Eschhofen station

Eschhofen station
Through station
File:Eschhofen Bahnhof.jpg
Location	Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Main-Lahn Railway (66.5 km) (KBS 627) Lahn Valley Railway (48.9 km) (KBS 625)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	1678
DS100 code	FEN
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	10 January 1863

Eschhofen station lies on the Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn) in the town of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse. In addition, just east of the station, the Main-Lahn Railway (Main-Lahn-Bahn) branches off to Frankfurt. The station was opened in 1863. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

History

Eschhofen station was opened on 10 January 1863 with the inauguration of the Lahn Valley Railway. The first section of the Main-Lahn Railway was opened to traffic between Eschhofen and Niederselters on 1 February 1875 and the rest of the line was completed to Frankfurt on 15 October 1877. The current station building was probably built in 1896 and is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.

Infrastructure

The station is only served by regional services. It has three platform tracks. Track 1 (the “home” platform, next to the station building) is used for trains running towards Limburg and Koblenz. Track 2 and track 3 are adjacent to a central platform and track 2 is served by all trains towards Gießen and Niedernhausen / Wiesbaden / Frankfurt. Track 3 is used only as a passing track and is not used regularly. Next to track 3, there are two tracks without platforms, but they are no longer used. The station has a park-and-ride and a bike-and-ride facility.

Services

Eschhofen station is served by all trains towards Limburg/Koblenz and Gießen/Wiesbaden/Frankfurt. With the exception of the Regionalbahn 21 service, which is operated by vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft, and the RB 25 service, which is operated by Hessische Landesbahn, all trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn. Trains to Koblenz (Regional-Express 25) run every two hours on the Gießen–Limburg–Koblenz route. There is also an hourly Regionalbahn service on the Gießen–Wetzlar–Weilburg–Limburg route, which since the 2011/2012 timetable change has been operated by Hessische Landesbahn. On the Main-Lahn Railway services run as far as Niedernhausen during the peak hour about every quarter of an hour, with a Regional-Express service and a Stadt-Express to Frankfurt, and a Regionalbahn service to Wiesbaden.

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Limburg (Lahn) Terminus		RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway		Niederbrechen toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
		SE 20 Main-Lahn Railway		Lindenholzhausen toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Limburg (Lahn) toward Koblenz Hbf		RE 25 Lahn Valley Railway		Weilburg toward Gießen Hbf
Preceding station		vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft		Following station
Limburg (Lahn) toward Niedernhausen		RB 21 Ländches Railway		Lindenholzhausen toward Wiesbaden Hbf
Preceding station		Hessische Landesbahn		Following station
Limburg (Lahn) Terminus		RB 25 Lahn Valley Railway		Kerkerbach toward Gießen Hbf