Station code 5440 IBNR 8005220 Opened 1863 | DS100 code FKCH Category 3 Platforms in use 3 | |
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Location Rüsselsheim, Hesse
Germany Line(s) Main Railway (km 23.8) (KBS 645.8/645.9/655 Address 65428 Rüsselsheim, Germany Similar Raunheim station, Mainz‑Bischofsheim station, Mainz Römisches Theater st, Mainz‑Gustavsburg station, Kelsterbach station | ||
Rüsselsheim station is a transit station in the town of Rüsselsheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main Railway from Mainz to Frankfurt am Main. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. The station is served by the S-Bahn and regional trains. There is another station in Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk station, which is served by S-Bahn trains only.
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The station was opened in 1863. The Rüsselsheim train disaster occurred near the station on 2 February 1990, killing 17 persons and severely injuring 145.
Services
Rüsselsheim lies in the area served by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). It is used by Rhine-Main S-Bahn trains operated by DB Regio and buses.
Trains
Services on lines S 8 and S 9 each operate at 30 minute intervals on the Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof–Hanau Hauptbahnhof route. Together the two lines operate at 15-minute intervals through Rüsselsheim. Line S8 runs through Mainz Hauptbahnhof to Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof, while line S9 runs via Kostheim Bridge to Mainz-Kastel and Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof.
Rüsselsheim station is served by Regional-Express trains running between Koblenz Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (the Mittelrhein-Main-Express, RE 2 in Rhineland Palatinate and RE 80 in Hesse) and between Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (Rhein-Nahe-Express, RE 3 in Rhineland Palatinate and RE 80 in Hesse), each running every two hours, resulting in an approximately hourly service as far as Mainz. In the peak hours there are a few Regionalbahn services to Idar-Oberstein and to Bingen Hauptbahnhof.
Buses
Rüsselsheimer station has a large bus station. It is served city bus routes 6, 11, 31, 32, 41, 42, 51 and 52 and regional bus line 1 to Florsheim station. Rüsselsheim Bahnhof Südseite bus stop to the south of the station is served by routes L1, 22, 24, 28, 72 and 752.