The S1 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.1 is an important railway connection running east–west. It operates between the Hesse state capital Wiesbaden and the southern Offenbach rural district serving the densely populated area along the Main river.
With a route length of over , 30 stations and a journey time of 87 minutes, it is the longest S-Bahn service in the Rhine-Main area. The average speed of travel is about 49.72 km/h (30.9 mph) and a station distance of about .
Usually DBAG Class 423 railcars are used on this service. Its predecessor class 420 is only used for shortened shuttle services.
Routes Taunus railway
The western branch of the service starts at the central station of Wiesbaden and utilises the oldest railway route of the Rhine-Main area running between Mainz-Kastel and Frankfurt-Höchst parallel to the Main and the Taunus mountains from which the railway line derived its name. The about long route crosses the southern part of Wiesbaden, the Main-Taunus-Kreis and the westernmost part of Frankfurt. The service uses the existing double track route together with national, regional, and freight transportation. It serves eight stations. The Taunus Railway was opened in stages between 26 September 1839 and 19 May 1840 and has been used by S-Bahn services since 1978.
Main-Lahn railway
Between Farbwerke and Frankfurt-Griesheim this service shares the Main-Lahn line with freight and shunting operations. National and regional services use the parallel running Taunus railway in this section. The Main-Lahn railway was completed on 15 October 1877 and has been used by S-Bahn services since 1978.
City tunnel
The city tunnel is an underground, pure S-Bahn route used by almost all services (except for the S7 service which terminates at the central station). The tunnel was opened in four stages in 1978, 1983, 1990 and 1992. In a short section between Mühlberg and Offenbach-Kaiserlei the Frankfurt Schlachthof–Hanau railway is used. The section from Mühlberg to Offenbach Ost through the Offenbach City Tunnel was opened in 1995.
Rodgau railway
This line was opened in 1896 and has been used since 2003 only by S-Bahn services.
History Year Stations Route 1974 (R1) 12 Wiesbaden – Frankfurt Hbf 1978 14 (+2) Wiesbaden – Hauptwache 1983 15 (+1) Wiesbaden – Konstablerwache 1990 18 (+3) Wiesbaden – Frankfurt Süd 1992 17 (+1, -2) Wiesbaden – Mühlberg 1995 21 (+4) Wiesbaden – Offenbach Ost 2003 31 (+10) Wiesbaden – Rödermark-Ober-Roden
The S1 was one of the first six services of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn system. In a prior test operation it ran between Wiesbaden Central Station and Frankfurt Central Station. The service was then called R1 where the letter "R" stands for regional. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S1 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the service's eastern terminal. In 1992 the eastern branch of the Citytunnel to the Mühlberg station was opened and the S1 started operation in this section shutting down its service to Lokalbahnhof and Südbahnhof. With the opening of the Offenbach Citytunnel, the service was extended eastwards to the station Offenbach Ost (Offenbach East).
In 2003 the Rodgau railway was included. After two years of construction work this route was changed to S-Bahn operation. Since then the new eastern terminal station is Rödermark-Ober-Roden.
Operation Wiesbaden – Rödermark-Ober-Roden Hochheim – Rödermark-Ober-Roden Hochheim – Offenbach-Ost Hattersheim – Frankfurt Hbf (Shuttle service) Frankfurt-Höchst – Rödermark-Oberroden Frankfurt-Höchst – Offenbach-Ost Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf (Shuttle service)
Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn servicesince 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wiesbaden 0 Wiesbaden Hbf 1978 4 +4 Wiesbaden Ost 1978 8 +4 Mainz-Kastel 1978 Main-Taunus-Kreis 12 +4 Hochheim 1978 18 +6 Flörsheim 1978 21 +3 Hattersheim-Eddersheim 1978 24 +3 Hattersheim 1978 Frankfurt am Main 28 +4 Frankfurt-Sindlingen 1978 31 +3 Farbwerke 1978 33 +2 Frankfurt-Höchst 1978 36 +3 Frankfurt-Nied 1978 39 +3 Frankfurt-Griesheim 1978 46 +7 Frankfurt Hbf 1978 43 +4 Frankfurt Hbf (tief) 1978 45 +2 Taunusanlage 1978 47 +2 Hauptwache 1978 48 +1 Konstablerwache 1983 50 +2 Ostendstraße 1990 52 +2 Mühlberg 1992 Offenbach 55 +3 Offenbach-Kaiserlei 1995 57 +2 Ledermuseum 1995 58 +1 Marktplatz 1995 61 +3 Offenbach Ost 1995 64 +3 Offenbach-Bieber 2003 Kreis Offenbach 66 +2 Waldhof 2003 69 +3 Obertshausen 2003 72 +3 Rodgau-Weißkirchen 2003 74 +2 Rodgau-Hainhausen 2003 76 +2 Rodgau-Jügesheim 2003 79 +3 Rodgau-Dudenhofen 2003 81 +2 Rodgau-Nieder-Roden 2003 84 +3 Rodgau-Rollwald 2003 87 +3 Rödermark-Ober-Roden 2003
References
External links
traffiQ Frankfurt – S1 timetable