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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
This list is based on the timetable dated from 11 December 2016 to 9 December 2017, 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 10 December 2017 to 8 December 2018, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].  Map references relate to the 2014 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'') DE17/501
[540.1] (''55B3'') DE18/501


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'') DE17/502
(''55B4'') DE18/502


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.
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.
Line 17: Line 17:
{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D1  
| D1  
| WO
| FO
| ''EN452''
| ''IC469''  
| Moskva Belorusskaja - 21:09/21:59 (ThO) Berlin Hbf - Paris Est
| Flensburg - 01:20 SO Göttingen - Basel Bad Bf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D2
| FSO  
| FSO  
| ''IC479''  
| ''IC479''  
| Kiel Hbf - 01:23 Göttingen - Karlsruhe Hbf/Basel Bad Bf
| Kiel Hbf - 01:20 SSuO Göttingen - Basel Bad Bf
|-  
|-  
| D
|  
| FSO
|
| ''IC489''  
| ''NJ471''
| Flensburg - 01:23 Göttingen - Karlsruhe Hbf/Basel Bad Bf
| Berlin Ostbf - 01:26 Göttingen - Zürich HB
|-  
|-  
| D2
|   
|   
| ''EN471''
| MO
| Hamburg-Altona - 23:37 Halle (Saale) Hbf - Zürich HB
| ''ICE271''
| Hamburg-Altona - 03:07 Göttingen - Chur
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
|   
|   
| ''EN491''
| ''NJ491''
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
|-  
|-  
|
|   
|   
| MO
| ''NJ470''
| ''ICE271''
| Zürich HB - 01:47 Fulda - Berlin Ostbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 03:07 Göttingen - Basel SBB/Chur
|-  
|-  
| D2
| D3
|   
|   
| ''EN470''
| ''ICE990''
| Zürich HB - 01:47 Fulda - Hamburg-Altona
| München Hbf - 02:33 MO Bad Hersfeld - Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
| D3
|
| FO
| SO
| ''EN453''  
| ''IC468''  
| Paris Est - 01:02 (SO) Frankfurt am Main Süd - Moskva Belorusskaja
| Basel Bad Bf - 03:33 SuO Fulda - Flensburg
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
| SuO
| ''ICE990''
| München Hbf - 02:25/02:28 (MO) Bad Hersfeld - Hamburg Hbf
|-
| D
| FO  
| FO  
| ''IC478''  
| ''IC478''  
| Basel Bad - 03:34 (SO) Fulda - Kiel Hbf
| Basel Bad Bf - 03:33 SO Fulda - Kiel Hbf
|-
| D
| SO
| ''IC488''
| Basel Bad - 03:34 (SuO) Fulda - Flensburg
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
|   
|   
| ''EN490''
| ''NJ490''
| Wien Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona
| Wien Hbf – 04:12 Fulda – Hamburg-Altona
|}
|}


D1: Runs via this route when departing Berlin 15 December to 29 June and on 31 August
This route is also used by trains between Paris and Moskva on nights when there is not a stop at Erfurt.


D2: 10 February (northbound) and 11 February (southbound) to 29 June
D1: 15 December to 22 June, 5 & 12 October; not 29 December


D3: Diverted via this route when departing Paris on 1 September
D2: SO 16 December to 23 June, FSO 29 June to 24 August


===Bebra avoiding line: Ludwigsau-Friedlos (Abzw Blankenheim) – Ronshausen (Abzw Faßdorf)===
D3: SSuX 11 December to 18 March and 6 to 31 August; daily 23 May to 3 Aug; MSSuX 4 Sep to 7 Dec. 
[605, 610] (''66 insert'') DE17/503


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, plus:
On other nights the Kiel and Flensburg trains are diverted via Kassel.


{| class="ostable"
===Bebra avoiding line: Ludwigsau-Friedlos (Abzw Blankenheim) – Ronshausen (Abzw Faßdorf)===
| D4
[605, 610] (''66 insert'') DE18/503
|
| ''EN471''
| Hamburg-Altona - 01:30 Erfurt Hbf - Zürich HB
|-
| D5
| WO
| ''EN452''
| Moskva Belorusskaya - 23:22 (ThO) Erfurt Hbf - Paris Est
|-
| D4
|
| ''EN470''
| Zürich HB – 02:09 Fulda – Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D6
| FO
| ''EN453''
| Paris Est - 01:56 (SO) Frankfurt am Main Süd - Moskva Belorusskaya
|}
 
D4: 11 December to 9 February (northbound) and 10 February (southbound) and 30 June to 9 December
 
D5: Uses this route when departing Erfurt 6 July to 24 August and 7 September to 7 December


D6: Does not run this way when departing Paris on 1 September
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.  It is also used by the trains between Paris and Moskva on nights when there is a stop at Erfurt.


===Gießen avoiding line: Dutenhofen – Großen Linden (Gießen Bergwald Stw Gs)===
===Gießen avoiding line: Dutenhofen – Großen Linden (Gießen Bergwald Stw Gs)===
[445, 630] (''65A4'') DE17/504
[445, 630] (''65A4'') DE18/504


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 124: Line 90:
|   
|   
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''RE24901''
| ''RE24931''
| Siegen – 05:47 Wetzlar – Frankfurt am Main West
| Siegen – 05:47 Wetzlar – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''RE24900''
| ''RE24930''
| Frankfurt am Main Hbf – 17:58 Bad Nauheim – Siegen
| Frankfurt am Main Hbf – 17:58 Bad Nauheim – Siegen
|}
|}


===Neuhof (Kr Fulda) (Fulda-Bronnzell) – Fulda via Flyover===
===Neuhof (Kr Fulda) (Fulda-Bronnzell) – Fulda via Flyover===
[615] (''78C1'') DE17/505
[615] (''78C1'') DE18/505


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'') DE17/506
(''78C1-78C2'') DE18/506


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.
Line 146: Line 112:
|  
|  
|   
|   
| ''EN491''
| ''NJ491''
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
|   
|   
| ''EN490''
| ''NJ490''
| Wien Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona
| Wien Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona
|}
|}


===Wolfgang (Kr Hanau) – Hanau Hbf (via Abzw Rauschwald)===
===Wolfgang (Kr Hanau) – Hanau Hbf (via Abzw Rauschwald)===
[615] (''153D2'') DE17/507
[615] (''153D2'') DE18/507


