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The Rhine-Main S-Bahn system is an integrated rapid transit and commuter train system for the Frankfurt/Rhine ... schedule (depending on the time of day) to the 15/30 ...
After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S5 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.
The Rhine-Main S-Bahn is a suburban rail system serving the Rhein-Main Region, of which Frankfurt itself is the central city. The service caters the large number of commuters who travel to and from the suburbs each day.
With a route length of over 70 km (43 mi), 30 stations and a journey time of 87 minutes, it is the longest S-Bahn service in the Rhine-Main area. The average speed of travel is about 49.72 km/h (30.9 mph) and a station distance of about 2 km (1.2 mi). Usually DBAG Class 423 railcars are used on this service.
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.
Since the timetable change in December 2010, Regionalbahn services (now RB 10) have been operated on the route of the Taunus Railway and the Right Rhine Railway by the Frankfurt-based company, VIAS. 19 Stadler FLIRT low-floor trains are used on this line. These replaced the Regional-Express services operated by Deutsche Bahn, so that between ...
The passenger rail service in North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the densest train services in Germany, comprising 100 million train kilometers and is mainly operated on an integrated timetable, which has been in effect since 1998 with the introduction its current version, known as 1998 NRW-Takt.
Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt Airport Regional – Rüsselsheim – Mainz Hbf – Bingen (Rhein) Hbf – Boppard Hbf – Koblenz Hbf: 471: Stadler Flirt RE 3: Nahe Express: Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt Airport Regional – Rüsselsheim – Mainz Hbf – Bad Kreuznach – Saarbrücken Hbf: 471, 680: Vlexx: Alstom Coradia LINT: RE 4: Südwest-Express