernhausen station|Niedernhausen]] – [[Limburg (Lahn) station|Limburg (Lahn)]]
+* {{ric|DB Regio Mitte|RE 20}} [[Frankfurt Hbf]] – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – [[Niedernhausen station|Niedernhausen]] – [[Limburg (Lahn) station|Limburg (Lahn)]]
-* {{Bahnlinie|RB|10}} Frankfurt Hbf – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – [[Wiesbaden Hbf]] – [[Rüdesheim (Rhein) station|Rüdesheim]] – [[Koblenz Hbf]] - [[Neuwied station|Neuwied]]
+* {{ric|VIAS|RB 10}} Frankfurt Hbf – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – [[Wiesbaden Hbf]] – [[Rüdesheim (Rhein) station|Rüdesheim]] – [[Koblenz Hbf]] - [[Neuwied station|Neuwied]]
-* {{Bahnlinie|RB|11}} '''Frankfurt Höchst''' – [[Bad Soden station|Bad Soden]]
+* {{ric|Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland|RB 11}} '''Frankfurt Höchst''' – [[Bad Soden station|Bad Soden]]
-* {{Bahnlinie|RB|12}} Frankfurt Hbf – '''Frankfurt-Höchst'''– [[Kelkheim]] – [[Königstein im Taunus|Königstein]]
+* {{ric|Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland|RB 12}} Frankfurt Hbf – '''Frankfurt-Höchst'''– [[Kelkheim]] – [[Königstein im Taunus|Königstein]]
-* {{Bahnlinie|RB|22}} Frankfurt Hbf – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – Niedernhausen – Limburg (Lahn)
+* {{ric|DB Regio Mitte|RB 22}} Frankfurt Hbf – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – Niedernhausen – Limburg (Lahn)
 * {{ric|Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S1}} Wiesbaden Hbf – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – [[Frankfurt Hbf (tief) station|Frankfurt Hbf (tief)]] – [[Rödermark-Ober-Roden station|Rödermark-Ober-Roden]]
 * {{ric|Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S2}} Niedernhausen – '''Frankfurt-Höchst''' – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – [[Dietzenbach station|Dietzenbach Bf]]
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 The station is served by [[S1 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)|line S 1]] and [[S2 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)|S 2]] of the [[Rhine-Main S-Bahn]], operating during the day at 30-minute intervals, together providing service every 15 minutes between Frankfurt-Höchst and central Frankfurt.
-It is also served by RB ([[Regionalbahn]]) 12 services on the [[Königstein Railway]] between Königstein and Frankfurt Hbf, operated by [[Hessische Landesbahn]] (HLB) every 30 minutes. The [[Soden Railway|Soden line]] is served by RB 11 services operated by ''Hessische Landesbahn'' at hourly intervals between Frankfurt-Höchst and Bad Soden.
+It is also served by RB ([[Regionalbahn]]) 12 services on the [[Königstein Railway]] between Königstein and Frankfurt Hbf, operated by [[Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland]] (HLB) every 30 minutes. The [[Soden Railway|Soden line]] is served by RB 11 services operated by ''Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland'' at hourly intervals between Frankfurt-Höchst and Bad Soden.
 The station is served by the RB 10 service between Frankfurt Hbf and Neuwied every hour, operated by [[VIAS]].
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 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
 {{commons category|Bahnhof Frankfurt (Main) Höchst|Frankfurt (Main) Höchst station}}
+{{Reflist}}
 {{Navbox Rhine-Main S-Bahn}}
 {{Railway stations in Frankfurt}}
+{{Authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankfurt Hochst station}}

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RB and RE	Frankfurt Airport Regional (Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Regionalbahnhof) Frankfurt East (Frankfurt (Main) Ostbahnhof) Höchst Mainkur Niederrad Sossenheim Unterliederbach
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