This route enables trains to and from the Fulda line to use the south side platforms (101 to 106) at Hanau Hbf.
This route enables trains to and from the Fulda line to use the south side platforms (101 to 106) at Hanau Hbf.
Line 163: Line 129:
|   
|   
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''RB15641''
| ''RB15541''
| Bad Soden-Salmünster – 07:23 Wolfgang (Kr Hanau) – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Bad Soden-Salmünster – 07:23 Wolfgang (Kr Hanau) – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|}
|}
Line 170: Line 136:
[640] (''153D2'') DE17/508
[640] (''153D2'') DE17/508


This route is used by trains between the Maintal and Fulda lines, except those routed via Abzw Rauschwald (route DE17/507).  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, links with platforms 2 to 7 and is used by certain trains starting and terminating at Hanau.  These are arrivals every two hours 06:57 to 20:57, also at 15:57 SSuX, and departures at 06:00, 06:29 SSuX, 07:03, 08:01, 09:03 and every two hours until 21:03 (13:03 is SSuO).
This route is used by trains between the Maintal and Fulda lines, except those routed via Abzw Rauschwald (route DE18/507).  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.  ''IC'' and ''ICE'' trains via Hanau may use the Offenbach or Maintal lines and routing is variable, depending on engineering work and other other circumstances.
 
''IC'' and ''ICE'' trains via Hanau may use the Offenbach or Maintal lines and routing is variable, depending on engineering work and other other circumstances.


===Frankfurt am Main Hbf===
===Frankfurt am Main Hbf===
Line 180: Line 144:


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.
'''DIVERSIONS FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2017'''
Engineering work on the line between Frankfurt am Main Hbf and Frankfurt am Main Süd via the Main-Neckar-Brücke at weekends between 10 February and 2 April resulted in changes to train services.  Many trains were diverted via the Niederrader Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus, with others running direct between Frankfurt am Main Süd and Frankfurt Stadion, not stopping at the Hauptbahnhof.  Some Darmstadt line trains were diverted to Frankfurt am Main Hbf Süd.  There were similar, but not quite so extensive, changes over the Easter weekend, 14 to 17 April. Similar diversions may operate from time to time at weekends. 


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Süd====  
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Süd====  
[615, 615.1, 640] (''151C3-151D3'') DE17/509
[615, 615.1, 640] (''151C3-151D3'') DE18/509


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 run via Niederrader Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus:


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D
| D4
| FO
| ''IC469''
| Flensburg - 03:33 SO Hanau Hbf - Basel Bad Bf
|-
| D5
| FSO
| FSO
| ''IC479''
| ''IC479''
| Kiel Hbf - 03:33 (SSuO) Hanau Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf/Basel SBB
| Kiel Hbf - 03:33 SSuO Hanau Hbf - Basel Bad Bf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D6
|
| ''ICE1636''
| Berlin Hbf - 08:50 Erfurt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| 
| FO
| FO
| ''IC489''
| ''IC1997''
| Flensburg - 03:33 (SSuO) Hanau Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf/Basel SBB
| Hamburg-Altona - 14:40 Fulda – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D7
| SuO
| ''IC1993''
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:16 Hanau – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D7  
| D7  
| SSuX
| SuO
| ''IC2393''
| ''IC1983''
| Fulda – 08:03 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Hamburg Hbf - 16:42 Fulda – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D8  
| D8  
|  
|  
| ''ICE1636''
| ''IC1956''
| Berlin Hbf – 11:01 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Leipzig Hbf - 18:03 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D7
| D9
|  
|  
| ''ICE228''
| ''IC2375''
| Wien Hbf – 13:20 Hanau Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Westerland (Sylt) - 17:03 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-  
| D9
| FO
| ''IC1071''
| Berlin Ostbahnhof - 14:41 Fulda – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D7  
| D7  
|
| ''ICE28''
| Wien Hbf - 15:20 Hanau Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D10
| SuO
| SuO
| ''ICE1075''
| ''IC2177''
| Berlin Südkreuz - 16:38 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 19:15 Hanau - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D11
| D9
|  
|  
| ''ICE1997''
| ''IC2377''
| Berlin Südkreuz - 16:40/17:02 Fulda - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Ostseebad Binz - 19:03 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-  
|-  
|
|  
| FO
| ''ICE1197''
| Berlin Südkreuz - 20:16 Hanau Hbf/21:29 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D12
| FSuO
| ''ICE775''
| Hamburg-Altona - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D
| FO
| FO
| ''IC478''
| ''IC478''
| Basel Bad Bf - 02:20 (FO) Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kiel Hbf
| Basel Bad Bf - 02:20 SO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
|
| SO
| SO
| ''IC488''
| ''IC468''
| Basel Bad Bf – 02:20 (SuO) Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Flensburg
| Basel Bad Bf – 02:20 SuO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Flensburg
|-  
|-  
| D7
| D10
| FO
| FO
| ''IC1972''
| ''IC2278''
| 12:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D7
| D9
|  
|  
| ''ICE29''
| ''IC2376''
| 14:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wien Hbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 09:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stralsund Hbf/Ostseebad Binz
|-  
|-  
| D13
|  
| FO
| SO
| ''IC1070''
| ''IC1986''
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Berlin Ostbf
| 10:16 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
| D7
| D9
|  
|  
| ''ICE229''
| ''IC2374''
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Wien Hbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 11:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Westerland (Sylt)
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
| SX
| ''ICE776''
| 17:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf
|-
| D10
| SuO
| ''ICE1076''
| 18:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
|-
| D7
| FO
| FO
| ''IC1992''
| ''IC1972''
| 18:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
| 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
| D7
|  
| ThO
| FSuO
| ''ICE1998''
| ''IC1994''
| 18:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
| 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D7
| MTWO
| ''IC2394''
| 18:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Fulda
|}
|}


D7: 28 August to 9 December
D4: FO 15 December to 22 June, 5 & 12 October; not 29 December


D8: 25 & 27 May, 3, 10 & 15 June
D5: SO 16 December to 23 June, FSO 29 June to 25 August


D9: 16 December to 12 March, 19 May to 28 July and 1 September to 8 December
D6: 31 May, 3 October and 1 November


D10: 3 September to 3 December
D7: 24 June to 5 August


D11: 13 April, 24 May, 14 June and FO 4 August to 8 December
D8: 26 December only


D12: 10 February to 9 April and 1 September to 8 December
D9: 23 June to 12 August


D13: 16 December to 12 March and 19 May to 28 July
D10: 15 December to 7 September


Although trains from Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach to Frankfurt am Main Hbf, departing Frankfurt am Main Süd at 5 minutes past the hour, are allowed 15 minutes to the Hauptbahnhof, they run via Main Neckar Brücke, but with a pathing stop en route.
Although trains from Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach to Frankfurt am Main Hbf, departing Frankfurt am Main Süd at 5 minutes past the hour, are allowed 15 minutes to the Hauptbahnhof, they run via Main Neckar Brücke, but with a pathing stop en route.


