S3 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)

The S3 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.3

S3
S3 towards Bad Soden at Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Line number3
LocaleFrankfurt Rhine-Main
Termini
Stations27
Service
TypeRapid transit, Commuter rail
SystemS-Bahn Rhein-Main
ServicesLimes Railway, Homburg Railway, Citytunnel Frankfurt, Main-Neckar Railway
Route number645.3
Operator(s)DB Regio
Depot(s)Frankfurt Hbf
Rolling stockDBAG Class 423
History
Opened28 May 1978 (1978-05-28)
Technical
Line length49 km (30 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line

Lines

Limes Railway

Homburg Railway

City tunnel

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).

Main-Neckar Railway

History

YearStationsRoute
1974 (R3)11Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf
197815 (+4)Frankfurt-Höchst – Hauptwache
198316 (+1)Frankfurt-Höchst – Konstablerwache
199019 (+3)Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Süd
199726 (+10, -3)Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
199927 (+1)Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
200228 (+1)Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
200829 (+1)Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf

The S3 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Frankfurt-Höchst and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R3 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S3 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.

Operation

S3 to Bad Soden departing Frankfurt West
S3 at Darmstadt-Arheilgen
  1. Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf
  2. Frankfurt Hbf – Darmstadt Hbf
  3. Bad Soden – Langen (Sundays only)
Journey timeStationTransferS-Bahn service
since
123

Main-Taunus-Kreis

0 Bad Soden1978
2+2Sulzbach Nord1978
5+3 Schwalbach Limes1978
6+1 Schwalbach Nord2008
9+3Eschborn-Niederhöchstadt 1978
11+2Eschborn 1978
13+2 Eschborn-Süd 1978

Frankfurt am Main

17+4Frankfurt-Rödelheim 1978
20+3Frankfurt West 1978
22+2 Frankfurt Messe 1999
24+2Frankfurt Galluswarte 1978
27+3 Frankfurt Hbf (tief) 1978
29+2Taunusanlage 1978
31+2 Hauptwache 1978
32+1 Konstablerwache 1983
34+2Ostendstraße 1990
36+2Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof 1990
38+2 Frankfurt South Station 1990
40+2 Frankfurt Stresemannallee 1990
42+2 Frankfurt Louisa 1997

Kreis Offenbach

45+3 Neu-Isenburg 1997
48+3 Dreieich-Buchschlag 1997
50+2 Langen Flugsicherung 2002
52+2Langen 1997
55+3 Egelsbach1997

Kreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

57+2 Erzhausen1997

Darmstadt

59+2Darmstadt-Wixhausen1997
62+3 Darmstadt-Arheilgen1997
65+3 Darmstadt Hbf1997