Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus)

Taunus Railway

Overview

Native name

Taunusbahn

Locale

Hesse, Germany

Line number

9374

Technical

Line length

42 km (26 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

Minimum radius

200 m (660 ft)

Operating speed

80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum)

Maximum incline

2.17%

Route number

637

Route map

former Solmsbach Valley Railway

from Wetzlar

36.9

Brandoberndorf

246.9 m

33.3

Hasselborn

307.8 m

31.4

Hasselborn Tunnel 1300 m

Jägerhaus († 1985)

332.7 m

B 456

28.8

Grävenwiesbach

326.5 m

former Weil Valley Railway to Weilburg

26.4

Hundstadt

367.2 m

23.2

Highest point of the line

391 m

German Federal Police ammunition depot

22.6

Wilhelmsdorf

~390 m

narrow-gauge railway

to former military airfield

Main/Lahn watershed

B 275

Raiffeisen siding

17.7

Usingen central signal box

299.5 m

Geyseritwerk (narrow gauge)

14.4

Hausen

313.0 m

13.4

Neu-Anspach

326.4 m

13.0

Anspach viaduct (70 m), Usa

Ziegelei siding

B 456

9.2

Wehrheim

312.5 m

7.0

Saalburg

293.5 m

Taunus quartzite works siding († 1996)

Erlenbach/ L3041

2.1

Köppern

220.6 m

former line to the Tettau Glass Factory

to Friedberg

0.0

23.9

Friedrichsdorf Terminus of

192.5 m

Homburg line to Frankfurt

Source: German railway atlas

The Taunus Railway in the High Taunus (German: Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus)) is a railway route between Frankfurt (Main) Central Station and Brandoberndorf via Bad Homburg, Usingen and Grävenwiesbach.

The Taunus Railway is operated as the RMV line 15 (RB 15) by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) after the takeover of the Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn AG. It is one of the commuter rail routes operated by the HLB west and north of Frankfurt.

The Taunus Railway railcars run during the peak hours to and from Frankfurt Central Station, otherwise its south terminus station is Bad Homburg, which can also be reached from Frankfurt by the S-Bahn line S5. The trains commute every half-hour on working days and Saturdays, and hourly on Sundays and public holidays.

The rolling stock consists mainly of VT2E-type diesel railcars. In December 2006, ten new LINT 41- diesel multiple unit articulated railcars were added.

A Taunusbahn railcar before arriving in Seulberg

A Taunusbahn LINT 41-type railcar in Köppern

A modernized V2TE-type railcar in Köppern

A VT2E-type railcar near Wehrheim

A VT2E-type railcar between Wehrheim and Neu-Anspach

The Hasselborn Tunnel

A VT2E-type railcar in Brandoberndorf

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