The S8 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.8. It is largely concurrent with the S9 service, diverging only to run local through Mainz (which the S9 bypasses). It runs 24 hours, 7 days and serves as a direct airport rail link for the state capitals of Wiesbaden and Mainz to the Frankfurt Airport.
Routes
Main Railway
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). In a short section between Mühlberg and Offenbach-Kaiserlei a line parallel with the South Main railway is used.
Frankfurt Schlachthof–Hanau railway
History Year Stations Route 1974 (R14) 15 Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Hbf 1983 (S14) 18 (+3) Wiesbaden Hbf – Konstablerwache 1990 (S14) 21 (+3) Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Süd 1995 28 (+9, -2) Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf In 1972 the Frankfurt Airport loop, a new line to connect the recently built Terminal Mitte (Central Terminal) at the Frankfurt Airport to the Central Station and the Main railway, became operational. Two years later the R14 experimental service running between Wiesbaden Central Station and Frankfurt Central Station started. After the opening of the Frankfurt Citytunnel the service was renamed to S14 and extended to the new Hauptwache underground station. In 1980 the new shuttle service S15 running between the Airport station and Frankfurt Central Station started operation. Further extensions of the tunnel followed in 1983 (Konstablerwache) and 1990 (Ostendstraße and Lokalbahnhof) so that the Südbahnhof (South station) became the S14's eastern terminal. In 1995 both services S14 and S15 were renamed to S8 and extended their operation to the east connecting the Central Station of Hanau. Like the S1 the S8 now also used the eastern branch of the Frankfurt Citytunnel as well as the Offenbach Citytunnel.
In 1990 two S14 trainsets collided near the Rüsselsheim station killing 17 and injuring 145 passengers. The conductor of the train bound for Frankfurt ignored the stop signal and crashed into an oncoming, fully occupied train.
Operation
Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf Wiesbaden Hbf – Offenbach Ost Kelsterbach – Frankfurt Hbf Flughafen Regionalbahnhof – Frankfurt Hbf (former S15 service) Rüsselsheim – Offenbach Ost Rüsselsheim – Frankfurt Hbf
Journey time Station Transfer S-Bahn servicesince 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wiesbaden 0 Wiesbaden Hbf 1978 4 +4 Wiesbaden Ost 1978 Mainz 7 +3 Mainz Nord 1978 12 +5 Mainz Hauptbahnhof 1978 16 +4 Mainz Römisches Theater 1978 Kreis Groß-Gerau 19 +3 Mainz-Gustavsburg 1978 22 +3 Mainz-Bischofsheim 1978 25 +3 Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk 1978 28 +3 Rüsselsheim 1978 31 +3 Raunheim 1978 36 +5 Kelsterbach 1978 Frankfurt am Main 42 +6 Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof 1978 44 +2 Gateway Gardens 2019 46 +2 Frankfurt Stadion 1978 49 +3 Frankfurt-Niederrad 1978 53 +4 Frankfurt Hbf 1978 54 +5 Frankfurt Hbf (tief) 1978 56 +2 Taunusanlage 1978 58 +2 Hauptwache 1978 59 +1 Konstablerwache 1983 61 +2 Ostendstraße 1990 63 +2 Mühlberg 1992 Offenbach 66 +3 Offenbach-Kaiserlei 1995 68 +2 Ledermuseum 1995 70 +2 Marktplatz 1995 73 +3 Offenbach Ost 1995 Kreis Offenbach 77 +4 Mühlheim 1995 79 +2 Mühlheim-Dietesheim 1995 Main-Kinzig-Kreis 82 +3 Hanau-Steinheim 1995 85 +3 Hanau Hbf 1995
References
External links
traffiQ Frankfurt – S8/S9 timetable