Hofheim (Taunus) station

Hofheim (Taunus) station S
Through station
Hofheim station, streetside
Location	Hattersheimer Str. 6, Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°05′04″N 8°26′40″E / 50.0844150332°N 8.4443879127°E / 50.0844150332; 8.4443879127Coordinates: 50°05′04″N 8°26′40″E / 50.0844150332°N 8.4443879127°E / 50.0844150332; 8.4443879127
Line(s)	Main-Lahn Railway (KBS 627/645.2
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	2827
DS100 code	FHF
IBNR	8002935
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 October 1877
Services
Preceding station   DB AG   Following station Niedernhausen toward Limburg (Lahn) RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway Frankfurt-Höchst toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 22 Main-Lahn Railway Preceding station   Rhine-Main S-Bahn   Following station Lorsbach toward Niedernhausen S2 Kriftel toward Dietzenbach

Hofheim (Taunus) station is a station in the city of Hofheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Lahn Railway. The station opened on 15 November 1877 and is served by line S 2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and regional services operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

The station is located on the boundary between the town’s centre and the district of Marxheim on Marxheimer Weg about one kilometre from the centre of the town. It is on the Main-Lahn Railway (German: Main-Lahn-Bahn), which connects the regional station of Limburg (Lahn) with Frankfurt Central Station.

The station building was built in 1906 and has three storeys. It was built in the Heimatschutzstil (“homeland defence style”) in a pragmatic baroque form. It is a stucco building with striking embossing in Taunus quartzite of its lower storey and on the outsides of its upper widow jambs. It is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.

Fares at Hofheim station are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The headquarters of the RMV is near the station. The station is served by trains operated by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and DB Regio.

The station is served by S-Bahn line S2, which runs between Niedernhausen and Dietzenbach. It operates on weekdays at 30-minute intervals, at 15-minute intervals during peak hours and hourly on weekends. It is also served by RE 20 Regional-Express and RB 22 Regionalbahn services on the route from Limburg via Bad Camberg, Idstein and Niedernhausen to Frankfurt Central Station. During peak times there are six connections every hour between Hofheim and Frankfurt.