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Limburg Süd station

Limburg Süd
Deutsche Bahn
Peter Stehlik 2011.08.13 A.jpg
Station building
Location Londoner Str. 5, Limburg, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates 50°22′56″N 8°5′46″E / 50.38222°N 8.09611°E / 50.38222; 8.09611Coordinates: 50°22′56″N 8°5′46″E / 50.38222°N 8.09611°E / 50.38222; 8.09611
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 3723
DS100 code FLIS
IBNR 8003680
Category 4
Website www.bahnhof.de
Traffic
Passengers ca. 2,625 per day
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
towards Dortmund Hbf
ICE 41
towards Munich Hbf
towards Cologne Hbf
ICE 45
towards Stuttgart Hbf
towards Cologne Hbf
ICE 49

Limburg Süd (German for Limburg south) is a station in the town of Limburg an der Lahn, in the German state of Hesse. It is located in the Eschhöfer Feld ("Eschhofen field") in the district of Eschhofen at the 110.5 kilometre point of the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway. Limburg Süd is the only station in Germany that is served only by Intercity-Express (ICE) services.

The entrance building, which has 300 square metres of usable space, is located on platform 1 (used by trains to Frankfurt) and houses the Deutsche Bahn travel centre, waiting benches and vending machines for beverages and confectioneries. There are no public toilets in the station itself, but there are some in the adjacent parking garage. Alternatively, there is a coin-operated toilet cubicle in the forecourt.

The 180 square m area on the second floor has been largely empty since the opening of the station. However, it is now planned to establish a control room of DB Energie there.

The station has four tracks. The two middle tracks serve as through tracks and are built as slab tracks. ICE trains can pass through the station without decelerating at up to 300 km/h, while stopping trains running to the two outer platforms can pass over the turnouts at 100 km/h. Platform 4 (serving trains to Cologne) is reached over a bridge spanning the track, which has a staircase and a lift at each end.

The 405-metre-long (1,329 ft) and 3.4 m wide platforms have canopies over a length of 300 m. An 11-metre-high (36 ft) and 36-metre-wide (118 ft) roof spans all four tracks.

North of the platform a crossover allows a track change from the western to the eastern track. Two km towards Frankfurt (113.0 km point), at the Lindenholzhausen crossover, it is possible to change tracks from the east to the west track. The crossovers are passable at 100 km/h while changing tracks. A sub-centre of the electronic interlocking system and an electric sub-station (which is also linked to the public network) have also been established in the area of the station.

The majority of trains travelling between Frankfurt (Main) Airport Long-Distance Station and Köln Messe/Deutz Station run past Limburg Süd and Montabaur stations without stopping. The trains that pass through Cologne Central Station stop in both Limburg Süd and Montabaur stations before reaching Frankfurt (Main) Airport Long-Distance Station and vice versa.


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