Native name Taunusbahn Line number 9374 Minimum radius 200 m (660 ft) | Locale Hesse, Germany Line length 42 km (26 mi) | |
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Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
The Taunus Railway in the High Taunus (German: Taunusbahn (Hochtaunus)) is a railway route between Frankfurt (Main) Central Station and Brandoberndorf via Bad Homburg, Usingen and Grävenwiesbach.
Overview
The Taunus Railway is operated as the RMV line 15 (RB 15) by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) after the takeover of the Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn AG. It is one of the commuter rail routes operated by the HLB west and north of Frankfurt.
The Taunus Railway railcars run during the peak hours to and from Frankfurt Central Station, otherwise its south terminus station is Bad Homburg, which can also be reached from Frankfurt by the S-Bahn line S5. The trains commute every half-hour on working days and Saturdays, and hourly on Sundays and public holidays.
The rolling stock consists mainly of VT2E-type diesel railcars. In December 2006, ten new LINT 41- diesel multiple unit articulated railcars were added.
