Langen (Hess) station

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Langen (Hess) station is in the town of Langen in the German state of Hesse. It was opened in 1846 with the Main-Neckar Railway and is now served by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn. The station has two side platforms, an island platform and a through track without a platform. The station building and platform canopies are protected as monuments.[4] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1]

Langen

Langen (Hess)
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofsanlage 2, Langen, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates49°59′36″N 8°39′25″E / 49.99345°N 8.656905°E / 49.99345; 8.656905
Line(s)
Platforms4
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code3524[1]
DS100 codeFLG[2]
Category4[1]
Fare zoneRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 3501[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
OpenedJune 22, 1846; 178 years ago (1846-06-22)
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Terminus
RE 60 Darmstadt Hbf
towards Mannheim Hbf
RB 67 Darmstadt Hbf
RB 68 Darmstadt Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station
Langen Flugsicherung
towards Bad Soden
Egelsbach
Langen Flugsicherung
towards Kronberg
Terminus
Location
Langen is located in Hesse
Langen
Langen
Location within Hesse
Langen is located in Germany
Langen
Langen
Location within Germany
Langen is located in Europe
Langen
Langen
Location within Europe

History

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Platform canopy between the tracks

The station was opened in 1846 as part of the Main-Neckar Railway. The first section of the line was opened between Langen, Darmstadt and Bensheim on 22 June 1846 and the section from Langen to Frankfurt followed on 16 July 1846. There was a major redesign of the station as part of the construction of the S-Bahn line between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, which was opened on 2 June 1997. Since then, it has had three platforms, four platform tracks and a through track without a platform running towards Darmstadt. In 2012 the tracks were renewed in the station area.

An 82 m² large Servicestore owned by Deutsche Bahn was established at the station in 2009, which is operated by a franchisee.[5][6] The former ticket hall is closed. The station has 361 bicycle parking spaces, 50 of which are in lockable boxes.[7]

Entrance building

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The two-storey entrance building with a basement was built in 1846 on the eastern side of the line towards the town. The building was designed with a neoclassical and symmetrical facade with seven portals under a gable facing the street. On the ground floor there are two pairs of arched windows on the sides with three arched doorways in the middle. This pattern is repeated upstairs, but using rectangular windows. The street frontage is further enhanced by an avant-corps under the gable. A hip roof over a wide frieze and dentils forms the upper part. The platform canopy in front of the entrance building is supported by lattice beams on thin columns with small capitals of cast iron. The two free-standing platform canopies also have cast-iron columns with capitals, which date from 1861. They come from the Darmstadt Main-Neckar station, which was closed after World War I and are also protected as monuments.[8][9]

Rail services

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The station is served hourly by Regionalbahn service lines RB 67 and RB 68 between Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Mannheim or Heidelberg, which runs jointly between Frankfurt and Neu-Edingen, and about every two hours by Regional-Express line RE 60 between Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Mannheim. In addition, Rhine-Main S-Bahn services run to Darmstadt every half-hour and to Frankfurt every fifteen minutes, continuing to Kronberg or Bad Soden am Taunus.

Line Route Frequency
RE 60 Frankfurt Hbf – Langen (Hess) – Darmstadt Hbf – Bensheim – Weinheim – Mannheim Hbf 60/120 min
RB 67 Frankfurt Hbf – Langen (Hess) – Neu-Edingen – Darmstadt Hbf – Bensheim – Weinheim – Mannheim 60 min
RB 68 Frankfurt Hbf – Langen (Hess) – Neu-Edingen – Darmstadt Hbf – Bensheim – Weinheim – Heidelberg Hbf
  Bad Soden (Taunus) – Niederhöchstadt – Frankfurt West – Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt South – Langen (Hess) – Darmstadt Hbf 30 mins
  Kronberg (Taunus) – Niederhöchstadt – Frankfurt West – Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt South – Langen (Hess) (– Darmstadt Hbf) 30 mins (weekdays)

Langen bus station is served by bus routes OF 71, 72, 73, 75, 91, 96, 99, X83 and 662 towards Seligenstadt, Offenbach, Mörfelden, the town centre and other neighboring towns.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 143. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag. p. 58. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
  5. ^ "Service bis Mitternacht". Frankfurt Rundschau (in German). 10 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Neuer ServiceStore der Bahn im Bahnhof Langen eröffnet" (in German). firmenpresse.de. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Aktionsplan der Stadt Langen" (in German). p. 12. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  8. ^ Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag. p. 57. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
  9. ^ Dagmar Söder, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (1987). Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen, Kreis Offenbach (in German). Braunschweig/Wiesbaden: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn. ISBN 3-528-06237-1.
  • Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag. p. 58. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.