Eschhofen station

Eschhofen station lies on the Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn) in the town of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse. In addition, just east of the station, the Main-Lahn Railway (Main-Lahn-Bahn) branches off to Frankfurt. The station was opened in 1863. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

Eschhofen station
Through station
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 38, Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°23′37″N 8°06′18″E
Line(s)	Main-Lahn Railway (66.5 km) (KBS 627) Lahn Valley Railway (48.9 km) (KBS 625)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	1678[1]
DS100 code	FEN[2]
IBNR	8001883
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	: 6001[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	10 January 1863
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Limburg (Lahn) Terminus RE 20 Niederbrechen towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 22 Lindenholzhausen towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station Limburg (Lahn) Terminus RB 21 Lindenholzhausen towards Wiesbaden Hbf RB 45 Kerkerbach towards Fulda

History

Eschhofen station was opened on 10 January 1863 with the inauguration of the Lahn Valley Railway. The first section of the Main-Lahn Railway was opened to traffic between Eschhofen and Niederselters on 1 February 1875 and the rest of the line was completed to Frankfurt on 15 October 1877. The current station building was probably built in 1896 and is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.^[4]

Infrastructure

The station is only served by regional services. It has three platform tracks. Track 1 (the “home” platform, next to the station building) is used for trains running towards Limburg and Koblenz. Track 2 and track 3 are adjacent to a central platform and track 2 is served by all trains towards Gießen and Niedernhausen / Wiesbaden / Frankfurt. Track 3 is used only as a passing track and is not used regularly. Next to track 3, there are two tracks without platforms, but they are no longer used. The station has a park-and-ride and a bike-and-ride facility.

Services

Eschhofen station is served by all trains towards Limburg/Koblenz and Gießen/Wiesbaden/Frankfurt. With the exception of the RB 21 and RB 45 services, which are operated by Hessische Landesbahn, all trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn. Trains to Koblenz (Regional-Express 25) run every two hours on the Gießen–Limburg–Koblenz route. There is also an hourly Regionalbahn service on the Gießen–Wetzlar–Weilburg–Limburg route, which since the 2011/2012 timetable change has been operated by Hessische Landesbahn. On the Main-Lahn Railway services run as far as Niedernhausen during the peak hour about every quarter of an hour, with a Regional-Express service and a Stadt-Express to Frankfurt, and a Regionalbahn service to Wiesbaden.

Notes

1. "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. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
4. "Eschhofen station heritage listing" (in German). Denkmalschutz Hessen. Retrieved 12 May 2012.