Offenbach (Main) Ost station

Offenbach (Main) Ost station
S1 on the way to Wiesbaden Hbf (track 3)
Operations
Category	3 [1]
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	6 [2]
DS100 code	FOO
Station code	4743
Construction and location
Opened	15 November 1873
Location	Offenbach am Main
State	Hesse
Country	Germany
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
50°06′10″N 8°47′04″E / 50.1026823°N 8.7844437°E / 50.1026823; 8.7844437
Route information
Frankfurt–Hanau (south Main) (km 11.7) South Main S-Bahn (km 60.5) Offenbach City Tunnel (km 60.5) Offenbach–Dieburg–Reinheim (km 1.5)
List of railway stations in Hesse

Offenbach (Main) Ost station

Offenbach (Main) Ost station is the second most important station after Offenbach Hauptbahnhof of Offenbach am Main in the German state of Hesse. Today it is served exclusively by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn. Although Offenbach Hauptbahnhof is served by some Regional-Express services and a few intercity services each day it is rated as a category 4 station, while Offenbach Ost station is now rated as a category 3 station.^[1]

History

Offenbach Ost station was opened on 15 November 1873 on the Frankfurt-Hanau line. On 30 October 1896 the Rodgau Railway (Offenbach–Reinheim line) was opened.

Line S1 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn has been operating on the Rodgau railway since 2003, not to Reinheim, but only as far as Rödermark-Ober-Roden station. Between Dieburg and Reinheim the line has been dismantled. On 23 May 1995, the Offenbach City Tunnel was opened. S-Bahn lines S1, line S2, line S8 and line S9 run through the tunnel to Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof or Niedernhausen via Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof underground.

Simultaneously with the opening of the S-Bahn tunnel, an S-Bahn line was opened parallel with the Frankfurt-Hanau line, known as the South Main S-Bahn. Since its opening that has been operated by services of S-Bahn lines S8 and S9 to Hanau.

Infrastructure

The station has three platform tracks that are used for S-Bahn services on lines S1, S2, S8 and S9. There is no platform on the main line used by regional and long distance services on the south Main railway any more and its tracks, which are north of the S-Bahn, are separated by a soundproof wall. At the western end of the station, two tracks run into the tunnel towards Frankfurt and one track runs to Offenbach Hauptbahnhof. This track was formerly used regularly by line S 2, but it is now only used in exceptional cases. At the eastern end of the station, the S-Bahn line branches at a level junction towards Hanau and Offenbach-Bieber. Between the branches there are sidings for parking S-Bahn trains, as many trains from Frankfurt terminate at Offenbach Ost.

The city of Offenbach has proposed that this station be renamed Offenbach Hauptbahnhof because it has better transport connections than the current Offenbach Hauptbahnhof.

Operations

All S-Bahn services run at 30 minute intervals. In the peak hour, extras services are run so that each services runs at 15-minute intervals. In the peak hour lines S8 and S9 run on almost the same route, generally at 15 minute intervals. Line S 8 runs only during the peak hour to Hanau; at other times it begins or ends at Offenbach Ost. Line S1 services sometimes begin in Offenbach Ost and then just runs to Frankfurt-Höchst or Hochheim.

Preceding station		Rhine-Main S-Bahn		Following station
Marktplatz toward Wiesbaden Hbf		S1		Offenbach-Bieber toward Rödermark-Ober Roden
Marktplatz toward Niedernhausen		S2		Offenbach-Bieber toward Dietzenbach
Marktplatz toward Wiesbaden Hbf		S8		Mühlheim toward Hanau Hbf
		S9

Prior to 14 June 2010, some S 2 services ran from Offenbach Ost to Offenbach Hauptbahnhof because of lack of capacity in the Frankfurt S-Bahn tunnels. These now all run through the tunnels.

Buses

Offenbach Ost Station is served by bus lines 102, 103, 106, 107, V07, V17, V20 and the Frankfurt night bus line n61. These buses are operated by the Regionalverkehr Kurhessen and Offenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
2. ^ "Station track plan" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/de/geschaefte/infrastruktur__schiene/netz/netzzugang/dokumente/Bahnhof/SNB/F/FO__NBS.pdf. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 

References

• Michael Hofmann (ISBN 978-3937189086) (in German). Die Eisenbahn in Offenbach und im Rodgau. DGEG Medien 2004. 

External links

• "Photographs of the station" (in German). rodgau-bahn.de. http://www.rodgau-bahn.de/offenbach_ost.htm. Retrieved 18 November 2011.