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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
This list is based on the timetable dated from 9 December 2018 to 14 December 2019, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].  Map references relate to the 2014 issue of the Schweers+Wall ''Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland''.
This list is based on the timetable dated from 15 December 2019 to 12 December 2020, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].  Map references relate to the 2017 issue of the Schweers+Wall ''Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland''.


==Obscure services==
==Obscure services==
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===Eichenberg avoiding line: Friedland (Han) (Abzw Eichenberg Nordkopf) – Arenshausen (Abzw Eichenberg Ostkopf)===
===Eichenberg avoiding line: Friedland (Han) (Abzw Eichenberg Nordkopf) – Arenshausen (Abzw Eichenberg Ostkopf)===
[540.1] (''55B3'') DE19/501
[540.1] (''55B3'') DE20/501


This north to east curve links the Göttingen and Nordhausen lines and is used by through trains between Göttingen and Leinefelde (generally every two hours).
This north to east curve links the Göttingen and Nordhausen lines and is used by through trains between Göttingen and Leinefelde (generally every two hours).


===Bad Sooden-Allendorf (Abzw Eschwege-Wehre) – Wehretal-Reichensachsen (Abzw Eschwege-Stegmühle) ===
===Bad Sooden-Allendorf (Abzw Eschwege-Wehre) – Wehretal-Reichensachsen (Abzw Eschwege-Stegmühle) ===
(''55B4'') DE19/502
(''55B4'') DE20/502


Since the reopening of Eschwege Stadtbahnhof in 2009, all local trains between Eichenberg and Bebra reverse there, leaving and returning to the main line at a triangular junction at Eschwege West. Daytime expresses use the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'', so the only passenger trains to use the main line, bypassing Eschwege, are overnight ones.  The following use this route 9 December 2018 to 27 June 2019 and 28 October to 14 December 2019 unless shown otherwise.  These trains run via Kassel on other nights.
Since the reopening of Eschwege Stadtbahnhof in 2009, all local trains between Eichenberg and Bebra reverse there, leaving and returning to the main line at a triangular junction at Eschwege West. Daytime expresses use the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'', so the only passenger trains to use the main line, bypassing Eschwege, are overnight ones.   


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D
|  
| FO
| ''IC469''
| Flensburg - 01:20 SO Göttingen - Basel Bad Bf
|-
| D
| SO
| ''IC479''
| Kiel Hbf - 01:20 SuO Göttingen - Basel Bad Bf
|-
| D
|   
|   
| ''NJ471''
| ''NJ471''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 01:26 Göttingen - Zürich HB
| Berlin Ostbahnhof/Hamburg-Altona - 01:26 Göttingen - Zürich HB
|-  
|-  
| D
|
| MO  
| MO  
| ''ICE1271''
| ''ICE1271''
| Hamburg-Altona - 03:07 Göttingen - Chur
| Hamburg-Altona - 03:07 Göttingen - Chur
|-  
|-  
| D
|  
|   
|   
| ''NJ491''
| ''NJ491''
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
|  
|   
|   
| ''NJ470''
| ''NJ470''
| Zürich HB - 01:48 Fulda - Berlin Ostbahnhof
| Zürich HB - 01:48 Fulda - Berlin Ostbahnhof/Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
| D
|  
| SuO  
| SuO  
| ''ICE990''
| ''ICE990''
| München Hbf - 02:25 MO Bad Hersfeld - Hamburg-Altona
| München Hbf - 02:25 MO Bad Hersfeld - Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
| D
|
| FO
| ''IC478''
| Basel Bad Bf - 03:28 SO Fulda - Flensburg
|-
| D
| SO
| ''IC468''
| Basel Bad Bf - 03:30 SuO Fulda - Kiel Hbf
|-
| D1
|   
|   
| ''NJ490''
| ''NJ490''
| Wien Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona
| Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona
|}
|}


D1: Also runs via this route FSX 11 August to 27 October 2019
''Urlaubs Express'' trains to and from Hamburg are likely to use this route; see [[Germany_-_Other_Services|Other Services Page]].


===Bebra avoiding line: Ludwigsau-Friedlos (Abzw Blankenheim) – Ronshausen (Abzw Faßdorf)===
===Bebra avoiding line: Ludwigsau-Friedlos (Abzw Blankenheim) – Ronshausen (Abzw Faßdorf)===
[605, 610] (''66 insert'') DE19/503
[605, 610] (''66 insert'') DE20/503


This south to east curve enables trains between Fulda and Eisenach to avoid reversal at Bebra. It is used by trains (an ''ICE/IC'' service at least hourly) running non-stop between Fulda or Bad Hersfeld and Eisenach.
This south to east curve enables trains between Fulda and Eisenach to avoid reversal at Bebra. It is used by trains (an ''ICE/IC'' service at least hourly) running non-stop between Fulda or Bad Hersfeld and Eisenach.


===Gießen avoiding line: Dutenhofen – Großen Linden (Gießen Bergwald Stw Gs)===
===Gießen avoiding line: Dutenhofen – Großen Linden (Gießen Bergwald Stw Gs)===
[445] (''65A4'') DE19/504
[445] (''65A4'') DE20/504


This west to south curve enables trains to run between Wetzlar and Friedberg (Hess) without reversing at Gießen.
This west to south curve enables trains to run between Wetzlar and Friedberg (Hess) without reversing at Gießen.
Line 92: Line 72:


===Neuhof (Kr Fulda) (Fulda-Bronnzell) – Fulda via Flyover===
===Neuhof (Kr Fulda) (Fulda-Bronnzell) – Fulda via Flyover===
[615] (''78C1'') DE19/505
[615] (''78C1'') DE20/505


The flyover south of the station allows trains to run from the northbound line from Hanau into the low-numbered platforms at Fulda, without crossing the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' on the level.  It is used by most ''RE'' trains via Flieden '''terminating''' at Fulda.
The flyover south of the station allows trains to run from the northbound line from Hanau into the low-numbered platforms at Fulda, without crossing the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' on the level.  It is used by most ''RE'' trains via Flieden '''terminating''' at Fulda.


===Flieden – Sterbfritz (Elm Bbf)===  
===Flieden – Sterbfritz (Elm Bbf)===  
(''78C1-78C2'') DE19/506
(''78C1-78C2'') DE20/506


This is part of the former main line between München and Hamburg. Daytime expresses now use the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' and diversion of Gemünden local trains to Schlüchtern, instead of Fulda, has left the route with passenger trains only during the night.
This is part of the former main line between München and Hamburg. Daytime expresses now use the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' and diversion of Gemünden local trains to Schlüchtern, instead of Fulda, has left the route with passenger trains only during the night.


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D2
|  
|   
|   
| ''NJ491''
| ''NJ491''
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D3
|
|   
|   
| ''NJ490''
| ''NJ490''
| Wien Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona
| Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona
|}
|}


D2: 9 December 2018 to 27 June 2019 and 28 October to 14 December 2019
''Urlaubs Express'' trains to and from Hamburg are likely to use this route; see [[Germany_-_Other_Services|Other Services Page]].


D3: Not via this route Friday and Saturday nights 16 August to 26 October 2019
DB plans to close the Fulda - Würzburg ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' for major engineering work in 2022.  During that period daytime trains are expected to be diverted via this route.


===Hanau West (Weiche 403/404) – Hanau Hbf (Nordseite)===
===Hanau West (Weiche 403/404) – Hanau Hbf (Nordseite)===
[640] (''153D2'') DE19/507
[640] (''153D2'') DE20/507


This route is used by trains between the Maintal and Fulda lines.  There are two spurs linking the Maintal line to Hanau Hbf Nordseite (Fulda line). The southerly one is for eastbound trains via platform 7 only. The other is reversible and links with platforms 2 to 7.  Most local trains via Maintal Ost terminating or starting at Hanau Hbf normally use the reversible connection and platform 5.   
This route is used by trains between the Maintal and Fulda lines.  There are two spurs linking the Maintal line to Hanau Hbf Nordseite (Fulda line). The southerly one is for eastbound trains via platform 7 only. The other is reversible and links with platforms 2 to 7.  Most local trains via Maintal Ost terminating or starting at Hanau Hbf normally use the reversible connection and platform 5.   


Most ''IC'' and ''ICE'' trains run via Offenbach (Main), but some are routed via Maintal.  the following are scheduled to run via Maintal and Hanau Hbf Nordseite.
Most ''IC'' and ''ICE'' trains run via Offenbach (Main), but some are routed via Maintal.  The following are scheduled to run via Maintal Ost and Hanau Hbf Nordseite.


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D50
|  
|  
|  
| ''NJ471''
| ''NJ471''
| Berlin Ostbf - 02:56 Fulda - Zürich HB
| Berlin Ostbf - 02:56 Fulda - Zürich HB
|-
|-
| D
|  
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE1646''
| ''ICE1646''
| Erfurt Hbf - 06:44 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Süd/Flughafen Fernbf
| Erfurt Hbf - 06:44 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
|-
| D51
| D2
| SuX
| ''IC1091''
| Berlin Ostbf - 08:56 Hildesheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D
| SuX
| SuX
| ''ICE1691''
| ''ICE791''
| Berlin Ostbf - 10:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
| Berlin Ostbf - 10:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D1
|  
|  
| ''IC1193''
| ''IC1191''
| Berlin Ostbf - 12:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
| Berlin Ostbf - 12:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-  
|-  
| D
|  
| FO
| ''ICE1683''
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:15 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|
| SuO
| SuO
| ''ICE1685''
| ''ICE1685''
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:15 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:15 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D52
| D1
|  
|  
| ''ICE1632''
| ''ICE795''
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 14:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE1695''
| Berlin Ostbf - 14:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
| Berlin Ostbf - 14:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D1
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE1697''
| ''ICE797''
| Berlin Ostbf - 16:15 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
| Berlin Ostbf - 16:15 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-  
|-  
| D52
|
|  
| SuO
| ''ICE1630''
| ''ICE1597''
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 16:17 Kassel-Wilhelmshöe - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
| Hamburg Hbf - 16:41 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-
| D
| D1
| SSuO
| SSuO
| ''IC1197''
| ''IC1197''
| Berlin Ostbf - 16:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
| Berlin Ostbf - 16:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-  
|-  
| D
|  
| SuO
| SuO
| ''IC1956''
| ''IC1956''
| Leipzig Hbf - 17:00 Fulda - Karlsruhe Hbf
| Leipzig Hbf - 17:00 Fulda - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-
| D
| SuO
| ''IC1985''
| Hamburg-Altona - 19:25 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|-
| D
| D
| FO
| FO
| ''ICE1693''
| ''ICE1673''
| Hamburg-Altona - 19:26 Hanau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 19:26 Hanau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
|-
| D
| D1
| SuO
|
| ''IC2171''
| Hamburg-Altona - 19:26 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D50
|
| ''NJ470''
| Zürich HB - 00:54 - Berlin Ostbf
|-
| D52
|
| ''ICE1535''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 08:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D53
|  
| ''ICE1590''
| ''ICE1590''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 08:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 08:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
|-
|-
| D53
| D1
|  
|  
| ''ICE1592''
| ''ICE1592''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 10:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf  
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 10:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf  
|-
|-
| D54
| D4
| SO
| SO
| ''IC1986''
| ''IC1986''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 10:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| Stuttgart Hbf - 10:18 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
|-
| D
| D1
| FSSuO
|  
| ''ICE1698''
| ''ICE798''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 12:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 12:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
|-
|-
| D
|
| FO
| FO
| ''IC1972''
| ''IC1972''
| 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
|-
| D
| D4
| SuO
| ''IC1174''
| Basel SBB - 14:18 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
|-
| D1
|  
|  
| ''IC1196''
| ''IC1196''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 14:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 14:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
|-
|-
| D52
| D1
| SX
| ''ICE1633''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 16:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D55
|  
|  
| ''ICE1694''
| ''ICE794''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 16:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin-Spandau/Ostbf
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 16:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D
Line 250: Line 215:
| Graz Hbf - 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
| Graz Hbf - 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| FSSuX
| ''IC1951''
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
|-
| D
| D
| FSuO
| FSuO
| ''ICE1594''
| ''ICE1594''
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D52
|
| ''ICE1694''
| 16:17 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
|-
|-
| D56
| D3
| SuO
| ''ICE776''
| 17:10 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Oldenburg (Oldbg) Hbf
|-
| D52
| SX
| SX
| ''ICE1635''
| ''ICE792''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 18:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 18:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D
| SX
| ''ICE1692''
| Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf/18:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
|-  
|-  
|}
|}


