S2 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

The S2 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.2 is a railway connection between the small Taunus town Niedernhausen and Dietzenbach.

S2
S2 at Taunusanlage station, bound for Niedernhausen
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Line number2
LocaleFrankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini
Stations27
Service
TypeRapid transit, Commuter rail
SystemS-Bahn Rhein-Main
Services
Route number645.2
Operator(s)DB Regio
Depot(s)Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stockDBAG Class 423
History
Opened28 May 1978 (1978-05-28)
Technical
Line length54.7 km (34.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line

Usually DBAG Class 423 railcars are used on this service. Its predecessor class 420 is only used for shortened shuttle services.

According to a news report issued by Hessenschau, the S2 is the least punctual of the system, with only 83% of trains leaving on time.[1]

Routes

Main-Lahn railway
Main article: Main-Lahn Railway

The service uses the tracks of the Main-Lahn Railway between Niedernhausen and Frankfurt Central Station. This route is also used by regional trains in the section Niedernhausen–Frankfurt-Höchst. Between Frankfurt-Höchst and Central Station this service shares the Main-Lahn line with freight and shunting operations. National and regional services use the parallel running Taunus railway in this section. The Main-Lahn railway was completed on 15 October 1877 and has been used by S-Bahn services since 1978.

City tunnel
Main articles: Citytunnel Frankfurt and Frankfurt Schlachthof–Hanau railway

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). The tunnel was opened in four stages in 1978, 1983, 1990 and 1992. In a short section between Mühlberg and Offenbach-Kaiserlei the Frankfurt Schlachthof–Hanau railway is used. The section from Mühlberg to Offenbach Ost through the Offenbach City Tunnel was opened in 1995.

Rodgau railway
Main article: Rodgau Railway

This line was opened in 1896 and has been used since 2003 only by S-Bahn services.

Offenbach-Bieber–Dietzenbach railway
Main article: Offenbach-Bieber–Dietzenbach railway

This line was opened on 1 December 1898 and has been used since 2003 only by S-Bahn services.

History
Year Stations Route
1974 (R2) 11 Niedernhausen – Frankfurt Hbf
1978 13 (+2) Niedernhausen – Hauptwache
1983 14 (+1) Niedernhausen – Konstablerwache
1990 17 (+3) Niedernhausen – Frankfurt Süd
1992 16 (+1, -2) Niedernhausen – Mühlberg
1995 17 (+2, -1) Niedernhausen – Frankfurt Süd
2002 18 (+1) Niedernhausen – Frankfurt Süd
2003 26 (+10, -2) Niedernhausen – Dietzenbach
2007 27 (+1) Niedernhausen – Dietzenbach

The S2 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Niedernhausen and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R2 where the letter "R" stands for regional. In 1975 the R2 was the system's first service employing the class 420 trainset. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S2 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the service's eastern terminal. After the opening of the eastern Citytunnel branch to the Mühlberg station in 1992 the S2 started operation in this section shutting down its service to Lokalbahnhof and Südbahnhof until in 1995 the service resumed its pre-1992 operation. In 2002, Eppstein-Bremthal station was completed increasing the number of stations to 18.

In 2003 the Offenbach Citytunnel and the Rodgau railway was included. After two years of construction work this route was changed to S-Bahn operation. Since then the new eastern terminal station is Dietzenbach. In 2007 the new Frankfurt-Zeilsheim station was included to the S2 service.

Operation
  1. Niedernhausen – Dietzenbach
  2. Niedernhausen – Offenbach Ost
  3. Niedernhausen – Frankfurt Hbf
  4. Hofheim – Frankfurt Hbf
  5. Griesheim – Dietzenbach
  6. Offenbach Ost – Dietzenbach
End of the line at Niedernhausen
Crossing the valley at Eppstein
Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn service
since
1 2 3 4 5 6

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

0 Niedernhausen 1978

Main-Taunus-Kreis

3+3 Eppstein-Niederjosbach 1978
5+2 Eppstein-Bremthal 2002
7+2 Eppstein 1978
12+5 Hofheim-Lorsbach 1978
15+3 Hofheim 1978
18+3 Kriftel 1978

Frankfurt am Main

20+2 Frankfurt-Zeilsheim 2007
23+3 Farbwerke 1978
26+3 Frankfurt-Höchst 1978
28+2 Frankfurt-Nied 1978
31+3 Frankfurt-Griesheim 1978
37+6 Frankfurt Hbf U4 U5 1978
36+5 Frankfurt Hbf (tief) U4 U5 1978
38+2 Taunusanlage 1978
40+2 Hauptwache U1 U2 U3 U6 U7 U8 1978
42+2 Konstablerwache U4 U5 U6 U7 1983
43+1 Ostendstraße 1990
45+2 Mühlberg 1992

Offenbach

48+3 Offenbach-Kaiserlei 1995
50+2 Ledermuseum 1995
52+2 Marktplatz 1995
55+3 Offenbach Ost 1995
57+3 Offenbach-Bieber 2003

Kreis Offenbach

61+4 Heusenstamm 2003
64+3 Dietzenbach-Steinberg 2003
66+2 Dietzenbach-Mitte 2003
68+2 Dietzenbach 2003

References
  1. Germany, hessenschau de, Frankfurt (2020-01-12). "Fast jede zehnte S-Bahn kommt zu spät". hessenschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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