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)====  
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)====  
[650, 650.2] (''151C3-151C4'') DE17/510
[650, 650.2] (''151C3-151C4'') DE18/510


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"
| D
| D11
| SSuX
| ''IC1996''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 07:41 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D9
|  
|  
| ''IC2391''
| ''IC2376''
| 16:50 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:23 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf/Ostseebad Binz
|-
|-
| D20
| D12
| SuO
| ''IC1956''
| Leipzig Hbf - 17:59 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-
| 
| FSuO
| ''IC2171''
| Hamburg-Altona - 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D
|  
|  
| ''IC2390/2392''
| ''IC2390/2392''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:41 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:41 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
|-
| D21
| D9
| SuO
|  
| ''IC2412''
| ''IC2330''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 11:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 10:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Westerland (Sylt)
|-
|-
|}
|  
 
| FO
D20: Not 3 September
| ''IC1992''
 
| Stuttgart Hbf - 10:35 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D21: 3 September to 29 October 2017
 
The following services are diverted this way between 1 July and 13 August 2016:
 
{| class="ostable"
| D
| SSuX
| ''IC2278''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 06:54 Heidelberg Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D9
|  
|  
| ''TGV9583''
| ''IC2330''
| Marseille St Charles - 14:54 Karlsruhe Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 14:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D11
| SSuX
| ''EC218''
| Graz Hbf - 15:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| D11
|  
|  
| ''ICE9553''
| ''IC2292''
| Paris Est - 16:19 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Stuttgart Hbf - 17:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D11
| SX
| MO
| ''ICE9555''
| ''IC2419''
| Paris Est - 20:19 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Köln Hbf - 05:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D11
|  
|  
| ''ICE9557/TGV9559''
| ''EC113''
| Paris Est - 22:19 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| 08:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
|
| SSuX
| MO
| ''ICE9558''
| ''IC1999''
| 05:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
| 11:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D9
| SO
|  
| ''ICE9586''
| ''IC2331''
| 06:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
| 15:09 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D12
| SO
|  
| ''ICE9566''
| ''IC2391''
| 08:26 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
| 16:50 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D11
| SSuX
| SX
| ''ICE9556''
| ''IC2295''
| 08:37 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
| 18:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
|-
| D
| SSuO
| ''ICE9554''
| 10:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
|-  
|-  
| D
| D9
|  
|  
| ''TGV9552''
| ''IC2375''
| 12:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
| Westerland (Sylt) - 19:09 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
|
|  
| FO
| ''TGV9560''
| ''IC2171''
| 16:50 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
| Hamburg-Altona - 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D9
| SSuX
| FO
| ''ICE9550''
| ''IC2377''
| 18:38 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Paris Est
| Ostseebad Binz - 21:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
|}
|}
D9: 23 June to 12 August
D11: 8 September to 8 December
D12: Train ''IC2392'' runs MO.  Trains ''IC2390'' and ''IC2391'' run in connection with trade fairs. Train ''IC2391'' runs on 29 & 30 January, 12 & 13 February, 19 to 22 March, 10 to 12 April, 23 April, 11 to 14 June, 10 to 13 September and 9 to 11 October.  ''IC2390'' runs a day later in all cases.


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Stadion====  
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Stadion====  
[471, 472, 655, 655.1] (''151C3-151B4'') DE17/511
[471, 472, 655, 655.1] (''151C3-151B4'') DE18/511


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.
Line 431: Line 363:
The following trains run via Main-Neckar-Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus:
The following trains run via Main-Neckar-Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus:


*''ICE'' trains from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf hourly 07:29/07:32 to 21:29/21:32 and every two hours 07:16 to 17:16;
*''ICE'' trains from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf hourly 07:32 to 21:32 and every two hours 07:16 to 19:16;
*''ICE ''trains from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf every two hours 06:41 to 20:41;
*''ICE ''trains from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf every two hours 06:41 to 20:41;
*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Mannheim Hbf hourly 05:50 to 20:50;
*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Mannheim Hbf hourly 05:50 to 20:50 (except 06:50);
*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbf hourly 08:10 to 22:10 (except 09:10 & 12:10)
*''ICE'' trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf hourly 07:10 to 22:10 (except 09:10, 12:10 & 16:10)


Other trains via this route are:  
Other trains via this route are:  


