Hochheim station

Hochheim station is situated on the Frankfurt–Wiesbaden line (line number 3603; timetable section 645.1). It is in the town of Hochheim am Main, southwest of Frankfurt in the German state of Hesse. It is on the Taunus Railway (German: Taunus-Eisenbahn) from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]

Hochheim station
Through station
The station in the upper right
General information
LocationHochheim, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°0′15.3″N 8°21′1.4″E
Line(s)Taunus Railway (km 28.4)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code2802[1]
DS100 codeFHM[2]
IBNR8002872
Category5[1]
Fare zone
  • Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 6683[3]
  • RNN: 300 (RMV transitional tariff)[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened24 November 1839
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station
Mainz-Kastel
towards Wiesbaden Hbf
 Flörsheim
towards Rödermark-Ober Roden
Location
Hochheim station is located in Hesse
Hochheim station
Hochheim station
Location within Hesse

History

The station was opened on 24 November 1839 on the Taunus Railway, the oldest railway in Hesse, opened between 1839 and 1840. The station building dates from the foundation of the historically significant railway line and is one of the few surviving buildings from its foundation that is heritage listed in Main-Taunus-Kreis. It is a simple, rectangular, two-story stucco building with a mezzanine. It has a flat, overhanging roof supported on carved rafters and wide head struts.[5]

Infrastructure

The three track station is served by the trains of line S 1 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn. It has a platform next to the station building and an island platform. S-Bahn services to Wiesbaden stop on platform 1. Services to Hattersheim, Frankfurt-Höchst, the Frankfurt Central underground station, the City Tunnel, Offenbach Ost, Obertshausen and Rodgau to Rödermark-Ober-Roden stop on platform 2. In peak hour some trains to Offenbach Ost or Rödermark-Ober-Roden start on platform 3.

The Hattersheim station is not accessible for the disabled.

Services

Services, including ticketing, at Hochheim are organised by the Rhine-Main Transport Association (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, RMV).

S-Bahn

The S-Bahn runs from Monday to Friday every half hour on the route between Wiesbaden Central Station and Rödermark-Ober-Roden. Regional and long distance services run through the station without stopping.

Buses

The Hochheim Bahnhof bus stop is served by regional bus routes 48 and 809. Bus route 826 of Stadtverkehrs Hattersheim connects the station with central Hattersheim, the Heinrich-von-Bretano-Schule (school) and Hochheim’s eastern industrial area.

The station also has a park and ride facility.

Notes
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  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. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. "RNN Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. "Bahnhof" (in German). Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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