D50: 9 December 2018 to 27 June 2019 and 27 October to 14 December 2019
D1: 15 December 2019 to 4 October 2020
 
D2: 15 December 2019 to 5 April 2020 and SuX 6 April to 4 October 2020


D51: Not 28 October to 14 December 2019; also calls at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe some days
D3: 15 December 2019 to 5 April 2020 and SX 6 April to 4 October 2020


D52: 10 August to 27 October 2019
D4: 10 October to 12 December 2020


D53: 9 December 2018 to 10 June 2019
===Offenbach (Main) Hbf - Offenbach (Main) Ost===
[645.8] (''153B2'') DE20/508


D54: Not via this route 5 January to 23 March 2019
This 1.7km connecting line links the main Frankfurt - Hanau line at Offenbach Hbf with the ''S-Bahn'' line at Offenbach Ost. Early on Monday mornings certain ''S8'' trains between Frankfurt (Main) Hbf and Offenbach Ost are diverted to run to and from Frankfurt am Main Hbf via Frankfurt am Main Süd and this line.


D55: Not 10 August to 27 October 2019
From Offenbach (Main) Hbf: 00:38, 01:12 and 01:38 (all MO)


D56: 6 January to 24 March 2019
From Offenbach (Main) Ost: 23:58 SuO, 00:27 MO and 00:58 MO


===Frankfurt am Main Hbf===
===Frankfurt am Main Hbf===
Line 297: Line 255:


Many long-distance trains reverse at Frankfurt and, in the lists below, trains using a route inward are shown before those using it outward.
Many long-distance trains reverse at Frankfurt and, in the lists below, trains using a route inward are shown before those using it outward.
'''There are extensive alterations to train services in the Frankfurt area between August and October 2019.'''  These are reflected in tables below as far as possible.


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Süd====  
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Süd====  
[615, 615.1, 640] (''151C3-151D3'') DE19/508
[615, 615.1, 640] (''151C3-151D3'') DE20/511


Most trains run via Main-Neckar-Brücke. The following trains run via Niederrader Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus:
Most trains run via Main-Neckar-Brücke. The following trains are scheduled via Niederrader Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus:


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D4
|
| FO
| FO
| ''IC469''
| ''ICE1683''
| Flensburg - 03:33 SO Hanau Hbf - Basel Bad Bf
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:15 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D5  
| D5  
| SO
| ''IC479''
| Kiel Hbf - 03:33 SuO Hanau Hbf - Basel Bad Bf
|-
| D6
| SuX
| ''ICE1091''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 11:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D7
| FO
| FO
| ''ICE1683''
| ''ICE1673''
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:17 Hanau Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 19:26 Hanau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D8
| SO
| ''ICE28''
| Wien Hbf - 15:18 Hanau Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
| FO
| FO
| ''IC478''
| ''IC2224''
| Basel Bad Bf - 02:13 SO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kiel Hbf
| München Hbf - 20:04 Aschaffenburg Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
|
| D6
| SO
|  
| ''IC468''
| ''ICE522''
| Basel Bad Bf – 02:13 SuO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Flensburg
| München Hbf - Würzburg Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
| FO
| FO
| ''IC2278''
| ''IC2372''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelnshöhe/Hannover Hbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelnshöhe/Hannover Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D9
|  
| SO
| ''IC1986''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 10:16 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D7
| FO
| FO
| ''IC1972''
| ''IC1972''
| 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
| D10
| D
| FSSuX
| FSSuX
| ''EC218''
| ''EC218''
| Graz Hbf - 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
| Graz Hbf - 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
|-
|-
| D7
| D
| FSSuX
| ''IC1951''
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
|-
|
| FSuO
| FSuO
| ''ICE1594''
| ''ICE1594''
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
|-
|-
| D8
| SO
| ''ICE229''
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wien Hbf
|-
| D
|  
|  
| SX
| ''ICE776''
| ''ICE776''
| 17:10/17:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf
| 17:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf
|-
| D11
| FSSuX
| ''IC1951''
| 17:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt
|-
|-
|}
|}


D4: 20 September to 25 October 2019
D5: 9 October to 11 December 2020


D5: Not 28 June to 26 October 2019
D6: 20 April to 2 July 2020, except 1 June


D6: 11 June to 9 August 2019
Trains normally run direct between Abzw Forsthaus and Frankfurt am Main Süd, but ''IC2372'' is scheduled to run via Frankfurt-Louisa.


D7: 9 December 2018 to 7 June 2019
The following regional trains have an extended journey time between the Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt am Main Süd, so probably also use this route:


D8: 5 January to 23 March 2019
{| class="ostable"
 
|
D9: 15 to 29 December 2019 and 30 March to 8 June 2019
| SuO
 
| ''RE4624''
D10: 10 December 2018 to 8 August 2019 and 28 October to 12 December 2019
| Bamberg - 18:27 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
 
|-
D11: 12 August to 24 October 2019
| D
| SuX
| ''RE28603/28605''
| 05:54 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Aschaffenburg Hbf/Laufach
|-
|
| SSuO
| ''RE4647''
| 09:01 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Bamberg
|-
|
| SSuO
| ''RE4649''
| 15:01 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Bamberg
|-
| D
| FX
| ''RE4590''
| 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Fulda/Bad Hersfeld
|}


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)====  
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)====  
[650, 650.2] (''151C3-151C4'') DE19/509
[650, 650.2] (''151C3-151C4'') DE20/512


Most trains to and from Neu Isenburg, other than ''S-Bahn'', run via Main-Neckar-Brücke, but the following are scheduled via Niederrader Brücke:
Most trains to and from Neu Isenburg, other than ''S-Bahn'', run via Main-Neckar-Brücke, but the following are scheduled via Niederrader Brücke:


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D12
| D7
|  
|  
| ''IC2390/2392''
| ''IC1994/1996''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:47 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:47 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|-
| D13
|
| SO
| SO
| ''IC1986''
| ''IC1986''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 09:25 Darmstadt Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| Stuttgart Hbf - 09:25 Darmstadt Hbf - Hannover Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
|-
|-
|  
| D8
| FO
| ''IC1992''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 10:35 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|
| FSSuX
| FSSuX
| ''EC218''
| ''EC218''
| Graz Hbf - 15:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
| Graz Hbf - 15:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D14
| D7
| SO
| ''IC1976''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 21:32 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D15
| SSuX
| ''IC1990''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 23:33 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D16
| SSuX
| ''ICE1097''
| Hamburg-Altona - 09:54 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Darmstadt Hbf
|-
| D14
|
| ''ICE1575''
| 10:56 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Heidelberg Hbf/Karlsruhe Hbf
|-
| MO
| ''IC1999''
| 11:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D12
|  
|  
| ''IC2391''
| ''IC1995''
| 16:50 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
| 16:50 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D14
| D9
| SuO
| FO
| ''IC1973''
| ''ICE1673''
| 21:49 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
| D15
| FSX
| ''ICE1593/1595''
| 23:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|}
|}


D12: Train ''IC2392'' runs MO.  Trains ''IC2390'' and ''IC2391'' run in connection with trade fairs. Train ''IC2391'' runs on 24, 28 and 29 January, 11 and 12 February, 11 to 14 March, 1 April, 6 to 9 May, 24 June, 1 July, 11, 12 and 16 to 19 September and 14 to 17 October 2019.  ''IC2390'' runs a day later in all cases.
D7: Train ''IC1996'' runs MO.  Trains ''IC1994'' and ''IC1995'' run in connection with trade fairs. Train ''IC1995'' runs on 7 to 9 January, 27 to 30 January, 5, 6, 10 and 11 February, 9 to 12 March and 30 March to 2 April 2020Train ''IC1994'' runs a day later in all cases.


D13: 15 December to 8 June 2019
D8: Via Niederrader Brücke when terminating at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.


D14: 9 August to 29 September 2019
D9: 9 October to 11 December 2020.
 
D15: 29 July to 17 October
 
D16: 28 October to 13 December


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Stadion====  
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Stadion====  
[471, 472, 655, 655.1] (''151C3-151B4'') DE19/510
[471, 472, 655, 655.1] (''151C3-151B4'') DE20/513


Most trains (and particularly ''RE'' and ''RB'' ones) run via Niederrader Brücke. Most ''RE'' and ''RB'' trains use platforms 15–24 on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof.  Most ''S-Bahn'' S7 services and many ''IC'' and ''ICE'' trains run via Abzw Gutleuthof and use platforms 1–8 on the south side of the Hauptbahnhof.
Most trains (and particularly ''RE'' and ''RB'' ones) run via Niederrader Brücke. Most ''RE'' and ''RB'' trains use platforms 15–24 on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof.  Most ''S-Bahn'' S7 services and many ''IC'' and ''ICE'' trains run via Abzw Gutleuthof and use platforms 1–8 on the south side of the Hauptbahnhof.