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
|
| D
| FSX
|  
| ''ICE990/1590''
| ''ICE990''
| München Hbf - 00:31 SSuX Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Hamburg Hbf
| München Hbf - 00:31 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
|
| D
| FSO  
| FSO  
| ''RJ1066''  
| ''RJ1066''  
| Budapest Keleti - 00:31 SSuO Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf  
| Budapest Keleti - 00:31 SSuO Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf  
|-
| D
|
| ''ICE1718''
| München Hbf - 02:30 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Halle (Saale) Hbf/Berlin Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
| SSuX  
| SSuX  
| ''ICE827''  
| ''ICE827''  
| Köln Hbf - 04:35 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - München Hbf
| Köln Hbf - 04:36 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - München Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D
| D13
|  
| MO
| ''IC2419''  
| ''IC2419''  
| Köln Hbf - 04:42 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Stuttgart Hbf
| Köln Hbf - 04:42 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
|
|
|  
|  
| ''ICE618/1018 ICE1118/1218''  
| ''ICE618/1018''  
| München Hbf - 05:17 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Köln Hbf/Essen Hbf/Dortmund Hbf
| München Hbf - 05:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Essen Hbf/Dortmund Hbf
|-
| 
| 
| ''ICE521''
| Köln Hbf - 05:34 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - München Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
| MO  
| MO  
| ''ICE1092''  
| ''ICE696''  
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 05:28 Mannheim Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 05:28 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona/Kiel Hbf
|-
|-
| D14
| SuX
| ''ICE834''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 06:01 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D
|  
|  
| ''ICE1587/1597''
|
| Wiesbaden Hbf/Mainz Hbf - 09:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Leipzig Hbf/Dresden Hbf
| ''ICE23''
| Dortmund Hbf - 08:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D14  
| D14  
|  
|  
| ''ICE830''
| ''ICE1557''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 10:07 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| Saarbrücken Hbf - 08:13 Mannheim Hbf - Dresden Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D14
|   
|   
| ''ICE938''
|
| Stuttgart Hbf - 12:00 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| ''ICE1597''
| Wiesbaden Hbf/Mainz Hbf - 09:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Leipzig Hbf/Dresden Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D14
|   
|   
| ''ICE936''
| 
| Stuttgart Hbf - 14:00 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| ''ICE27''
| Hamburg Hbf - 12:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
Line 503: Line 430:
| ''ICE1653''
| ''ICE1653''
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 15:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Dresden Hbf
| Wiesbaden Hbf - 15:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Dresden Hbf
|-
| D14
| SO
| ''ICE934''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 16:00 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
Line 514: Line 436:
| Wiesbaden Hbf – 17:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Dresden Hbf
| Wiesbaden Hbf – 17:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Dresden Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D14
|   
|   
| ''ICE932''
|
| Stuttgart Hbf - 18:00 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| ''ICE4''
|-
| Zürich HB - 22:33 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| D15
|
| ''ICE376''  
| Interlaken Ost - 19:16 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D14
| SuO
| ''ICE930''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 20:06 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-  
|-  
| D
| D
| SSuO
| SX
| ''ICE251''  
| ''ICE251''  
| Amsterdam C – 23:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Amsterdam C – 23:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
|   
|   
| ''ICE887/1087''
| ''ICE887/1087''
| Kiel Hbf - 00:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 00:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D   
| D   
|  
|  
| ''ICE2095''  
| ''ICE1719''  
| Berlin Hbf - 02:41 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf/München Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 02:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
|-
| D15 
|
| ''IC2220/2320''
| 05:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona/Lübeck Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D 
|  
|  
|  
| ''IC2220/2320/2330''  
| ''ICE5''  
| 05:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Koblenz Hbf/Köln Messe Deutz/Hamburg-Altona/Lübeck Hbf
| 06:48 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Basel SBB
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
|
| ''IC1971''
| 06:55 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D13 
|  
|  
| ''ICE1594''  
| ''ICE1594''  
| Dresden Hbf/Leipzig Hbf - 20:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
| Dresden Hbf - 20:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
|-
| D14 
|
| ''ICE1554''
| Dresden Hbf - 20:54 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
|  
|  
| ''ICE695/1093''  
| ''ICE695''  
| Berlin Ostbf/Hbf - 21:51 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf/München Hbf
| Berlin Hbf - 21:51 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf/München Hbf
|}
|}


D14: 1 July to 13 August 2017
D13: 10 September to 7 December
 
D14: 28 July to 2 September


D15: 11 December 2016 to 30 June 2017
D15: NOT via this route FSSuO 8 September to 28 October and SSuX 31 October to 7 December.


====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'') DE15/512
[466, 627, 646] (50A3, ''151C3-151B3'') DE18/512


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.  Exceptions include ''IC2317'' 07:01 Frankfurt am Main to Stuttgart Hbf, which runs via Abzw Gutleuthof.


====Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Rödelheim (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)====
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Frankfurt-Rödelheim (via Abzw Mainzer Landstraße)====
[637] (50A3, ''151C3-152D2'') DE16/513
[637] (50A3, ''151C3-152D2'') DE18/513


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. ''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'') DE17/514
[650, 650.2] (''151D3-151C4'') DE18/514


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.  


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D16
|  
|  
| FO
| ''EC113''  
| ''ICE1179''  
| 07:44 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Klagenfurt Hbf
| Hamburg-Altona - 18:00/18:12 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
|-
| D20
|
|  
|  
| ''LOC1819''  
| ''Locomore''  
| Berlin-Lichtenberg - 19:37 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
| Berlin-Lichtenberg - 19:37 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
|-
| D16
| D13
| SuO
| SSuX
| ''ICE1564''  
| ''ICE1533''  
| Dresden Hbf - 20:46 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Saarbrücken Hbf
| 06:37 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin Hbf
|-
|-
| D16
|  
| SSuO
| ''ICE1582''
| Dresden Hbf- 23:00 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
| D21
|   
|   
| ''LOC1818''  
| ''Locomore''  
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:04 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin-Lichtenberg  
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:04 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin-Lichtenberg  
|-
| D16
| SO
| ''ICE1567''
| Saarbrücken Hbf - 08:48 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Süd
|-  
|-  
|  
|  
Line 616: Line 535:
|}
|}


D16: 11 February to 2 April 2017
D13: 10 September to 7 December


D20: MTWX until 6 April, then daily. Service was suspended from 11 May 2017, but recommences TWX on 24th August 2017.
D16: 20 May to 29 July


D21: TWThX until 6 April, then daily. Service was suspended from 12 May 2017, but recommences WThX on 25th August 2017.
For dates of operation of Locomore services and to make bookings, see the [https://www.flixbus.de/locomore Flixbus] website.
 
Trains to and from Erbach (Odenw) via Darmstadt Nord used this curve and Frankfurt am Main Süd station, instead of the Hauptbahnhof, at weekends from 11 February to 2 April 2017.


====Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)====
====Frankfurt am Main Stadion – Neu Isenburg (via Abzw Forsthaus)====
[471, 650] (''151B4-151C4'') DE17/515
[471, 650] (''151B4-151C4'') DE18/515


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.  
Line 633: Line 550:
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE1223''  
| ''ICE1223''  
| 06:48 Darmstadt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf  
| 06:48 Darmstadt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf (train continues to München)
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''IC1114''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:19 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf
|}
|}
''IC1114'' uses this route on days when it runs to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen instead of Mainz Hbf.


====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'') DE17/516
[640, 655.1] (''151B4-151D3'') DE18/516


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.  These are ''ICE'' trains every two hours, though the exact departure time may vary by up to 3 minutes:
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.  These are trains every two hours, though the exact departure time may vary by several minutes:


*Frankfurt am Main Süd to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf: 07:39 to 21:40
*Frankfurt am Main Süd to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf: ''ICE'' 07:41 to 17:41 (not 09:41)
*Frankfurt am Main Süd to Mannheim Hbf: 10:05 to 22:05
*Frankfurt am Main Sud to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf: ''RE'' 04:40 SSuX to 20:39 SSuX
*Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf to Frankfurt am Main Süd: 08:11 to 18:11
*Frankfurt am Main Flughafen to Frankfurt am Main Süd: ''ICE'' 08:09 to 18:09
*Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Süd: 07:12 to 17:12
*Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf to Frankfurt am Main Süd: ''RE'' 05:07 SSuX, 07:05 SSuX and 09:11 SSuX to 21:11 SSuX
 
The trains between Mannheim Hbf and Frankfurt am Main Süd are routed this way only between 1 July and 13 August.


