Taunus Railway (High Taunus)

This article is about the railway from Bad Homburg to Brandoberndorf. For line from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden of the same name, see Taunus Railway.
   Taunus Railway
(Taunusbahn)
Line length:42 km (26.1 mi)
Track gauge:1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Maximum incline: 2.9  %
Maximum speed:80 km/h (49.7 mph)
Legend
 former Solmsbach Valley Railway(to Wetzlar)
 Brandoberndorf
 Hasselborn
 Hasselborn Tunnel1300 m
 Jägerhausformer wood loading station
 Grävenwiesbach
 Weil Valley Railway(to Weilburg)
 Hundstadt
 German Federal Police ammunition depot
 Wilhelmsdorf
 former military airfieldnarrow-gauge railway
 Usingen
 Hausen
 Neu-Anspach
 Anspach viaduct
 Wehrheim
 Saalburg / Lochmühle Leisure Park
 Erlenbach/ L3041
 Köppern
 former railway to the Tettau Glass Factory
 Friedberg-Friedrichsdorf railway line(to Friedberg)
 Friedrichsdorf
 Homburg line S5
 Seulberg(trains from/to Frankfurt don't stop here)
 Bad Homburg
 Oberursel
 S3 (Bad Soden) / S4 (Kronberg line)
 Frankfurt Rödelheim
 S-Bahn line
 uses the so-called Rödelheim Curve
 regional trains rail
 Frankfurt (Main) Central Station

The Taunus Railway in the High Taunus (German: Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus)) is a railway route between Frankfurt (Main) Central Station and Brandoberndorf via Bad Homburg, Usingen and Grävenwiesbach.

Overview

The Taunus Railway is operated as the RMV line 15 by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) after the takeover of the Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn AG. It is one of the commuter rail routes operated by the HLB west and north of Frankfurt.

The Taunus Railway railcars run during the peak hours to and from Frankfurt Central Station, otherwise its south terminus station is Bad Homburg, which can also be reached from Frankfurt by the S-Bahn line S5. The trains commute every half-hour on working days and Saturdays, and hourly on Sundays and public holidays.

The rolling stock consists mainly of VT2E-type diesel railcars. In December 2006, ten new LINT 41- diesel multiple unit articulated railcars were added.

See also

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