S8 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

S8
S8 at station Mainz Roman Theatre
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Line number	8
Locale	Frankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini	Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof Hanau Hauptbahnhof
Stations	28
Service
Type	Rapid transit, Commuter rail
System	S-Bahn Rhein-Main
Services	Main Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, South Main S-Bahn
Route number	645.8
Operator(s)	DB Regio
Depot(s)	Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stock	DB Class 420
History
Opened	1995 (1995)
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

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

Routes

Main Railway

Main article: Main Railway

City tunnel

Main article: Citytunnel Frankfurt

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

Main article: South Main S-Bahn

History

Year	Stations	Route
1974 (R14)	15	Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Hbf
1983 (S14)	18 (+3)	Wiesbaden Hbf – Konstablerwache
1990 (S14)	21 (+3)	Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Süd
1995	28 (+9, -2)	Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf

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.

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

Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt						Journey time		Station		Transfer	S-Bahn service since
1	2	3	4	5	6
Wiesbaden
						0			Wiesbaden Hbf	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						4	+4		Wiesbaden Ost	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
Mainz
						7	+3		Mainz Nord		1978
						12	+5		Mainz Hauptbahnhof		1978
						16	+4		Mainz Römisches Theater		1978
Kreis Groß-Gerau
						19	+3		Mainz-Gustavsburg		1978
						22	+3		Mainz-Bischofsheim	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						25	+3		Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						28	+3		Rüsselsheim	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						31	+3		Raunheim	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						36	+5		Kelsterbach	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
Frankfurt am Main
						42	+6		Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						46	+4		Frankfurt Stadion	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						49	+3		Frankfurt-Niederrad	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						53	+4		Frankfurt Hbf	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						54	+5		Frankfurt Hbf (tief)	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						56	+2		Taunusanlage	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						58	+2		Hauptwache	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1978
						59	+1		Konstablerwache	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1983
						61	+2		Ostendstraße	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1990
						63	+2		Mühlberg	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1992
Offenbach
						66	+3		Offenbach-Kaiserlei	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995
						68	+2		Ledermuseum	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995
						70	+2		Marktplatz	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995
						73	+3		Offenbach Ost	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995
Kreis Offenbach
						77	+4		Mühlheim	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995
						79	+2		Mühlheim-Dietesheim	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
						82	+3		Hanau-Steinheim	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995
						82	+3		Hanau Hbf	Template:ÖPNV Frankfurt	1995

External links

• traffiQ Frankfurt – S8/S9 timetable