The route is also used by:
The route is also used by:
Line 660: Line 568:
|   
|   
|   
|   
| ''EN470''
| ''NJ470''
| Zürich HB - 23:59 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
| Zürich HB - 00:05 Mannheim Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
|-
| 
| FO
| ''EN453''
| Paris Est - 00:44 (SO) Karlsruhe Hbf - Moskva Belorusskaja
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''RB15211''
| 07:05 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf – Hanau Hbf
|-
| D14
|
| ''ICE972''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 08:11 Mannheim Hbf - Kiel Hbf
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''RB15219''
| 09:13 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf – Hanau Hbf
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''RB15239''
| 15:13 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf – Hanau Hbf
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
|  
|  
| ''ICE1643''
| ''NJ421''
| 16:10 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Leipzig Hbf
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''RB15249''
| 17:13 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf – Hanau Hbf
|-
| D10
| SuO
| ''ICE1021''
| Essen Hbf - 20:35 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – München Hbf
|-
| 
|
| ''EN421''
| Düsseldorf Hbf - 23:53 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf – Innsbruck Hbf
| Düsseldorf Hbf - 23:53 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf – Innsbruck Hbf
|-
|
| WO
| ''EN452''
| Moskva Belorusskaja – 01:40/02:18 (FO) Frankfurt am Main Süd – Paris Est
|-
|-
|  
|  
|  
|  
| ''EN420''
| ''NJ471''
| Innsbruck Hbf - 02:46 Nürnberg Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf
| Berlin Ostbf - 04:02 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Zürich HB
|-
|-
|  
|  
|  
|  
| ''EN471''
| ''NJ420''
| Hamburg-Altona - 04:02 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Zürich HB
| Innsbruck Hbf - 05:26 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Düsseldorf Hbf
|-   
|-   
|   
|   
| SSuX
| FO
| ''RB15206''
| ''ICE1079''
| Aschaffenburg Hbf – 06:40 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf
| Hamburg-Altona – 18:01 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
| SSuX
| ''RB15298''
| Kahl (Main) – 08:41 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''RB15238''
| Hanau Hbf – 14:39 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''RB15246''
| Hanau Hbf – 16:42 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf
|}
D10: 3 September to 3 December
D14: 1 July to 13 August
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Niederrad====
(''151C3-151B3'') DE17/517
This line provides a link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof.
{| class="ostable"
| D16
| SuO
| SuO
| ''ICE1181''  
| ''IC1956''
| Berlin Südkreuz - 18:35 Frankfurt am Main West - Stuttgart Hbf
| Leipzig Hbf – 18:01 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Karlsruhe Hbf
|-
| D16
| SuO
| ''ICE1095''
| Berlin Hbf - 20:35 Frankfurt am Main West - Stuttgart Hbf
|}
 
D16: 11 February to 2 April, also 17 April
 
''ICE'' route 20 and 22 trains (Kiel/Hamburg - Frankfurt am Main - Stuttgart/Basel) are diverted via this route between 29 April and 1 May 2017, the services concerned calling at Frankfurt am Main West instead of the Hauptbahnhof.
 
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Louisa (Main-Neckar Brücke)====
(''151C3'') DE17/517A
 
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.  The following were diverted and some may have run via this route, but there was some use of route DE16/517 via the Niederrader Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus.
{| class="ostable"
| D21
| FO
| ''IC2271''
| Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - 09:00 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D21
| FO
| ''IC2277''
| Hamburg-Altona - 11:01 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2279''
| Stralsund Hbf/Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - 13:00 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2371''
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:00 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2373''
| Stralsund Hbf - 17:00 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2375''
| Westerland (Sylt) - 19:00 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2376''
| 07:46 Heidelberg Hbf - Stralsund Hbf/Ostseebad Binz
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2374''
| 09:46 Heidelberg Hbf - Westerland (Sylt)
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2372''
| 11:46 Heidelberg Hbf - Stralsund Hbf
|-
| D23
| FSO
| ''IC2370''
| 13:46 Heidelberg Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D24
| MO
| ''IC2276''
| 15:46 Heidelberg Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D22
| MFSSuO
| ''IC2274''
| 17:46 Heidelberg Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe/Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D24
| MO
| ''IC2172''
| 19:46 Heidelberg Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
|}
 
D21: 14 April 2017 only
 
D22: 14 to 17 April 2017
 
D23: 14 and 15 April 2017
 
D24: 17 April 2017 only
 
===Wiesbaden avoiding line: Wiesbaden-Biebrich – Wiesbaden Ost===
[466] (''151B1-151C1'') DE17/518
 
This route is used by trains running between Frankfurt or Mainz and the east bank of the Rhein (''Rechte Rheinstrecke'') without calling at Wiesbaden Hbf. 
 
{| class="ostable"
| D25
| SuO
| ''IC2412''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 12:00 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Berlin Ostbahnhof
|-
| D26
| FO
| ''IC2415''
| Dortmund Hbf - 15:25 Eltville - Stuttgart Hbf
|}
|}


D25: 3 September to 22 October 2017. On 29 October this service runs from Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Koblenz Hbf via Bingen (Rhein).
The trains between Paris and Moskva also use this route.
 
D26: 1 September to 6 October 2017. On 13, 20 and 27 October this service runs directly from Koblenz to Mannheim via Bingen and Mainz as ''IC1911''.


===Limburg Süd (Abzw Breckenheim) - Wiesbaden Hbf (Wiesbaden-Wäschbach)===
===Limburg Süd (Abzw Breckenheim) - Wiesbaden Hbf (Wiesbaden-Wäschbach)===
[472] (''151B1 - 151D1'') DE17/519
[472] (''151B1 - 151D1'') DE18/517


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.   
Line 878: Line 608:
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''ICE711''
| ''ICE711''
| Köln Hbf - 06:57 Limburg Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
| Köln Hbf - 06:55 Limburg Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
|-
|-
|  
|  
Line 897: Line 627:


===Hochheim (Main) (Abzw Kostheim) – Mainz Hbf (Abzw Kaiserbrücke Ost)===
===Hochheim (Main) (Abzw Kostheim) – Mainz Hbf (Abzw Kaiserbrücke Ost)===
[471] (''151C2'') DE17/520
[471] (''151C2'') DE18/518


This route allows trains from the north bank of the River Main to access the Kaiserbrücke over the River Rhein to Mainz, allowing trains to 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, but no passenger trains are scheduled to do so at present.  
This route allows trains from the north bank of the River Main to access the Kaiserbrücke over the River Rhein to Mainz, allowing trains to 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, but no passenger trains are scheduled to do so at present.  


