The S3 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.3
Lines Limes Railway
Homburg Railway
City tunnel
The city tunnel is an underground, pure S-Bahn route used by almost all services (except for the S7 service which terminates at the central station).
History Year Stations Route 1974 (R3) 11 Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf 1978 15 (+4) Frankfurt-Höchst – Hauptwache 1983 16 (+1) Frankfurt-Höchst – Konstablerwache 1990 19 (+3) Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Süd 1997 26 (+10, -3) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf 1999 27 (+1) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf 2002 28 (+1) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf 2008 29 (+1) Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf 2024 18 (-11) Bad Soden – Frankfurt Süd
The S3 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Frankfurt-Höchst and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R3 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S3 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the service's eastern terminal.
Operation
Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn servicesince Main-Taunus-Kreis 0 Bad Soden 1978 2 +2 Sulzbach Nord 1978 4 +2 Schwalbach Limes 1978 6 +2 Schwalbach Nord 2008 8 +2 Eschborn-Niederhöchstadt 1978 10 +2 Eschborn 1978 12 +2 Eschborn-Süd 1978 Frankfurt am Main 15 +3 Frankfurt-Rödelheim 1978 19 +4 Frankfurt West 1978 21 +2 Frankfurt Messe 1999 23 +2 Frankfurt Galluswarte 1978 26 +3 Frankfurt Hbf (tief) 1978 28 +2 Taunusanlage 1978 30 +2 Hauptwache 1978 31 +1 Konstablerwache 1983 33 +2 Ostendstraße 1990 35 +2 Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof 1990 36 +1 Frankfurt South Station 1990
External links
RMV – S3/S4 timetable