'''Trains that normally use this route do not do so on Saturdays and Sundays 10 August to 29 September 2019.'''  Trains may not run on those days, be diverted via Frankfurt-Niederrad or run direct to and from Frankfurt am Main Süd, without calling at the Hauptbahnhof (see route DE19/515).
The following trains are scheduled via Main-Neckar Brücke:
 
The following trains are scheduled to use this route:


*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Mannheim Hbf hourly 05:50 to 20:50 and at 21:51
*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Mannheim Hbf hourly 05:50 to 20:50
*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen hourly 07:10 to 22:10, but not 09:10, 12:10 and 16:10
*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen hourly 07:10 to 22:10, but not 09:10, 12:10 and 16:10
*''ICE'' trains from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf hourly 06:32 to 21:32 and every two hours 07:16 to 19:16
*''ICE'' trains from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf hourly 06:32 to 21:32 and every two hours 09:16 to 19:16
*''ICE'' and ''IC'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Fernbahnhof to Frankfurt am Main Hbf every two hours 04:42 to 20:42
*''ICE'' and ''IC'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Fernbahnhof to Frankfurt am Main Hbf every two hours 04:42 to 20:42


The following trains are also scheduled to use this route:
The following trains are also scheduled to use this route:
{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D40
| D10
|
| ''IC2221''
| Lübeck Hbf - 00:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D11
|
| ''IC2321''
| Hamburg-Altona - 00:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|
|
| ''NJ470''
| Zürich HB - 23:42 Mannheim Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
|-
|
| FSO
| FSO
| ''RJ66''
| ''RJ66''
| Budapest Keleti - 00:31 SSuO Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Budapest Keleti - 00:30 SSuO Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|-
| D41
|  
| FSX
| FSX
| ''IC990''
| ''IC990''
| München Hbf - 00:31 SSuX Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
| München Hbf - 00:30 SSuX Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
|-
|-
| D42
| D12
|  
|  
| ''ICE992''
| ''ICE209''
| München Hbf/Stuttgart Hbf - 02:30 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin Hbf
| Kiel Hbf - 02:15 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Basel SBB
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
| SSuX
|  
| ''IC827''
| ''ICE698''
| Köln Hbf - 04:36 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - München Hbf
| München Hbf - 02:30 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D14
|
| ''ICE208''
| Basel SBB - 02:16 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-
|
|
| ''ICE827''
| Köln Hbf - 04:36 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/München Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
| SuX
|  
| ''ICE418/618''
| ''ICE418/618''
| München Hbf - 05:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Essen Hbf/Düsseldorf Hbf
| München Hbf - 05:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Essen Hbf/Düsseldorf Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
| SuO
| ''ICE1018/1518''
| München Hbf - 05:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
|  
|  
| ''ICE672''
| ''ICE672''
Line 528: Line 457:
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
| MO
| ''ICE696''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 05:31 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-
|  
|  
| ''ICE1696''
| SuX
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 05:28 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
| ''ICE674''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 07:17 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D  
| D  
|  
|  
| ''ICE1557''
| ''ICE1557''
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 09:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 09:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
Line 542: Line 476:
| Dortmund Hbf - 12:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
| Dortmund Hbf - 12:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
|  
|  
|  
| ''ICE1653''
| ''ICE1653''
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 15:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 15:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D43
|  
|  
|  
| ''ICE1655''
| ''ICE1655''
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 17:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 17:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
|-
|
| D14
| ''ICE1659''
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 21:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Erfurt Hbf/Leipzig Hbf
|-
| D14
|
| ''ICE19''
| Bruxelles Midi - 21:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D15
|
| ''ICE221''
| Amsterdam Centraal - 22:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D14
|
| ''ICE9557/TGV9559''
| Paris Est - 22:19 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D14
|
| ''IC2315''
| Westerland (Sylt) - 23:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|-
|  
|  
Line 557: Line 516:
| Zürich HB - 22:33 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Zürich HB - 22:33 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|-
| D
|  
|  
|  
| ''ICE887/1087''
| ''ICE887/1087''
Line 567: Line 526:
| Berlin Ostbf - 00:50 MO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
| Berlin Ostbf - 00:50 MO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-
|-
| D
|  
|  
| ''ICE993''
|
| Hamburg-Altona/Leipzig Hbf - 02:25 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
| ''ICE699''
| Hamburg-Altona - 02:25 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
|-
| D12
|
| ''ICE209''
| Kiel Hbf - 02:48 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Basel SBB
|-
| D14
|
| ''ICE208''
| Basel SBB - 03:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-
|-
|   
|   
| MO
| MO
| ''IC2097''
| ''IC2097''
| 04:05 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
| 03:51/04:02 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
|-
|-
| D44
|  
|  
|  
| ''IC2220/2320''
| ''IC2220/2320''
| 05:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona/Lübeck Hbf
| 05:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona/Lübeck Hbf
|-
|-
| D
|  
|
| ''IC1911''
| 06:55 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D13
|  
|  
| ''ICE1554''
| ''ICE1554''
Line 591: Line 565:
| ''ICE695''
| ''ICE695''
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 21:51 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 21:51 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D16
|
| ''ICE877''
| Berlin Ostbf - 23:00 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
|}
|}


D40: 14 December to 27 July, also 18 October 2019
Note that ''ICE208'' and ''ICE209'' use this route both arriving at and departing from Frankfurt.
 
D10: 20 April to 13 June and 15 to 17 September 2020 (next day from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen)
 
D11: 14 June to 2 July and 6 July to 14 September 2020 (next day from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen)


D41: Not 29 July to 17 October 2019
D12: 6 July to 16 September 2020


D42: Not 19 July to 8 September, nor Fridays and Sundays 13 September to 18 October 2019
D13: Not via this route when the train is to or from Saarbrücken Hbf


D43: 9 December to 10 June; Saturdays only 15 June to 3 August and 2 November to 14 December 2019
D14: 6 July to 17 September 2020


D44: Not Saturdays and Sundays 5 January to 24 March 2019
D15: 6 July to 9 August and 20 August to 17 September 2020, except 18 and 19 July
 
D16: 20 April to 2 July 2020


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Höchst (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)====
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Höchst (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)====
[466, 627, 646] (50A3, ''151C3-151B3'') DE19/511
[466, 627, 646] (50A3, ''151C3-151B3'') DE20/514


All trains, other than ''S-Bahn'', between Frankfurt-Höchst and Frankfurt am Main Hbf run via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße. Most of those to and from Koblenz and Wiesbaden use the connection between Abzw Mainzer Landstraße and platforms 15–24 on the north side of Frankfurt am Main Hbf.  Most of those to and from Limburg (Lahn) run via Abzw Gutleuthof to use platforms 1–8 on the south side of the Hauptbahnhof.
All trains, other than ''S-Bahn'', between Frankfurt-Höchst and Frankfurt am Main Hbf run via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße. Most of those to and from Koblenz and Wiesbaden use the connection between Abzw Mainzer Landstraße and platforms 15–24 on the north side of Frankfurt am Main Hbf.  Most of those to and from Limburg (Lahn) run via Abzw Gutleuthof to use platforms 1–8 on the south side of the Hauptbahnhof.


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Rödelheim (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)====
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Rödelheim (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)====
[637] (50A3, ''151C3-152D2'') DE19/512
[637] (50A3, ''151C3-152D2'') DE20/515


This route is used by the through trains between Brandoberndorf, Grävenwiesbach and Frankfurt am Main Hbf, all of which arrive and depart at the north side platforms. ''S-Bahn'' trains between Frankfurt-Rödelheim and Frankfurt am Main Hbf run via Frankfurt West.
This route is used by the through trains between Brandoberndorf, Grävenwiesbach and Frankfurt am Main Hbf, all of which arrive and depart at the north side platforms. These run on Mondays to Fridays, peak hours only. ''S-Bahn'' trains between Frankfurt-Rödelheim and Frankfurt am Main Hbf run via Frankfurt West.


===Frankfurt am Main Süd (Abst Anlage) – Frankfurt-Louisa===
===Frankfurt am Main Süd (Abst Anlage) – Frankfurt-Louisa===
[650, 650.2] (''151D3-151C4'') DE19/513
[650, 650.2] (''151D3-151C4'') DE20/521


This east to south curve provides a link between Frankfurt am Main Süd and the Darmstadt line. There is a frequent ''S-Bahn'' service over tracks parallel to this route.  
This east to south curve provides a link between Frankfurt am Main Süd and the Darmstadt line. There is a frequent ''S-Bahn'' service over tracks parallel to this route.
 
On Saturdays and Sundays from 10 August to 29 September 2019 this route is used by ''IC/ICE'' trains between Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and Heidelberg Hbf or Karlsruhe Hbf, from Frankfurt am Main Süd at 18 minutes past odd hours and from Darmstadt Hbf at 22 minutes past even hours.
 
The line is also used by:


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
|  
|  
| TWX
| TWX
| ''FLX''
| ''FLX76303''
| Berlin-Lichtenberg - 11:34 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf  
| Berlin Hbf - 11:34 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
|
| FO
| ''ICE1079''
| Hamburg-Altona - 17:55 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Heidelberg Hbf  
|-
|-
|  
|  
| SuO
| SuO
| ''IC1956''
| ''IC1956''
| Leipzig Hbf - 17:51/18:01 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Karlsruhe Hbf  
| Leipzig Hbf - 18:02 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Karlsruhe Hbf  
|-
|-
| D17
|  
| FO
|  
| ''IC1079''
| ''FLX76307''
| Hamburg-Altona - 18:01 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf   
| Berlin Hbf - 19:37 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf   
|-
|-
|  
|  
|  
| SuO
| ''FLX''
| ''IC1985''
| Berlin-Lichtenberg - 19:37 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf   
| Hamburg-Altona - 19:45 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Karlsruhe Hbf   
|-
|-
| D
| FO
| ''IC2372''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf
|-
|   
|   
|  
|  
| ''FLX''
| ''FLX76302''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:04 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin-Lichtenberg
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:53 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D18
| D17
| SuO
| ''ICE1174''
| Basel SBB - 13:40 Darmstadt Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
|-
| D19
| FO
| FO
| ''IC1970''
| ''IC1970''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 13:46 Darmstadt Hbf – Stralsund Hbf
| Stuttgart Hbf - 13:46 Darmstadt Hbf – Berlin Ostbf
|-
|-
|   
|   
| TWX
| TWX
| ''FLX''
| ''FLX76306''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 15:56 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin-Lichtenberg 
| Stuttgart Hbf - 15:53 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin Hbf
|}
|}


D17: 14 December 2018 to 7 June 2019
D17: 20 December 2019 to 9 April 2020 and 6 November to 11 December 2020


D18: 29 September to 27 October 2019
Train ''IC2372'' is scheduled to run from Frankfurt am Main Hbf via Niederrader Brücke, Abzw Forsthaus and Frankfurt-Louisa.
 
D19: 14 December 2018 to 17 May 2019


Days and dates of operation of Flixtrain services may vary. To confirm timings and to make bookings, see the [https://www.flixtrain.com Flixtrain] website.
Days and dates of operation of Flixtrain services may vary. To confirm timings and to make bookings, see the [https://www.flixtrain.com Flixtrain] website.


===Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)===
===Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)===
[471, 650] (''151B4-151C4'') DE19/514
[471, 650] (''151B4-151C4'') DE20/522


This route is used by trains between Frankfurt am Main Stadion and Neu Isenburg if not booked to call at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.  
This route is used by trains between Frankfurt am Main Stadion and Neu Isenburg if not booked to call at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.  


