Rüsselsheim station

Rüsselsheim station
Through station
General information
Location	Rüsselsheim, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	49°59′30″N 8°24′50″E / 49.99167°N 8.41393°E / 49.99167; 8.41393
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Main Railway (km 23.8) (KBS 645.8/645.9/655
Platforms	3
Connections	RE 2RE 3 RB 58 1 6 11 22 24 31 32 41 42 46 51 52 61 67 70 71 72 81 83
Other information
Station code	5440
DS100 code	FKCH[1]
IBNR	8005220
Category	3[2]
Fare zone	: 3730[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1863
Passengers
2,000
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Mainz-Bischofsheim towards Koblenz Hbf RE 2 Südwest-Express Frankfurt Airport regional towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station Vlexx Following station Mainz-Bischofsheim towards Saarbrücken Hbf RE 3 Frankfurt Airport regional towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station Rüsselsheim Opelwerk towards Koblenz Hbf RB 58 Frankfurt Airport long-distance towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Main S-Bahn Following station Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk towards Wiesbaden Hbf Raunheim towards Hanau Hbf
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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.^[2] The station is served by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and by regional trains. There is another station in Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim-Opelwerk station, which is served by S-Bahn trains only.

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.

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.

Services on lines S8 and S9 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 also served by Regional-Express trains running between Koblenz Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (the Mittelrhein-Main-Express, RE 2) and between Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (Rhein-Nahe-Express, RE 3), 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. Hessische Landesbahn also operates an hourly service (RE 58) from Rüsselsheim Opelwerk to Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt South, Hanau, Aschaffenburg and Laufach.

Rüsselsheim station has a large bus station. It is served by city bus routes 6, 11, 31, 32, 41, 42, 51, and 52, and regional bus line 1 to Flörsheim (Main) station. Rüsselsheim Bahnhof Südseite bus stop to the south of the station is served by routes L1, 22, 24, 28, 72, and 752.