Station code 1848 Category 4 Opened 15 November 1870 | DS100 code RFT Website www.bahnhof.de Platforms in use 3 | |
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Location Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany Line(s) Mainz–Worms–Ludwigshafen (57.0 km) (KBS 660
Freinsheim–Frankenthal (13.4 km) (KBS 666) Address 67227 Frankenthal, Germany Similar Worms Hauptbahnhof, Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof, Neustadt (Weinstraße) Hauptbahnhof, Schifferstadt station, Speyer Hauptbahnhof | ||
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.
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Location
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.