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D20
| D18
| FO
| ''ICE1673''
| Hamburg-Altona - 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
|
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE1223''  
| ''ICE1223''  
Line 684: Line 673:
|}
|}


D20: From 28 October 2019 the train starts from Wiesbaden, so does not use this route.
D18: 9 October to 11 December 2020


===Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Frankfurt am Main Süd (via Abzw Forsthaus)===
===Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Frankfurt am Main Süd (via Abzw Forsthaus)===
[640, 655.1] (''151B4-151D3'') DE19/515
[640] (''151B4-151D3'') DE20/523
 
This route is used by trains between Frankfurt am Main Stadion and Frankfurt am Main Süd if not booked to call at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.


''RE'' trains operate thus, Mondays to Fridays until 25 October 2018.
This route is used by trains between Frankfurt am Main Stadion and Frankfurt am Main Süd if not booked to call at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.


*From Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regiobahnhof: 07:05, 09:05, 11:11, 13:11, 15:11, 17:11, 19:11, 21:11
There are ''RB'' trains at least hourly Mondays to Saturdays between Frankfurt am Main Süd and one or other of the stations at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen.  These are mostly to and from the Aschaffenburg line.


*From Frankfurt am Main Süd: 06:41, 08:41, 10:39, 12:39, 14:39, 16:42, 18:39, 20:39
''ICE'' and ''IC'' trains between Frankfurt am Main Flughafen and Erfurt or Berlin:


''RB'' trains run hourly from Frankfurt am Main Süd to Frankfurt am Main Stadion 07:56 to 22:56 on Saturdays and Sundays 10 August to 29 September and Mondays to Fridays 28 October to 13 December 2019.  There is no equivalent service advertised in the opposite direction.
*From Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf every two hours 08:09 to 18:09


Saturdays and Sundays 10 August to 29 September 2019 there are ''ICE'' trains hourly at 7 minutes past the hour from Frankfurt am Main Süd and at 36 minutes past the hour from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof.  Other services are:
*From Frankfurt am Main Süd every two hours 07:41 to 17:41 (or 17:39)
   
   
{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| ''NJ470''
| Zürich HB - 00:05 Mannheim Hbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof
|-
| SSuX
| D20
| ''RB28699''
| 05:05 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Hanau Hbf
|-
| D21 
| SSuO
| ''ICE731''
| Köln Hbf - 05:30 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Nürnberg Hbf/München Hbf
|-
| D22
|  
|  
| ''ICE1535''
| 08:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D23
|  
|  
| ''ICE1590''
| ''NJ421''
| 08:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof
| Düsseldorf Hbf - 23:54 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Innsbruck Hbf  
|-
| D24
| SSuO
| ''ICE1023''
| Dortmund Hbf - 08:16 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
|-
|-
| D23
|  
|  
| ''ICE1592''
| 10:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof
|-
| D24
| SSuO
| ''IC1521''
| Dortmund Hbf - 10:16 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - München Hbf
|- 
| D23
| FSSuO
| ''ICE1698''
| 12:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof
|-
| D24
| SSuO
| ''ICE1227''
| Dortmund Hbf - 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
|-
| D23
|  
|  
| ''ICE1196''
| ''NJ471''
| 14:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof
| Berlin Ostbf - 04:02 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Zürich HB
|-
| D22
| SX
| ''ICE1633''
| 16:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D25
|
| ''ICE1694''
| 16:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D22
| SX
| ''ICE1635''
| 18:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
|-
| D26
|  
|  
| ''ICE1692''
| 18:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
|-
| D24
| SSuO
| ''IC2337''
| Hamburg-Altona - 18:16 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Passau Hbf
|-
| D24
| SuO
| ''IC2335''
| Kiel Hbf - 20:16 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Regensburg Hbf
|-
| D24
|
| ''IC2339''
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:12 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Nürnberg Hbf
|-
|
|
| ''NJ421''
| Düsseldorf Hbf - 23:53/23:54 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Innsbruck Hbf
|- 
|
| ''NJ471''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 04:02/04:21 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Zürich HB
|-
| D20
| SSuX
| ''RB28698''
| 04:40 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
|  
|  
| ''NJ420''
| ''NJ420''
| Innsbruck Hbf - 05:26 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Düsseldorf Hbf
| Innsbruck Hbf - 05:26 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Düsseldorf Hbf
|-
| D24
| SSuO
| ''IC2338''
| Nürnberg Hbf - 07:29 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D22
| SSuX
| ''ICE1646''
| Erfurt Hbf - 07:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D24
| SO
| ''IC2336''
| Passau Hbf - 09:29 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Kiel Hbf
|-
| D24
| SSuO
| ''IC2334''
| Passau Hbf - 11:29 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Hamburg-Altona
|- 
| D22
| SuX
| ''ICE1091''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 11:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D23
| SuX
| ''ICE1691''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 11:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D23
|
| ''ICE1193''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 13:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|- 
| D22
|
| ''ICE1632''
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 15:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D23
| FSSuO
| ''ICE1695''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 15:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D24
| SSuO
| ''ICE1126''
| Wien Hbf - 17:29 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D27
| SSuX
| ''ICE1697''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 17:39 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|- 
| D23
| SSuO
| ''ICE1197''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 17:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D22
|
| ''ICE1630''
| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 17:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|-
| D24
| SuO
| ''ICE1222''
| Innsbruck Hbf - 19:29 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D24
| FO
| ''ICE1522''
| München Hbf - 19:29 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D24
| FSuX
| ''ICE1622''
| München Hbf - 19:32 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Dortmund Hbf
|- 
| D24
|
| ''ICE1022''
| Wien Hbf - 21:30 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D21
| FSSuO
| ''ICE752''
| München Hbf - 23:07 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Köln Hbf/Dortmund Hbf
|}
|}
D20: 10 December to 25 October 2019
D21: 9 August to 29 September 2019
D22: 10 August to 25 October 2019
D23: 9 December 2018 to 10 June 2019
D24: 2 January to 28 March 2019
D25: 9 December 2018 to 9 August 2019
D26: MSX 9 December 2018 to 11 January 2019, SX 13 January to 9 August 2019
D27: 10 December 2018 to 7 June 2019


===Limburg Süd (Abzw Breckenheim) - Wiesbaden Hbf (Wiesbaden-Wäschbach)===
===Limburg Süd (Abzw Breckenheim) - Wiesbaden Hbf (Wiesbaden-Wäschbach)===
[472] (''151B1 - 151D1'') DE19/516
[472] (''151B1 - 151D1'') DE20/524


This branch off the Köln - Frankfurt ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' is used by ''ICE'' trains between Köln and Wiesbaden Hbf.   
This branch off the Köln - Frankfurt ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' is used by ''ICE'' trains between Köln and Wiesbaden Hbf.   


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D28
|  
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE711''
| ''ICE711''
| Köln Hbf - 06:55 Limburg Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
| Köln Hbf - 06:57 Limburg Süd - Mannheim Hbf/Stuttgart Hbf
|-
|-
|  
|  
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE1228''
| ''ICE1228''
| München Hbf (via Dortmund) - 18:20 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Würzburg Hbf (via Dortmund) - 18:20 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|-
|  
|  
Line 940: Line 726:
| Mainz Hbf - 06:23 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf
| Mainz Hbf - 06:23 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf
|-
|-
| D29
|
| SSuX
| ''ICE1223''
| 07:08 Wiesbaden Hbf - München Hbf (via Dortmund)
|-
| D28
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE710''
| ''ICE710''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 16:45 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf
| Stuttgart Hbf/Mannheim Hbf - 16:45 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf
|}
|}
D28: 10 December 2018 to 16 April 2019 and 9 September to 13 December 2019
D29: 28 October to 13 December 2019


===Mainz-Bischofsheim (Abzw Kostheim Ost) – Mainz-Kastel (Abzw Kostheim)===
===Mainz-Bischofsheim (Abzw Kostheim Ost) – Mainz-Kastel (Abzw Kostheim)===


[645.8-9, 651] (''151D2-151C2'') DE19/517
[645.8-9, 651] (''151D2-151C2'') DE20/525


This connection across the Main splits in two parts at Abzw Kostheim Ost just north of the river. The two main tracks fly over the Höchst line and turn west to touch it briefly (Abzw Kostheim) before turning north to become route DE19/518 to the Kaiserbrücke over the Rhein. There is also a single-track south-to-west curve (line 3531) that avoids the flyover and diverges from the Höchst line to the south at Abzw Kostheim.  This is used by used by trains from Mainz-Kastel to Bischofsheim, but all trains from Bischofsheim use the main track until Abzw Kostheim.  The eastbound main track from Abzw Kostheim to Abzw Kostheim Ost is only used by trains coming from the Mainz Kaiserbrücke via route DE19/518.
This connection across the Main splits in two parts at Abzw Kostheim Ost just north of the river. The two main tracks fly over the Höchst line and turn west to touch it briefly (Abzw Kostheim) before turning north to become route DE20/526 to the Kaiserbrücke over the Rhein. There is also a single-track south-to-west curve (line 3531) that avoids the flyover and diverges from the Höchst line to the south at Abzw Kostheim.  This is used by used by trains from Mainz-Kastel to Bischofsheim, but all trains from Bischofsheim use the main track until Abzw Kostheim.  The eastbound main track from Abzw Kostheim to Abzw Kostheim Ost is only used by trains coming from the Mainz Kaiserbrücke via route DE20/526.


===Hochheim (Main) (Abzw Kostheim) – Mainz Hbf (Abzw Kaiserbrücke Ost)===
===Hochheim (Main) (Abzw Kostheim) – Mainz Hbf (Abzw Kaiserbrücke Ost)===
[471] (''151C2'') DE19/518
[471] (''151C2'') DE20/526


This route allows trains from the north bank of the River Main to access the Kaiserbrücke over the River Rhein to Mainz, so trains can run between Mainz Hbf and the Frankfurt area via Frankfurt-Höchst.  This line can also be used to allow trains to run between Mainz-Bischofsheim and Mainz-Mombach without passing through Mainz Hbf.  
This route allows trains from the north bank of the River Main to access the Kaiserbrücke over the River Rhein to Mainz, so trains can run between Mainz Hbf and the Frankfurt area via Frankfurt-Höchst.  This line can also be used to allow trains to run between Mainz-Bischofsheim and Mainz-Mombach without passing through Mainz Hbf.  


The line is used from 9 December 2018 by a new hourly ''RE'' service between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Mainz Hbf via Hochheim (Main).
The line has been used since 9 December 2018 by an hourly ''RE'' service between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Mainz Hbf via Hochheim (Main).


