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Rüsselsheim station

Coordinates: 49°59′30″N 8°24′50″E / 49.99167°N 8.41393°E / 49.99167; 8.41393
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Rüsselsheim station
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationRüsselsheim, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates49°59′30″N 8°24′50″E / 49.99167°N 8.41393°E / 49.99167; 8.41393
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms3
Connections
  • RE 2RE 3
  • RB 58
  • Bus interchange 1 6 11 22 24 31 32 41 42 46 51 52 61 67 70 71 72 81 83
Other information
Station code5440
DS100 codeFKCH[1]
IBNR8005220
Category3[2]
Fare zoneRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 3730[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1863
Passengers
2,000
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Mainz-Bischofsheim
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 2
Südwest-Express
Frankfurt Airport regional
Preceding station Vlexx Following station
Mainz-Bischofsheim RE 3 Frankfurt Airport regional
Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station
Rüsselsheim Opelwerk
towards Koblenz Hbf
RB 58 Frankfurt Airport long-distance
Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station
Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk Raunheim
towards Hanau Hbf
Map
Location
Rüsselsheim is located in Hesse
Rüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim
Location in Hesse
Rüsselsheim is located in Germany
Rüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim
Location in Germany
Rüsselsheim is located in Europe
Rüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim
Location in Europe

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.

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

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Rüsselsheim 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

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Services on lines S8 and S9 each operate at 30-minute intervals on the Wiesbaden HauptbahnhofHanau 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

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Rüsselsheim 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

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 151. Retrieved 8 April 2021.