Limburg (Lahn) station
Limburg (Lahn) station | |
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 Aerial view of the station from the west | |
| Location |
Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°23′03″N 8°03′44″E / 50.384300°N 8.062100°ECoordinates: 50°23′03″N 8°03′44″E / 50.384300°N 8.062100°E |
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| Platforms | 6 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 3720 |
| DS100 code | FL |
| Category | 3 [1] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 5 July 1862 |
Limburg (Lahn) station is a station of the city of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse. It is on the Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn), running between Koblenz and Gießen. The only section of this that is electrified in the Limburg area is between Limburg freight yard and Eschhofen station. At the west end of station a two-track branch line branches off towards Staffel, where it separates into two single-track lines to Siershahn (the Lower Westerwald Railway, Westerwaldbahn) and to Au (Sieg) (the Upper Westerwald Railway, Oberwesterwaldbahn). East of Limburg, in Eschhofen, the double track, electrified Main-Lahn Railway (Main-Lahn-Bahn) branches off to the southeast towards Frankfurt and Wiesbaden (via the Ländches Railway (Ländchesbahn).
Until 2005, there was also a Deutsche Bahn maintenance depot at the station, which is now closed and leased in part to the private rail operator, vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. Most of the former site was converted into a shopping centre. Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH also has its headquarters there.
Train Services
The following services currently call at Limburg:
| Line | Route | Comments |
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| RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway | Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Limburg (Lahn) | Mon-Fri only, every 2-hours (+ extra trains in peak hour) |
| SE 20 Main-Lahn Railway | Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Limburg (Lahn) | Hourly |
| RB 21 Main-Lahn Railway, Ländches Railway |
Wiesbaden Hbf – Niedernhausen (Taunus) (– Limburg (Lahn)) | Every 2 hours (fewer services on Sat and Sun) |
| RE 25 Lahn Valley Railway | Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Eschhofen – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen | Every 2 hours |
| RB 25 Lahn Valley Railway | Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Eschhofen – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen (– Fulda) | Hourly (+ extra trains in peak hour) |
| RB 29 Lower Westerwald Railway | Limburg (Lahn) – Montabaur – Siershahn | Every 2 hours (+ extra trains in peak hour) |
| RB 90 Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn | Limburg (Lahn) – Hadamar – Westerburg – Nistertal-Bad Marienberg – Hachenburg – Altenkirchen (Westerwald) – Au (Sieg) – Betzdorf (Sieg) – Siegen | Every 2 hours |
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway | toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf |
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| SE 20 Main-Lahn Railway | ||||
Diez toward Koblenz Hbf | RE 25 Lahntal-Express | toward Gießen Hbf |
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| Terminus | RB 25 Lahntal-Bahn | |||
| Preceding station | vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft | Following station | ||
| Terminus | RB 21 Ländches Railway | toward Wiesbaden Hbf |
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Diez toward Koblenz Hbf | RB 25 Lahntal-Bahn | Terminus | ||
Diez-Ost toward Siershahn | RB 29 Unterwesterwald-Bahn | |||
| Preceding station | Hessische Landesbahn | Following station | ||
Diez-Ost toward Siegen | RB 90 Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn | Terminus |
Connections with Limburg Süd station
During the construction of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed railway was decided not to establish a rail link between Limburg (Lahn) station and Limburg Süd station. Buses that stop at the bus station on the south side of the station connect the two stations together and are free for travellers with train tickets to either station.
Notes
- ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2017] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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