Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof

Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof
Through station
General information
Location	Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	49°32′07″N 8°20′58″E
Line(s)	Mainz–Worms–Ludwigshafen (57.0 km) (KBS 660 Freinsheim–Frankenthal (13.4 km) (KBS 666)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	1848
DS100 code	RFT
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 November 1870

Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station for the city of Frankenthal in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is located on the Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. Besides Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof the only other station in Frankenthal is Flomersheim. Another station is planned as Frankenthal Süd.

Location

Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof

Platforms

The station is centrally located in the city of Frankenthal. The station is served by various lines and is the terminus of the Freinsheim–Frankenthal line. In the station there is a bakery, a kiosk and a newsagent.

History

In November 1853, the Hessian Ludwig Railway completed the section of the Mainz–Ludwigshafen line from the Palatine Ludwig Railway to the Hessian border in Frankenthal. The station in Frankenthal was built initially as a temporary structure. By 1860 the line was between Worms and Ludwigshafen am Rhein was duplicated. The official inauguration of the permanent Frankenthal station was held on 15 November 1870. The Freinsheim–Frankenthal line opened to the station on 15 October 1877.

From 1891 to 1939, the metre gauge Frankenthal–Großkarlbach Local Railway (Lokalbahn Ludwigshafen–Großkarlbach) ran from the station to Großkarlbach. From 1890 to 1933, the Ludwigshafen–Frankenthal Local Railway (Lokalbahn Ludwigshafen–Frankenthal) ran to Ludwigshafen. South of the station there was a connection between the local railways and the standard gauge railway to allow the transhipment of freight.

Architecture

The first station building, which opened in 1870, was similar with its round arched windows and its clock tower to the station building of the former Ludwigshafen terminal station. After the Second World War, a new building was built in the style of the 1950s.

Plans

It is planned to renovate the station by 2014: the platforms will be raised to a height of 76 cm and the station and travel centre will be rebuilt. The Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn will run here from the timetable change of December 2015.

Rail services

The three platform tracks of Frankenthal station are over 300 m long and still have a height of 38 cm. On weekdays a single Intercity service operates through this station, running between Mannheim and Frankfurt. In addition, the station is served by a Regional-Express line and two Regionalbahn lines.

Line	Route	Frequency
IC	Mannheim – Ludwigshafen – Frankenthal – Worms – Frankfurt (Main)	A single pair of services: Mo-Fr: Mannheim – Frankfurt; Mo-Su: Frankfurt – Mannheim
RE 4	Mainz – Frankenthal – Ludwigshafen – Speyer – Germersheim – Graben-Neudorf – Karlsruhe	120 min
RB 44	Mainz – Frankenthal – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld	060 min
RB 46	Frankenthal – Freinsheim – Grünstadt – Ramsen (– Eiswoog)	060 min

Preceding station		DBAG		Following station
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Terminus		Template:RB-RP lines		Template:RB-RP stations toward Template:RB-RP stations

External links

• "History of the station" (in German).
• "Bensheim station heritage listing" (in German). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 2 December 2011.