On 16 December 2018 the following trains have no booked stops between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Ingelheim, so are expected to use this route and route DE19/401, the curve between the Kaiserbrücke and Mainz-Mombach.
===Kelsterbach – Frankfurt am Main Stadion===
[471] (''152C3-152D3'') DE20/527


{| class="ostable"
This is part of the original main line and is used by trains between Mainz Hbf and the Frankfurt area via Kelsterbach, which stop at neither of the stations at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen.
| D
| SuO
| ''RE4251''
| Koblenz Hbf - 05:56 Ingelheim - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SuO
| ''RE4255''
| Koblenz Hbf - 07:55 Ingelheim - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SuO
| ''RE4257''
| Koblenz Hbf - 09:55 Ingelheim - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SuO
| ''RE4252''
| 07:07 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Koblenz Hbf
|-
| D
| SuO
| ''RE4254''
| 09:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Koblenz Hbf
|}
 
The following trains are also diverted via this route:


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D30
|  
|  
| ''IC2028''
| Nürnberg Hbf - 07:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D30
| ''ICE1222/1622''
| Innsbruck Hbf/München Hbf - 19:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|}
D30: 26 October to 14 December 2019
===Kelsterbach – Frankfurt am Main Stadion (Abzw Frankfurt Schwanheim)===
[471] (''152C3-152D3'') DE19/519
This is part of the original main line and is used by trains between Mainz Hbf and the Frankfurt area via Kelsterbach, which stop at neither of the stations at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen.
{| class="ostable"
| D31
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''RE29243''
| ''RE29243''
| Kirchheimboladen – 06:56 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Kirchheimbolanden – 06:56 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''RE29205''
| ''RE29205''
| Alzey – 07:39 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Alzey – 07:41 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
| D19
| FO
| FO
| ''RE29648''
| ''IC2017''
| 15:30 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach
| Berlin Ostbf - 19:17 Mainz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-
| FSSuX
| ''RE29650''
| 17:34 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach
|}
|}


D31: Some days the train starts from Alzey and Kirn with alternative train numbers.
D19: 17 April to 30 October 2020, also 30 April, 20 May, 10 June, not 1 May, 22 May and 12 June


From 26 October to 14 December 2019 ''RB'' and ''RE'' trains between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Rüsselsheim run via this route and do not call at Frankfurt am Main Regionalbahnhof.  Details of ''S-Bahn'' services during this period are not yet available.
===Frankfurt am Main Gateway Gardens - Frankfurt am Main Stadion===
[471] (''152D3'') DE20/527A


The following trains are also diverted via this route, omitting the normal call at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof, 26 October to 14 December 2019.
Where the new line from Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbf converges with the old main line via Kelsterbach west of Frankfurt am Main Stadion two routes are possible.  Trains to the ''S-Bahn'' tunnel route under the city centre cross the Kelsterbach line on a flyover.  Trains to the Hauptbahnhof main station use a single track connection directly to the line from Kelsterbach.
{| class="ostable"
| D
|
| ''IC2021''
| Hamburg-Altona - 06:29 Mainz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE23''
| Dortmund Hbf - 07:40 Mainz Hbf - Wien Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE1221''
| Dortmund Hbf - 09:42 Mainz Hbf - München Hbf/Seefeld in Tirol
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE27''
| Dortmund Hbf - 11:42 Mainz Hbf - Wien Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE925''
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:42 Mainz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D32
| SX
| ''ICE1655''
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 16:43 Mainz Hbf - Dresden Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2017''
| Hamburg-Altona - 17:42 Mainz Hbf - Passau Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2229''
| Kiel Hbf - 19:42 Mainz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Passau Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2029''
| Hamburg-Altona - 21:44 Mainz Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2221/2321''
| Lübeck Hbf - 23:42 Mainz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2226''
| Passau Hbf/09:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2024''
| Nürnberg Hbf - 11:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE926''
| 13:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE922''
| 15:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE26''
| Wien Hbf - 17:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE22''
| Wien Hbf - 21:43 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
|}
 
D32: Also diverted via this route 11 June to 9 August 2019


===Raunheim (Abzw Mönchwald) – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf (Abzw Mönchhof)===
===Raunheim (Abzw Mönchwald) – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf (Abzw Mönchhof)===
[471] (''152B4'') DE19/520
[471] (''152B4'') DE20/528


This spur connects the old main line from Mainz Hbf to the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' from Köln. It is used by trains calling at both Mainz Hbf and Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf.  There is an hourly ''IC'' service for most of the day.
This spur connects the old main line from Mainz Hbf to the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' from Köln. It is used by trains calling at both Mainz Hbf and Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf.  There is an hourly ''IC'' service for most of the day.


===Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Zeppelinheim===
===Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Zeppelinheim===
[655.1] (''152D3'') DE19/521
[655.1] (''152D3'') DE20/529


This south to west curve is from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf to the line to Mannheim via Biblis. It is used by trains running direct between Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf and Mannheim. These are principally hourly ''ICE'' trains between Köln and Basel or München and two-hourly ''ICE'' trains between Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart (which reverse at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf).
This south to west curve is from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf to the line to Mannheim via Biblis. It is used by trains running direct between Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf and Mannheim. These are principally hourly ''ICE'' trains between Köln and Basel or München and two-hourly ''ICE'' trains between Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart (which reverse at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf).


===Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Stockschneise) – Darmstadt Nord – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
===Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Stockschneise) – Darmstadt Nord – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
(154C2) DE19/522
(154C2) DE20/530


This west to east route connects the Mainz and Aschaffenburg lines north of Darmstadt Hbf. Between Darmstadt Nord and Darmstadt-Kranichstein it has its own alignment, different from the one used by local passenger trains.  The [http://bahnwelt.de/ Darmstadt-Kranichstein railway museum] sometimes runs a shuttle service between Groß-Gerau and Kranichstein during its annual ''Bahnwelttage'' event in May.
This west to east route connects the Mainz and Aschaffenburg lines north of Darmstadt Hbf. Between Darmstadt Nord and Darmstadt-Kranichstein it has its own alignment, different from the one used by local passenger trains.  The [http://bahnwelt.de/ Darmstadt-Kranichstein railway museum] sometimes runs a shuttle service between Groß-Gerau and Kranichstein during its annual ''Bahnwelttage'' event in May.
On 15 March 2020, all ''RB75'' services between [Wiesbaden Hbf -] Mainz Hbf and Aschaffenburg Hbf ran via this route, not calling at Darmstadt Hbf or Darmstadt Nord.
The following trains are diverted this way between 11 April and 31 October 2020
{| class="ostable"
| D
|
| ''EC115''
| Münster (Westf) - 10:15 Mainz Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''EC114''
| Klagenfurt Hbf - 16:03 Würzburg Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|}


===Arheilgen – Darmstadt-Nord===
===Arheilgen – Darmstadt-Nord===
[641] (49B1, ''154C2'') DE19/523
[641] (49B1, ''154C2'') DE20/531


This north to east curve connects the Frankfurt am Main and Aschaffenburg lines north of Darmstadt Hbf. It is used by through trains between Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach and Frankfurt am Main Hbf via Darmstadt Nord, generally every two hours.
This north to east curve connects the Frankfurt am Main and Aschaffenburg lines north of Darmstadt Hbf. It is used by through trains between Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach and Frankfurt am Main Hbf via Darmstadt Nord, generally every two hours.


===Darmstadt Hbf – Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Bergschneise ''and'' Abzw Weiterstadt Stockschneise)===
===Darmstadt Hbf – Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Bergschneise ''and'' Abzw Weiterstadt Stockschneise)===
[651] (''154C3-154C2'') DE19/524
[651] (''154C3-154C2'') DE20/532


Darmstadt Hbf is connected to the line towards Mainz by three geographically separate tracks, of which two technically constitute a widely separated double track flying junction and the third is reversible.
Darmstadt Hbf is connected to the line towards Mainz by three geographically separate tracks, of which two technically constitute a widely separated double track flying junction and the third is reversible.
Line 1,162: Line 823:


===Darmstadt Hbf  – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
===Darmstadt Hbf  – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
(''154C3-154C2'') DE19/525
(''154C3-154C2'') DE20/533


A shuttle service may operate between Darmstadt Hbf and Darmstadt-Kranichstein in connection with special events at the Darmstadt-Kranichstein railway museum. These trains normally use a completely different route from normal passenger services, which operate to and from platforms on the west side of Darmstadt Hbf. The shuttles use platform 1, on the east side of the Hauptbahnhof, and the goods line via Darmstadt Nord (including part of DE19/523). For details of future events, see [http://www.bahnwelt.de the museum website].
Since at least 2018 "For operational reasons, the feeder trains from the main station to the railway museum are cancelled", an alternative vintage tram on part of the town network is advertised as a replacement. In previous years a shuttle service has operated between Darmstadt Hbf and Darmstadt-Kranichstein in connection with special events at the Darmstadt-Kranichstein railway museum. These trains normally use a completely different route from normal passenger services, which operate to and from platforms on the west side of Darmstadt Hbf. The shuttles use platform 1, on the east side of the Hauptbahnhof, and the goods line via Darmstadt Nord (including part of DE20/531). For details of future events, see [http://www.bahnwelt.de the museum website].
 
===Wiesbaden avoiding line: Wiesbaden-Biebrich - Wiesbaden Ost===
(''151C3-151B3'') DE20/534
 
This line allows trains to run between Frankfurt am Main and the ''Rechte Rheinstrecke'' (via Rüdesheim) without reversal at Wiesbaden Hbf.  It is used by ''RE'' trains between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Eltville or Rüdesheim which do not call at Wiesbaden Hbf: Note that the east end junction is grade separated.
 
From Mainz-Kastel: 07:33, 08:35, 15:31, 16:35, 17:32, 18:35, 19:35 all SSuX
 
From Wiesbaden-Biebrich: 06:14, 07:14, 08:14, 09:14, 16:15, 17:15, 18:14 all SSuX


==Obscure services: Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions==
==Obscure services: Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions==


===Hanau avoiding line: Großkrotzenburg - Hanau Nord (Rauschwald)===  
===Hanau avoiding line: Großkrotzenburg - Hanau Nord (Rauschwald)===  
(''151D2'') DE19/531
(''151D2'') DE20/541
 
This line is used occasionally to allow trains to run between the Aschaffenburg and Fulda or Friedberg lines without reversal at Hanau Hbf.  Overnight trains between Hamburg and Wien were diverted this way during summer and autumn 2019.
 
===Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Niederrad===
(''151C3-151B3'') DE20/542
 
This line provides a link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof.  It is sometimes used by ''IC'' trains when there is engineering working in the Hauptbahnhof area.  However, as most ''IC'' trains via Frankfurt West also run via Darmstadt, use of route DE20/543 is more likely.


This line allows trains to run between the Aschaffenburg and Fulda or Friedberg lines without reversal at Hanau Hbf. 
{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D33
| D20
|  
| FO
| ''NJ491''  
| ''IC1982''  
| Hamburg-Altona - 21:05 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 07:49 Frankfurt-Niederrad - Hannover Hbf
|-
|-
| D34
| FSO
| ''NJ490''
| Wien Hbf - 03:00 SSuO Würzburg Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|}
|}


D33: 28 June to 27 October 2019
D20: 9 October to 11 December 2020
 
D34: 16 August to 26 October 2019
 
===Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Niederrad===
(''151C3-151B3'') DE19/532
 
This line provides a link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof.  It is sometimes used by ''IC'' trains when there is engineering working in the Hauptbahnhof area.  However, as most ''IC'' trains via Frankfurt West also run via Darmstadt, use of route DE19/533 is more likely.


===Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Louisa (Main-Neckar Brücke)===  
===Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Louisa (Main-Neckar Brücke)===  
(''151C3'') DE19/533
(''151C3'') DE20/543


This line provides an alternative link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, but particularly via Darmstadt, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof.  There were numerous diversions of ''IC'' trains between Gießen and Darmstadt via this route during autumn 2018.
This line provides an alternative link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, but particularly via Darmstadt, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof.  There were numerous diversions of ''IC'' trains between Gießen and Darmstadt via this route during autumn 2018.
Line 1,201: Line 866:


===Limburg Süd (Caltex) - Kelsterbach (Brunnenschneise)===  
===Limburg Süd (Caltex) - Kelsterbach (Brunnenschneise)===  
(''152B3'') DE19/534
(''152B3'') DE20/544
 
This north to east curve allows trains to run between the Köln - Frankfurt ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' and the old main line between Mainz and Frankfurt.  The following diversions apply between 26 October and 14 December 2019 and are the first significant passenger use of the route since the ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' opened.  Trains can be readily distinguished in timetables by omitting the normal stop at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof.
 
{| class="ostable"
| D
| SSuX
| ''ICE811''
| Köln Hbf - 07:06 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''ICE813''
| Dortmund Hbf - 08:06 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''ICE815''
| Dortmund Hbf - 09:07 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''ICE817''
| Köln Hbf - 15:52 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''ICE17''
| Bruxelles Midi - 16:20 Köln Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuO
| ''ICE17''
| Bruxelles Midi - 17:07 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''ICE819''
| Köln Hbf - 17:18 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| SX
| ''ICE215''
| Bruxelles Midi - 18:19 Köln Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE911''
| Köln Hbf - 19:18 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE129''
| Amsterdam Centraal - 19:21 Köln Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE618/1018''
| München Hbf - 05:43 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Essen Hbf/Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE220''
| 07:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Amsterdam Centraal
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''ICE818''
| 13:35 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Köln Hbf
|-
| D35
|
| ''ICE810''
| 20:31 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Köln Hbf
|}
 
D35: Runs via this route SuX 26 October to 2 November and daily 4 November to 14 December 2019
 
===Wiesbaden avoiding line: Wiesbaden-Biebrich - Wiesbaden Ost===
(''151C3-151B3'') DE19/535
 
At weekends from 5 January to 24 March 2019 all ''IC'' and ''ICE'' trains between Koblenz and Mainz are diverted via the ''Rechte Rheinstrecke'', on the opposite side of the River Rhein from usual.  This requires use of the Wiesbaden avoiding line, which no longer has a regular passenger service.
 
In addition, the following trains are diverted on weekdays from 20:00 on 2 January until 28 March 2019. 
{| class="ostable"
| D
|
| ''IC209''
| Kiel Hbf - 00:48 Koblenz Hbf - Basel SBB
|-
| D
| MO
| ''IC2419''
| Köln Hbf - 03:10 Koblenz Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2013''
| Dortmund Hbf - 12:00 Koblenz Hbf - Oberstdorf
|-
| D
| FSuO
| ''IC1911''
| Dortmund Hbf - 14:18 Koblenz Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D
| FSuO
| ''IC1915''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 18:18 Koblenz Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf/Tübingen Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2339''
| Hamburg-Altona - 20:48 Koblenz Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2215''
| Hamburg-Altona - 21:48 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D36
|
| ''NJ421''
| Düsseldorf Hbf - 22:18 Koblenz Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf
|-
| D
| FSuX
| ''IC2321''
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:48 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| FSuO
| ''IC2221''
| Lübeck Hbf - 22:48 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC208''
| Basel SBB - 03:51 Mainz Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2012''
| Oberstdorf - 14:49 Mainz Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''EC114''
| Klagenfurt Hbf - 17:44 Mainz Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
| SuX
| ''ICE1522/1622''
| München Hbf - 20:02 Mainz Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
| SX
| ''IC2210''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 21:01 Mainz Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE1022''
| Wien Hbf - 22:01 Mainz Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2020''
| Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 23:41 Mainz Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
|}


D36: Also diverted Saturdays excepted 14 to 25 July 2019.
This north to east curve allows trains to run between the Köln - Frankfurt ''Schnellfahrstrecke'' and the old main line between Mainz and Frankfurt.  Some trains were, quite exceptionally, diverted this way during autumn 2019.  Further diversions are unlikely soon, but are indicated by a stop at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf being omitted.


===Groß Gerau – Groß Gerau-Dornberg===
===Groß Gerau – Groß Gerau-Dornberg===
[660] (''154A2'') DE19/536
[660] (''154A2'') DE20/545
 
''IC'' and ''EC'' trains between Mainz and Mannheim (not calling at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen) normally run via Worms, but are sometimes diverted via Groß Gerau and Groß Gerau-Dornberg.  Trains, including ''RE'' services, are diverted this way on 15 and 16 December 2018. 
 
The following train is scheduled to run this way 5 January to 24 March 2019.
 
{| class="ostable"
| D
| SSuO
| ''EC8''
| Zürich HB - 14:20 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|}


Relief ''IC'' trains may also use this west to south curve. Following signalling alterations at Mannheim Hbf, it is no longer possible to determine there whether a train to Mainz is to run via Groß Gerau.  If local trains via Worms are replaced by buses, it is likely that ''IC'' and ''EC'' trains will use this route.
''IC'' and ''EC'' trains between Mainz and Mannheim (not calling at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen) normally run via Worms, but are sometimes diverted via Groß Gerau and Groß Gerau-Dornberg.  Relief ''IC'' trains may also use this west to south curve, and it has been used at short notice when there is an operating or infrastructure problem on the Worms route. Following signalling alterations at Mannheim Hbf, it is no longer possible to determine there whether a train to Mainz is to run via Groß Gerau.  If local trains via Worms are replaced by buses, it is likely that ''IC'' and ''EC'' trains will use this route.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 22:40, 29 September 2020

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable dated from 15 December 2019 to 12 December 2020, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information. Map references relate to the 2017 issue of the Schweers+Wall Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland.

Obscure services

Routes are ordered geographically. In the Frankfurt area, routes in and out of the Hauptbahnhof are considered first and then the various avoiding lines. In both cases, routes are ordered clockwise round the city, from Frankfurt am Main Süd to Frankfurt am Main West.

Eichenberg avoiding line: Friedland (Han) (Abzw Eichenberg Nordkopf) – Arenshausen (Abzw Eichenberg Ostkopf)

[540.1] (55B3) DE20/501

This north to east curve links the Göttingen and Nordhausen lines and is used by through trains between Göttingen and Leinefelde (generally every two hours).

Bad Sooden-Allendorf (Abzw Eschwege-Wehre) – Wehretal-Reichensachsen (Abzw Eschwege-Stegmühle)

(55B4) DE20/502

Since the reopening of Eschwege Stadtbahnhof in 2009, all local trains between Eichenberg and Bebra reverse there, leaving and returning to the main line at a triangular junction at Eschwege West. Daytime expresses use the Schnellfahrstrecke, so the only passenger trains to use the main line, bypassing Eschwege, are overnight ones.

NJ471 Berlin Ostbahnhof/Hamburg-Altona - 01:26 Göttingen - Zürich HB
MO ICE1271 Hamburg-Altona - 03:07 Göttingen - Chur
NJ491 Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf
NJ470 Zürich HB - 01:48 Fulda - Berlin Ostbahnhof/Hamburg-Altona
SuO ICE990 München Hbf - 02:25 MO Bad Hersfeld - Hamburg-Altona
NJ490 Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona

Urlaubs Express trains to and from Hamburg are likely to use this route; see Other Services Page.

Bebra avoiding line: Ludwigsau-Friedlos (Abzw Blankenheim) – Ronshausen (Abzw Faßdorf)

[605, 610] (66 insert) DE20/503

This south to east curve enables trains between Fulda and Eisenach to avoid reversal at Bebra. It is used by trains (an ICE/IC service at least hourly) running non-stop between Fulda or Bad Hersfeld and Eisenach.

Gießen avoiding line: Dutenhofen – Großen Linden (Gießen Bergwald Stw Gs)

[445] (65A4) DE20/504

This west to south curve enables trains to run between Wetzlar and Friedberg (Hess) without reversing at Gießen.

SSuX RE24931 Siegen – 05:47 Wetzlar – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
SSuX RE24930 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – 17:58 Bad Nauheim – Siegen

Neuhof (Kr Fulda) (Fulda-Bronnzell) – Fulda via Flyover

[615] (78C1) DE20/505

The flyover south of the station allows trains to run from the northbound line from Hanau into the low-numbered platforms at Fulda, without crossing the Schnellfahrstrecke on the level. It is used by most RE trains via Flieden terminating at Fulda.

Flieden – Sterbfritz (Elm Bbf)

(78C1-78C2) DE20/506

This is part of the former main line between München and Hamburg. Daytime expresses now use the Schnellfahrstrecke and diversion of Gemünden local trains to Schlüchtern, instead of Fulda, has left the route with passenger trains only during the night.

NJ491 Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf
NJ490 Wien Hbf/Innsbruck Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona

Urlaubs Express trains to and from Hamburg are likely to use this route; see Other Services Page.

DB plans to close the Fulda - Würzburg Schnellfahrstrecke for major engineering work in 2022. During that period daytime trains are expected to be diverted via this route.

Hanau West (Weiche 403/404) – Hanau Hbf (Nordseite)

[640] (153D2) DE20/507

This route is used by trains between the Maintal and Fulda lines. There are two spurs linking the Maintal line to Hanau Hbf Nordseite (Fulda line). The southerly one is for eastbound trains via platform 7 only. The other is reversible and links with platforms 2 to 7. Most local trains via Maintal Ost terminating or starting at Hanau Hbf normally use the reversible connection and platform 5.

Most IC and ICE trains run via Offenbach (Main), but some are routed via Maintal. The following are scheduled to run via Maintal Ost and Hanau Hbf Nordseite.

