The S5 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.5
Routes
Homburg Railway
The Homburg Railway connects Frankfurt Central Station with Friedrichsdorf, via Bad Homburg. It was opened on 10 September 1860 and electrified on 26 September 1970. S-Bahn services commenced on the line on 25 September 1977.
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 (R5) 8 Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Hbf 1978 11 (+3) Friedrichsdorf – Hauptwache 1983 12 (+1) Friedrichsdorf – Konstablerwache 1990 16 (+4) Friedrichsdorf – Stresemannallee 1997 15 (-1) Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Süd 1999 17 (+2) Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Süd
The S5 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Friedrichsdorf and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R5 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S5 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 Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt Süd Bad Homburg – Frankfurt Süd
Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn servicesince 1 2 Hochtaunuskreis 0 Friedrichsdorf 1978 3 +3 Friedrichsdorf-Seulberg 1978 7 +4 Bad Homburg 1978 11 +4 Oberursel 1978 13 +2 Oberursel-Stierstadt 1999 15 +2 Oberursel-Weißkirchen/Steinbach 1978 Frankfurt am Main 19 +4 Frankfurt-Rödelheim 1978 22 +3 Frankfurt West 1978 24 +2 Frankfurt Messe 1999 26 +2 Frankfurt Galluswarte 1978 29 +3 Frankfurt Hbf (tief) 1978 31 +2 Taunusanlage 1978 33 +2 Hauptwache 1978 34 +1 Konstablerwache 1983 36 +2 Ostendstraße 1990 38 +2 Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof 1990 39 +1 Frankfurt South Station 1990
External links
traffiQ Frankfurt – S5 timetable