{| class="ostable"
{| class="ostable"
| D18
|  
| SSuX
| ''ICE1587''
| 08:35 Mainz Hbf - Leipzig Hbf
|-
| D
| SO  
| SO  
| ''IC2317''
| ''IC2317''
| 07:00 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
| 07:00 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D18
| FO
| ''RE29648''
| 15:30 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach
|-
| D18
| FSSuX
| ''RE29650''
| 17:35 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach
|}
|}
D18: 14 August to 22 September 2017
Between 14 August and 24 September 2017 ''RE'' trains from Saarbrücken Hbf '''to''' Frankfurt am Main Hbf reverse at Mainz Hbf and use this route.  Departures from Mainz are every two hours 07:05 to 21:05 and at 06:01, 08:05 SSux and 16:05 SSuX.


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


[645.8-9, 651] (''151D2-151C2'') DE17/521
[645.8-9, 651] (''151D2-151C2'') DE17/519


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 DE17/520 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 DE17/520.
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 DE17/518 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 DE17/518.


===Kelsterbach – Frankfurt am Main Stadion (Abzw Frankfurt Schwanheim)===
===Kelsterbach – Frankfurt am Main Stadion (Abzw Frankfurt Schwanheim)===
[471] (''152C3-152D3'') DE17/522
[471] (''152C3-152D3'') DE18/520


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.  
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.  
Line 941: Line 653:
|   
|   
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''RE29553''
| ''RE24243''
| Kirn – 06:56 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
| Alzey – 06:56 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-
| 
| SSuX
| ''RE29205''
| Alzey – 07:39 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
|-  
|-  
| D19
|  
| FO
| FO
| ''RE29648''
| ''RE29648''
| 15:30 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach
| 15:30 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach
|-  
|-  
| D19
|
| FSSuX
| FSSuX
| ''RE29650''
| ''RE29650''
| 17:35 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach  
| 17:35 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach  
|}
|}
D19: Not 14 August to 22 September 2017
===Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbahnhof – Frankfurt am Main Stadion (Abzw Frankfurt Schwanheim)===
[471] (''151A4-151B4'') DE17/523
Folllowing remodelling, the junction at Schwanheim now functions as a conventional grade-separated junction.


===Raunheim (Abzw Mönchwald) – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf (Abzw Mönchhof)===
===Raunheim (Abzw Mönchwald) – Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf (Abzw Mönchhof)===
[471] (''152B4'') DE17/524
[471] (''152B4'') DE18/521


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'') DE17/525
[655.1] (''152D3'') DE18/522


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).
===Groß Gerau – Groß Gerau-Dornberg===
[660] (''154A2'') DE17/526
''IC'' and ''EC'' trains between Mainz and Mannheim (not calling at Frankfurt am Main Flughafen) normally run via Worms, but are diverted via Groß Gerau and Groß Gerau-Dornberg on Saturdays and Sundays 7 October to 3 December 2017. 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.


===Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Stockschneise) – Darmstadt Nord – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
===Weiterstadt (Abzw Darmstadt Stockschneise) – Darmstadt Nord – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
(154C2) DE17/527
(154C2) DE18/523


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.


===Arheilgen – Darmstadt-Nord===
===Arheilgen – Darmstadt-Nord===
[641] (49B1, ''154C2'') DE15/528
[641] (49B1, ''154C2'') DE18/524


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'') DE17/529
[651] (''154C3-154C2'') DE18/525


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 999: Line 704:


===Darmstadt Hbf  – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
===Darmstadt Hbf  – Darmstadt-Kranichstein===
(''154C3-154C2'') DE17/530
(''154C3-154C2'') DE18/526


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 DE17/528). For details of future events, see [http://www.bahnwelt.de the museum website].
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 DE17/528). For details of future events, see [http://www.bahnwelt.de the museum website].
==Obscure services: Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions==
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Niederrad====
(''151C3-151B3'') DE18/531
This line provides a link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof.
{| class="ostable"
| D17
| FO
| ''IC2278''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 07:11 Mannheim Hbf - Hannover Hbf
|}
D17: 14 September to 7 December, also 31 October; not 5 & 12 October or 2 November
====Frankfurt am Main Hbf avoiding line: Frankfurt West (Galluswarte) – Frankfurt-Louisa (Main-Neckar Brücke)====
(''151C3'') DE18/532
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.  The following trains are diverted this way between 8 September and 8 December, calling at Frankfurt am Main West instead of Frankfurt am Main Hbf 
{| class="ostable"
| D
| SuX
| ''IC2271''
| Hannover Hbf - 09:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-
| D
| FSO
| ''IC2277''
| Hamburg-Altona - 11:05 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2279''
| Stralsund Hbf - 13:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2371''
| Hamburg-Altona - 15:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2373''
| Stralsund Hbf - 17:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Karlsruhe Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2376''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf/Ostseebad Binz
|-
| D
| FSSuO
| ''IC2372''
| Heidelberg Hbf - 12:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf
|-
| D
| FSuX
| ''IC2370''
| Heidelberg Hbf - 14:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D
| FSuO
| ''IC2270''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 14:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf
|-
| D
|
| ''IC2276''
| Heidelberg Hbf - 16:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D
| SuX
| ''IC2274''
| Heidelberg Hbf - 18:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
|-
| D
| SSuX
| ''IC2272''
| Karlsruhe Hbf - 20:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
|-
| D18
| SuO
| ''IC2172''
| Stuttgart Hbf - 20:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hannover Hbf
|}
D18: 9 September only
===Groß Gerau – Groß Gerau-Dornberg===
[660] (''154A2'') DE18/533
''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.  This happened on Saturdays and Sundays 7 October to 3 December 2017. 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.


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

Revision as of 15:00, 10 December 2017

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable dated from 10 December 2017 to 8 December 2018, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information. Map references relate to the 2014 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) DE18/501

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) DE18/502

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.

D1 FO IC469 Flensburg - 01:20 SO Göttingen - Basel Bad Bf
D2 FSO IC479 Kiel Hbf - 01:20 SSuO Göttingen - Basel Bad Bf
NJ471 Berlin Ostbf - 01:26 Göttingen - Zürich HB
MO ICE271 Hamburg-Altona - 03:07 Göttingen - Chur
NJ491 Hamburg-Altona - 22:59 Göttingen - Wien Hbf
NJ470 Zürich HB - 01:47 Fulda - Berlin Ostbf
D3 ICE990 München Hbf - 02:33 MO Bad Hersfeld - Hamburg-Altona
SO IC468 Basel Bad Bf - 03:33 SuO Fulda - Flensburg
FO IC478 Basel Bad Bf - 03:33 SO Fulda - Kiel Hbf
NJ490 Wien Hbf – 04:12 Fulda – Hamburg-Altona

This route is also used by trains between Paris and Moskva on nights when there is not a stop at Erfurt.