NJ471 Berlin Ostbf - 02:56 Fulda - Zürich HB
SSuX ICE1646 Erfurt Hbf - 06:44 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
D2 SuX ICE791 Berlin Ostbf - 10:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
D1 IC1191 Berlin Ostbf - 12:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
FO ICE1683 Hamburg-Altona - 15:15 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
SuO ICE1685 Hamburg-Altona - 15:15 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D1 ICE795 Berlin Ostbf - 14:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
D1 SSuX ICE797 Berlin Ostbf - 16:15 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
SuO ICE1597 Hamburg Hbf - 16:41 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D1 SSuO IC1197 Berlin Ostbf - 16:47 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
SuO IC1956 Leipzig Hbf - 17:00 Fulda - Karlsruhe Hbf
D SuO IC1985 Hamburg-Altona - 19:25 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D FO ICE1673 Hamburg-Altona - 19:26 Hanau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D1 ICE1590 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 08:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
D1 ICE1592 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 10:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
D4 SO IC1986 Stuttgart Hbf - 10:18 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
D1 ICE798 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 12:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
FO IC1972 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
D4 SuO IC1174 Basel SBB - 14:18 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
D1 IC1196 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 14:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
D1 ICE794 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 16:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin Ostbf
D FSSuX EC218 Graz Hbf - 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
D FSSuX IC1951 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
D FSuO ICE1594 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
D3 SX ICE792 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - 18:20 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen

D1: 15 December 2019 to 4 October 2020

D2: 15 December 2019 to 5 April 2020 and SuX 6 April to 4 October 2020

D3: 15 December 2019 to 5 April 2020 and SX 6 April to 4 October 2020

D4: 10 October to 12 December 2020

Offenbach (Main) Hbf - Offenbach (Main) Ost

[645.8] (153B2) DE20/508

This 1.7km connecting line links the main Frankfurt - Hanau line at Offenbach Hbf with the S-Bahn line at Offenbach Ost. Early on Monday mornings certain S8 trains between Frankfurt (Main) Hbf and Offenbach Ost are diverted to run to and from Frankfurt am Main Hbf via Frankfurt am Main Süd and this line.

From Offenbach (Main) Hbf: 00:38, 01:12 and 01:38 (all MO)

From Offenbach (Main) Ost: 23:58 SuO, 00:27 MO and 00:58 MO

Frankfurt am Main Hbf

Trains between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Frankfurt am Main Stadion, Neu Isenburg or Frankfurt am Main Süd may use two routes over the River Main, crossing the Niederrader Brücke or the Main-Neckar-Brücke, about 2 km further upstream. The line over the Niederrader Brücke gives access to platforms 1a through 8 on the south side (via Abzw Gutleuthof), platforms 15 through 24 on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof and the S-Bahn underground station. The Main-Neckar-Brücke gives access to platforms 4 through 13, but following construction of a new spur it may be possible for trains to run to platforms 1 to 3 as well. Platforms 4 through 8 are accessible from both bridges.

Trains via Frankfurt am Main Süd and Neu Isenburg mainly use the Main-Neckar-Brücke and those via Frankfurt am Main Stadion mainly the Niederrader Brücke. There is little difference in journey time between Frankfurt am Main Stadion and the Hauptbahnhof via either bridge. However, there is a significant difference between Frankfurt am Main Süd and the Hauptbahnhof, with trains via Niederrader Brücke being scheduled at least 10 minutes, rather than 6 or 7 minutes for the Main-Neckar-Brücke route.

Many long-distance trains reverse at Frankfurt and, in the lists below, trains using a route inward are shown before those using it outward.

Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Süd

[615, 615.1, 640] (151C3-151D3) DE20/511

Most trains run via Main-Neckar-Brücke. The following trains are scheduled via Niederrader Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus:

FO ICE1683 Hamburg-Altona - 15:15 Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D5 FO ICE1673 Hamburg-Altona - 19:26 Hanau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
FO IC2224 München Hbf - 20:04 Aschaffenburg Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D6 ICE522 München Hbf - Würzburg Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
FO IC2372 Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelnshöhe/Hannover Hbf
FO IC1972 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
D FSSuX EC218 Graz Hbf - 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
D FSSuX IC1951 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
FSuO ICE1594 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
SX ICE776 17:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf

D5: 9 October to 11 December 2020

D6: 20 April to 2 July 2020, except 1 June

Trains normally run direct between Abzw Forsthaus and Frankfurt am Main Süd, but IC2372 is scheduled to run via Frankfurt-Louisa.

The following regional trains have an extended journey time between the Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt am Main Süd, so probably also use this route:

SuO RE4624 Bamberg - 18:27 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D SuX RE28603/28605 05:54 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Aschaffenburg Hbf/Laufach
SSuO RE4647 09:01 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Bamberg
SSuO RE4649 15:01 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Bamberg
D FX RE4590 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Fulda/Bad Hersfeld

Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)

[650, 650.2] (151C3-151C4) DE20/512

Most trains to and from Neu Isenburg, other than S-Bahn, run via Main-Neckar-Brücke, but the following are scheduled via Niederrader Brücke:

D7 IC1994/1996 Stuttgart Hbf - 08:47 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
SO IC1986 Stuttgart Hbf - 09:25 Darmstadt Hbf - Hannover Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
D8 FSSuX EC218 Graz Hbf - 15:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Erfurt Hbf
D7 IC1995 16:50 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D9 FO ICE1673 Hamburg-Altona - 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf

D7: Train IC1996 runs MO. Trains IC1994 and IC1995 run in connection with trade fairs. Train IC1995 runs on 7 to 9 January, 27 to 30 January, 5, 6, 10 and 11 February, 9 to 12 March and 30 March to 2 April 2020. Train IC1994 runs a day later in all cases.

D8: Via Niederrader Brücke when terminating at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.

D9: 9 October to 11 December 2020.

Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Stadion

[471, 472, 655, 655.1] (151C3-151B4) DE20/513

Most trains (and particularly RE and RB ones) run via Niederrader Brücke. Most RE and RB trains use platforms 15–24 on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof. Most S-Bahn S7 services and many IC and ICE trains run via Abzw Gutleuthof and use platforms 1–8 on the south side of the Hauptbahnhof.

The following trains are scheduled via Main-Neckar Brücke:

  • ICE trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Mannheim Hbf hourly 05:50 to 20:50
  • ICE trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen hourly 07:10 to 22:10, but not 09:10, 12:10 and 16:10
  • ICE trains from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf hourly 06:32 to 21:32 and every two hours 09:16 to 19:16
  • ICE and IC trains from Frankfurt am Main Fernbahnhof to Frankfurt am Main Hbf every two hours 04:42 to 20:42

The following trains are also scheduled to use this route:

D10 IC2221 Lübeck Hbf - 00:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D11 IC2321 Hamburg-Altona - 00:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
NJ470 Zürich HB - 23:42 Mannheim Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
FSO RJ66 Budapest Keleti - 00:30 SSuO Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
FSX IC990 München Hbf - 00:30 SSuX Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
D12 ICE209 Kiel Hbf - 02:15 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Basel SBB
ICE698 München Hbf - 02:30 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
D14 ICE208 Basel SBB - 02:16 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
ICE827 Köln Hbf - 04:36 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/München Hbf
ICE418/618 München Hbf - 05:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Essen Hbf/Düsseldorf Hbf
ICE672 Wiesbaden Hbf - 05:34 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen - Hamburg-Altona
MO ICE696 Karlsruhe Hbf - 05:31 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
SuX ICE674 Karlsruhe Hbf - 07:17 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
D ICE1557 Wiesbaden Hbf - 09:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
ICE27 Dortmund Hbf - 12:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
ICE1653 Wiesbaden Hbf - 15:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
ICE1655 Wiesbaden Hbf - 17:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Dresden Hbf
D14 ICE1659 Wiesbaden Hbf - 21:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Erfurt Hbf/Leipzig Hbf
D14 ICE19 Bruxelles Midi - 21:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D15 ICE221 Amsterdam Centraal - 22:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D14 ICE9557/TGV9559 Paris Est - 22:19 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D14 IC2315 Westerland (Sylt) - 23:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
ICE4 Zürich HB - 22:33 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
ICE887/1087 Hamburg-Altona - 00:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
SuO ICE879 Berlin Ostbf - 00:50 MO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
ICE699 Hamburg-Altona - 02:25 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
D12 ICE209 Kiel Hbf - 02:48 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Basel SBB
D14 ICE208 Basel SBB - 03:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kiel Hbf
MO IC2097 03:51/04:02 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
IC2220/2320 05:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona/Lübeck Hbf
IC1911 06:55 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D13 ICE1554 Dresden Hbf - 20:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
ICE695 Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - 21:51 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D16 ICE877 Berlin Ostbf - 23:00 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf

Note that ICE208 and ICE209 use this route both arriving at and departing from Frankfurt.

D10: 20 April to 13 June and 15 to 17 September 2020 (next day from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen)

D11: 14 June to 2 July and 6 July to 14 September 2020 (next day from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen)

D12: 6 July to 16 September 2020

D13: Not via this route when the train is to or from Saarbrücken Hbf

D14: 6 July to 17 September 2020

D15: 6 July to 9 August and 20 August to 17 September 2020, except 18 and 19 July

D16: 20 April to 2 July 2020

Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Höchst (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)

[466, 627, 646] (50A3, 151C3-151B3) DE20/514

All trains, other than S-Bahn, between Frankfurt-Höchst and Frankfurt am Main Hbf run via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße. Most of those to and from Koblenz and Wiesbaden use the connection between Abzw Mainzer Landstraße and platforms 15–24 on the north side of Frankfurt am Main Hbf. Most of those to and from Limburg (Lahn) run via Abzw Gutleuthof to use platforms 1–8 on the south side of the Hauptbahnhof.

Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Rödelheim (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)

[637] (50A3, 151C3-152D2) DE20/515

This route is used by the through trains between Brandoberndorf, Grävenwiesbach and Frankfurt am Main Hbf, all of which arrive and depart at the north side platforms. These run on Mondays to Fridays, peak hours only. S-Bahn trains between Frankfurt-Rödelheim and Frankfurt am Main Hbf run via Frankfurt West.

Frankfurt am Main Süd (Abst Anlage) – Frankfurt-Louisa

[650, 650.2] (151D3-151C4) DE20/521

This east to south curve provides a link between Frankfurt am Main Süd and the Darmstadt line. There is a frequent S-Bahn service over tracks parallel to this route.

TWX FLX76303 Berlin Hbf - 11:34 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
FO ICE1079 Hamburg-Altona - 17:55 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Heidelberg Hbf
SuO IC1956 Leipzig Hbf - 18:02 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Karlsruhe Hbf
FLX76307 Berlin Hbf - 19:37 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
SuO IC1985 Hamburg-Altona - 19:45 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Karlsruhe Hbf
D FO IC2372 Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf
FLX76302 Stuttgart Hbf - 08:53 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin Hbf
D17 FO IC1970 Stuttgart Hbf - 13:46 Darmstadt Hbf – Berlin Ostbf
TWX FLX76306 Stuttgart Hbf - 15:53 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin Hbf

D17: 20 December 2019 to 9 April 2020 and 6 November to 11 December 2020

Train IC2372 is scheduled to run from Frankfurt am Main Hbf via Niederrader Brücke, Abzw Forsthaus and Frankfurt-Louisa.

Days and dates of operation of Flixtrain services may vary. To confirm timings and to make bookings, see the Flixtrain website.

Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)

[471, 650] (151B4-151C4) DE20/522

This route is used by trains between Frankfurt am Main Stadion and Neu Isenburg if not booked to call at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.

D18 FO ICE1673 Hamburg-Altona - 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
SSuX ICE1223 06:48 Darmstadt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf (train continues to München via Kassel)

D18: 9 October to 11 December 2020

Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Frankfurt am Main Süd (via Abzw Forsthaus)

[640] (151B4-151D3) DE20/523

This route is used by trains between Frankfurt am Main Stadion and Frankfurt am Main Süd if not booked to call at Frankfurt am Main Hbf.

There are RB trains at least hourly Mondays to Saturdays between Frankfurt am Main Süd and one or other of the stations at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen. These are mostly to and from the Aschaffenburg line.

ICE and IC trains between Frankfurt am Main Flughafen and Erfurt or Berlin:

  • From Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf every two hours 08:09 to 18:09
  • From Frankfurt am Main Süd every two hours 07:41 to 17:41 (or 17:39)
NJ421 Düsseldorf Hbf - 23:54 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Innsbruck Hbf
NJ471 Berlin Ostbf - 04:02 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Zürich HB
NJ420 Innsbruck Hbf - 05:26 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Düsseldorf Hbf

Limburg Süd (Abzw Breckenheim) - Wiesbaden Hbf (Wiesbaden-Wäschbach)

[472] (151B1 - 151D1) DE20/524

This branch off the Köln - Frankfurt Schnellfahrstrecke is used by ICE trains between Köln and Wiesbaden Hbf.

SSuX ICE711 Köln Hbf - 06:57 Limburg Süd - Mannheim Hbf/Stuttgart Hbf
SSuX ICE1228 Würzburg Hbf (via Dortmund) - 18:20 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
SSuX ICE712 Mainz Hbf - 06:23 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf
SSuX ICE710 Stuttgart Hbf/Mannheim Hbf - 16:45 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf

Mainz-Bischofsheim (Abzw Kostheim Ost) – Mainz-Kastel (Abzw Kostheim)

[645.8-9, 651] (151D2-151C2) DE20/525

This connection across the Main splits in two parts at Abzw Kostheim Ost just north of the river. The two main tracks fly over the Höchst line and turn west to touch it briefly (Abzw Kostheim) before turning north to become route DE20/526 to the Kaiserbrücke over the Rhein. There is also a single-track south-to-west curve (line 3531) that avoids the flyover and diverges from the Höchst line to the south at Abzw Kostheim. This is used by used by trains from Mainz-Kastel to Bischofsheim, but all trains from Bischofsheim use the main track until Abzw Kostheim. The eastbound main track from Abzw Kostheim to Abzw Kostheim Ost is only used by trains coming from the Mainz Kaiserbrücke via route DE20/526.

Hochheim (Main) (Abzw Kostheim) – Mainz Hbf (Abzw Kaiserbrücke Ost)

[471] (151C2) DE20/526

This route allows trains from the north bank of the River Main to access the Kaiserbrücke over the River Rhein to Mainz, so trains can run between Mainz Hbf and the Frankfurt area via Frankfurt-Höchst. This line can also be used to allow trains to run between Mainz-Bischofsheim and Mainz-Mombach without passing through Mainz Hbf.

The line has been used since 9 December 2018 by an hourly RE service between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Mainz Hbf via Hochheim (Main).

Kelsterbach – Frankfurt am Main Stadion

[471] (152C3-152D3) DE20/527

This is part of the original main line and is used by trains between Mainz Hbf and the Frankfurt area via Kelsterbach, which stop at neither of the stations at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen.

SSuX RE29243 Kirchheimbolanden – 06:56 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
SSuX RE29205 Alzey – 07:41 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D19 FO IC2017 Berlin Ostbf - 19:17 Mainz Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf

D19: 17 April to 30 October 2020, also 30 April, 20 May, 10 June, not 1 May, 22 May and 12 June

Frankfurt am Main Gateway Gardens - Frankfurt am Main Stadion

[471] (152D3) DE20/527A

Where the new line from Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbf converges with the old main line via Kelsterbach west of Frankfurt am Main Stadion two routes are possible. Trains to the S-Bahn tunnel route under the city centre cross the Kelsterbach line on a flyover. Trains to the Hauptbahnhof main station use a single track connection directly to the line from Kelsterbach.

Raunheim (Abzw Mönchwald) – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf (Abzw Mönchhof)

[471] (152B4) DE20/528

This spur connects the old main line from Mainz Hbf to the Schnellfahrstrecke from Köln. It is used by trains calling at both Mainz Hbf and Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf. There is an hourly IC service for most of the day.

Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Zeppelinheim

[655.1] (152D3) DE20/529

This south to west curve is from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf to the line to Mannheim via Biblis. It is used by trains running direct between Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf and Mannheim. These are principally hourly ICE trains between Köln and Basel or München and two-hourly ICE trains between Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart (which reverse at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf).

Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Stockschneise) – Darmstadt Nord – Darmstadt-Kranichstein

(154C2) DE20/530

This west to east route connects the Mainz and Aschaffenburg lines north of Darmstadt Hbf. Between Darmstadt Nord and Darmstadt-Kranichstein it has its own alignment, different from the one used by local passenger trains. The Darmstadt-Kranichstein railway museum sometimes runs a shuttle service between Groß-Gerau and Kranichstein during its annual Bahnwelttage event in May.

On 15 March 2020, all RB75 services between [Wiesbaden Hbf -] Mainz Hbf and Aschaffenburg Hbf ran via this route, not calling at Darmstadt Hbf or Darmstadt Nord.

The following trains are diverted this way between 11 April and 31 October 2020

D EC115 Münster (Westf) - 10:15 Mainz Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf
D EC114 Klagenfurt Hbf - 16:03 Würzburg Hbf - Dortmund Hbf

Arheilgen – Darmstadt-Nord

[641] (49B1, 154C2) DE20/531

This north to east curve connects the Frankfurt am Main and Aschaffenburg lines north of Darmstadt Hbf. It is used by through trains between Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach and Frankfurt am Main Hbf via Darmstadt Nord, generally every two hours.

Darmstadt Hbf – Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Bergschneise and Abzw Weiterstadt Stockschneise)

[651] (154C3-154C2) DE20/532

Darmstadt Hbf is connected to the line towards Mainz by three geographically separate tracks, of which two technically constitute a widely separated double track flying junction and the third is reversible.

The Darmstadt to Mainz track (line 3537) diverges from the main track towards Frankfurt (line 3605) north of Darmstadt Hbf, at about the the place where it passes over the Aschaffenburg – Mainz line. It then makes a 135° curve to the left and joins the Aschaffenburg – Mainz line from the north at Abzw Stockschneise. The Mainz to Darmstadt track (line 3530) diverges to the south at Abzw Stockschneise directly to the Hauptbahnhof, where it eventually becomes platform 9.

Between these two tracks, there is a reversible track which splits from the Mainz - Aschaffenburg line on the flat at Abzw Bergschneise, 1 km east of Abzw Stockschneise. At Darmstadt Hbf it arrives between the tracks from/to Darmstadt Nord, which eventually become platforms 7 and 8.

Trains from Mainz use line 3530. Trains towards Mainz from platforms 6 and 7 can use either the reversible track to Abzw Bergschneise or line 3537. The latter route is longer but allows higher speeds; nevertheless the shorter Bergschneise route is usually used because it does not conflict with use of line 3605 to Frankfurt. Which route is used can be seen from the position of the scissors crossover points just north of the platforms – left for the Bergschneise route, right for the Stockschneise route. The compilers would welcome any confirmation of use of the latter route.

Darmstadt Hbf – Darmstadt-Kranichstein

(154C3-154C2) DE20/533

Since at least 2018 "For operational reasons, the feeder trains from the main station to the railway museum are cancelled", an alternative vintage tram on part of the town network is advertised as a replacement. In previous years a shuttle service has operated between Darmstadt Hbf and Darmstadt-Kranichstein in connection with special events at the Darmstadt-Kranichstein railway museum. These trains normally use a completely different route from normal passenger services, which operate to and from platforms on the west side of Darmstadt Hbf. The shuttles use platform 1, on the east side of the Hauptbahnhof, and the goods line via Darmstadt Nord (including part of DE20/531). For details of future events, see the museum website.

Wiesbaden avoiding line: Wiesbaden-Biebrich - Wiesbaden Ost

(151C3-151B3) DE20/534

This line allows trains to run between Frankfurt am Main and the Rechte Rheinstrecke (via Rüdesheim) without reversal at Wiesbaden Hbf. It is used by RE trains between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Eltville or Rüdesheim which do not call at Wiesbaden Hbf: Note that the east end junction is grade separated.

From Mainz-Kastel: 07:33, 08:35, 15:31, 16:35, 17:32, 18:35, 19:35 all SSuX

From Wiesbaden-Biebrich: 06:14, 07:14, 08:14, 09:14, 16:15, 17:15, 18:14 all SSuX

Obscure services: Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions

Hanau avoiding line: Großkrotzenburg - Hanau Nord (Rauschwald)

(151D2) DE20/541

This line is used occasionally to allow trains to run between the Aschaffenburg and Fulda or Friedberg lines without reversal at Hanau Hbf. Overnight trains between Hamburg and Wien were diverted this way during summer and autumn 2019.

Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Niederrad

(151C3-151B3) DE20/542

This line provides a link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof. It is sometimes used by IC trains when there is engineering working in the Hauptbahnhof area. However, as most IC trains via Frankfurt West also run via Darmstadt, use of route DE20/543 is more likely.

D20 FO IC1982 Karlsruhe Hbf - 07:49 Frankfurt-Niederrad - Hannover Hbf

D20: 9 October to 11 December 2020

Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Louisa (Main-Neckar Brücke)

(151C3) DE20/543

This line provides an alternative link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, but particularly via Darmstadt, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof. There were numerous diversions of IC trains between Gießen and Darmstadt via this route during autumn 2018.

Use of this route is indicated by trains calling at Frankfurt am Main West instead of the Hauptbahnhof.

Limburg Süd (Caltex) - Kelsterbach (Brunnenschneise)

(152B3) DE20/544

This north to east curve allows trains to run between the Köln - Frankfurt Schnellfahrstrecke and the old main line between Mainz and Frankfurt. Some trains were, quite exceptionally, diverted this way during autumn 2019. Further diversions are unlikely soon, but are indicated by a stop at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf being omitted.

Groß Gerau – Groß Gerau-Dornberg

[660] (154A2) DE20/545

IC and EC trains between Mainz and Mannheim (not calling at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen) normally run via Worms, but are sometimes diverted via Groß Gerau and Groß Gerau-Dornberg. Relief IC trains may also use this west to south curve, and it has been used at short notice when there is an operating or infrastructure problem on the Worms route. Following signalling alterations at Mannheim Hbf, it is no longer possible to determine there whether a train to Mainz is to run via Groß Gerau. If local trains via Worms are replaced by buses, it is likely that IC and EC trains will use this route.

See also