D1: 15 December to 22 June, 5 & 12 October; not 29 December

D2: SO 16 December to 23 June, FSO 29 June to 24 August

D3: SSuX 11 December to 18 March and 6 to 31 August; daily 23 May to 3 Aug; MSSuX 4 Sep to 7 Dec.

On other nights the Kiel and Flensburg trains are diverted via Kassel.

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

[605, 610] (66 insert) DE18/503

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. It is also used by the trains between Paris and Moskva on nights when there is a stop at Erfurt.

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

[445, 630] (65A4) DE18/504

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) DE18/505

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) DE18/506

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
NJ490 Wien Hbf – 03:00 Würzburg Hbf – Hamburg-Altona

Wolfgang (Kr Hanau) – Hanau Hbf (via Abzw Rauschwald)

[615] (153D2) DE18/507

This route enables trains to and from the Fulda line to use the south side platforms (101 to 106) at Hanau Hbf.

SSuX RB15541 Bad Soden-Salmünster – 07:23 Wolfgang (Kr Hanau) – Frankfurt am Main Hbf

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

[640] (153D2) DE17/508

This route is used by trains between the Maintal and Fulda lines, except those routed via Abzw Rauschwald (route DE18/507). 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. IC and ICE trains via Hanau may use the Offenbach or Maintal lines and routing is variable, depending on engineering work and other other circumstances.

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 a new spur under construction is expected to allow trains to use 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) DE18/509

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

D4 FO IC469 Flensburg - 03:33 SO Hanau Hbf - Basel Bad Bf
D5 FSO IC479 Kiel Hbf - 03:33 SSuO Hanau Hbf - Basel Bad Bf
D6 ICE1636 Berlin Hbf - 08:50 Erfurt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
FO IC1997 Hamburg-Altona - 14:40 Fulda – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D7 SuO IC1993 Hamburg-Altona - 15:16 Hanau – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D7 SuO IC1983 Hamburg Hbf - 16:42 Fulda – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D8 IC1956 Leipzig Hbf - 18:03 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D9 IC2375 Westerland (Sylt) - 17:03 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Karlsruhe Hbf
D7 SuO IC2177 Hamburg-Altona - 19:15 Hanau - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D9 IC2377 Ostseebad Binz - 19:03 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Karlsruhe Hbf
FO IC478 Basel Bad Bf - 02:20 SO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Kiel Hbf
SO IC468 Basel Bad Bf – 02:20 SuO Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Flensburg
D10 FO IC2278 Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:08 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hannover Hbf
D9 IC2376 Karlsruhe Hbf - 09:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stralsund Hbf/Ostseebad Binz
SO IC1986 10:16 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Hamburg-Altona
D9 IC2374 Karlsruhe Hbf - 11:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Westerland (Sylt)
FO IC1972 12:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
FSuO IC1994 16:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona

D4: FO 15 December to 22 June, 5 & 12 October; not 29 December

D5: SO 16 December to 23 June, FSO 29 June to 25 August

D6: 31 May, 3 October and 1 November

D7: 24 June to 5 August

D8: 26 December only

D9: 23 June to 12 August

D10: 15 December to 7 September

Although trains from Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach to Frankfurt am Main Hbf, departing Frankfurt am Main Süd at 5 minutes past the hour, are allowed 15 minutes to the Hauptbahnhof, they run via Main Neckar Brücke, but with a pathing stop en route.

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

[650, 650.2] (151C3-151C4) DE18/510

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

D11 SSuX IC1996 Stuttgart Hbf - 07:41 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D9 IC2376 Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:23 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf/Ostseebad Binz
D12 IC2390/2392 Stuttgart Hbf - 08:41 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D9 IC2330 Karlsruhe Hbf - 10:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Westerland (Sylt)
FO IC1992 Stuttgart Hbf - 10:35 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D9 IC2330 Karlsruhe Hbf - 14:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D11 SSuX EC218 Graz Hbf - 15:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D11 IC2292 Stuttgart Hbf - 17:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D11 MO IC2419 Köln Hbf - 05:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D11 EC113 08:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf
MO IC1999 11:16 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D9 IC2331 15:09 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
D12 IC2391 16:50 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D11 SX IC2295 18:14 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
D9 IC2375 Westerland (Sylt) - 19:09 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf
FO IC2171 Hamburg-Altona - 20:15 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D9 FO IC2377 Ostseebad Binz - 21:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf

D9: 23 June to 12 August

D11: 8 September to 8 December

D12: Train IC2392 runs MO. Trains IC2390 and IC2391 run in connection with trade fairs. Train IC2391 runs on 29 & 30 January, 12 & 13 February, 19 to 22 March, 10 to 12 April, 23 April, 11 to 14 June, 10 to 13 September and 9 to 11 October. IC2390 runs a day later in all cases.

Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Frankfurt am Main Stadion

[471, 472, 655, 655.1] (151C3-151B4) DE18/511

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 run via Main-Neckar-Brücke and Abzw Forsthaus:

  • ICE trains from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf hourly 07:32 to 21:32 and every two hours 07:16 to 19:16;
  • ICE trains from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf to Frankfurt am Main Hbf every two hours 06:41 to 20:41;
  • ICE trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Mannheim Hbf hourly 05:50 to 20:50 (except 06:50);
  • ICE trains from Frankfurt am Main Hbf to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf hourly 07:10 to 22:10 (except 09:10, 12:10 & 16:10)

Other trains via this route are:

D ICE990 München Hbf - 00:31 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf/Hamburg-Altona
D FSO RJ1066 Budapest Keleti - 00:31 SSuO Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D ICE1718 München Hbf - 02:30 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Halle (Saale) Hbf/Berlin Hbf
SSuX ICE827 Köln Hbf - 04:36 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - München Hbf
D13 MO IC2419 Köln Hbf - 04:42 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Stuttgart Hbf
ICE618/1018 München Hbf - 05:18 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Essen Hbf/Dortmund Hbf
MO ICE696 Karlsruhe Hbf - 05:28 Mannheim Hbf - Hamburg-Altona/Kiel Hbf
ICE23 Dortmund Hbf - 08:02 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Wien Hbf
D14 ICE1557 Saarbrücken Hbf - 08:13 Mannheim Hbf - Dresden Hbf
ICE1597 Wiesbaden Hbf/Mainz Hbf - 09:01 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf - Leipzig Hbf/Dresden Hbf
ICE27 Hamburg 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
ICE4 Zürich HB - 22:33 Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
D SX ICE251 Amsterdam C – 23:09 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
ICE887/1087 Hamburg-Altona - 00:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
D ICE1719 Hamburg-Altona - 02:13 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - München Hbf
D15 IC2220/2320 05:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Hamburg-Altona/Lübeck Hbf
ICE5 06:48 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Basel SBB
IC1971 06:55 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf
D13 ICE1594 Dresden Hbf - 20:42 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Wiesbaden Hbf
D14 ICE1554 Dresden Hbf - 20:54 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf
ICE695 Berlin Hbf - 21:51 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf/München Hbf

D13: 10 September to 7 December

D14: 28 July to 2 September

D15: NOT via this route FSSuO 8 September to 28 October and SSuX 31 October to 7 December.

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

[466, 627, 646] (50A3, 151C3-151B3) DE18/512

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. Exceptions include IC2317 07:01 Frankfurt am Main to Stuttgart Hbf, which runs via Abzw Gutleuthof.

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

[637] (50A3, 151C3-152D2) DE18/513

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.

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

[650, 650.2] (151D3-151C4) DE18/514

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.

D16 EC113 07:44 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Klagenfurt Hbf
Locomore Berlin-Lichtenberg - 19:37 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
D13 SSuX ICE1533 06:37 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin Hbf
Locomore Stuttgart Hbf - 08:04 Darmstadt Hbf - Berlin-Lichtenberg
FO IC1970 Stuttgart Hbf - 13:46 Darmstadt Hbf – Stralsund Hbf

D13: 10 September to 7 December

D16: 20 May to 29 July

For dates of operation of Locomore services and to make bookings, see the Flixbus website.

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

[471, 650] (151B4-151C4) DE18/515

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

SSuX ICE1223 06:48 Darmstadt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf (train continues to München)

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

[640, 655.1] (151B4-151D3) DE18/516

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. These are trains every two hours, though the exact departure time may vary by several minutes:

  • Frankfurt am Main Süd to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbf: ICE 07:41 to 17:41 (not 09:41)
  • Frankfurt am Main Sud to Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf: RE 04:40 SSuX to 20:39 SSuX
  • Frankfurt am Main Flughafen to Frankfurt am Main Süd: ICE 08:09 to 18:09
  • Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf to Frankfurt am Main Süd: RE 05:07 SSuX, 07:05 SSuX and 09:11 SSuX to 21:11 SSuX

The route is also used by:

NJ470 Zürich HB - 00:05 Mannheim Hbf - Berlin Ostbf
NJ421 Düsseldorf Hbf - 23:53 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbf – Innsbruck Hbf
NJ471 Berlin Ostbf - 04:02 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Zürich HB
NJ420 Innsbruck Hbf - 05:26 Frankfurt am Main Süd - Düsseldorf Hbf
FO ICE1079 Hamburg-Altona – 18:01 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Stuttgart Hbf
SuO IC1956 Leipzig Hbf – 18:01 Frankfurt am Main Süd – Karlsruhe Hbf

The trains between Paris and Moskva also use this route.

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

[472] (151B1 - 151D1) DE18/517

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

SSuX ICE711 Köln Hbf - 06:55 Limburg Süd - Stuttgart Hbf
SSuX ICE1228 Dortmund Hbf - 18:21 Limburg Süd - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
SSuX ICE712 Mainz Hbf - 06:23 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf
SSuX ICE710 Stuttgart Hbf - 16:45 Wiesbaden Hbf - Köln Hbf

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

[471] (151C2) DE18/518

This route allows trains from the north bank of the River Main to access the Kaiserbrücke over the River Rhein to Mainz, allowing trains to 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, but no passenger trains are scheduled to do so at present.

SO IC2317 07:00 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf

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

[645.8-9, 651] (151D2-151C2) DE17/519

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 DE17/518 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 DE17/518.

Kelsterbach – Frankfurt am Main Stadion (Abzw Frankfurt Schwanheim)

[471] (152C3-152D3) DE18/520

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 RE24243 Alzey – 06:56 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
SSuX RE29205 Alzey – 07:39 Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt am Main Hbf
FO RE29648 15:30 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach
FSSuX RE29650 17:35 Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Bad Kreuznach

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

[471] (152B4) DE18/521

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) DE18/522

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) DE18/523

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.

Arheilgen – Darmstadt-Nord

[641] (49B1, 154C2) DE18/524

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) DE18/525

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) DE18/526

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 DE17/528). For details of future events, see the museum website.

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

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

(151C3-151B3) DE18/531

This line provides a link between Frankfurt West and lines to the south, for trains not required to call at the Hauptbahnhof.

D17 FO IC2278 Karlsruhe Hbf - 07:11 Mannheim Hbf - Hannover Hbf

D17: 14 September to 7 December, also 31 October; not 5 & 12 October or 2 November

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

(151C3) DE18/532

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. The following trains are diverted this way between 8 September and 8 December, calling at Frankfurt am Main West instead of Frankfurt am Main Hbf

D SuX IC2271 Hannover Hbf - 09:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Karlsruhe Hbf
D FSO IC2277 Hamburg-Altona - 11:05 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
D IC2279 Stralsund Hbf - 13:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
D IC2371 Hamburg-Altona - 15:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Heidelberg Hbf
D IC2373 Stralsund Hbf - 17:06 Frankfurt am Main West - Karlsruhe Hbf
D IC2376 Karlsruhe Hbf - 08:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf/Ostseebad Binz
D FSSuO IC2372 Heidelberg Hbf - 12:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf
D FSuX IC2370 Heidelberg Hbf - 14:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
D FSuO IC2270 Karlsruhe Hbf - 14:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Stralsund Hbf
D IC2276 Heidelberg Hbf - 16:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
D SuX IC2274 Heidelberg Hbf - 18:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hamburg-Altona
D SSuX IC2272 Karlsruhe Hbf - 20:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
D18 SuO IC2172 Stuttgart Hbf - 20:24 Darmstadt Hbf - Hannover Hbf

D18: 9 September only

Groß Gerau – Groß Gerau-Dornberg

[660] (154A2) DE18/533

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. This happened on Saturdays and Sundays 7 October to 3 December 2017. 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.

See also

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