Friedberg (Hess) station

Friedberg (Hess) station is the station of Friedberg, Germany, on the Main-Weser Railway.

Friedberg

Friedberg (Hess)

Through station
Former royal reception building
LocationHanauer Str. 44, Friedberg, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°19′55″N 8°45′39″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms10
Construction
ArchitectKrause
Architectural styleNeoclassicism / Renaissance Revival
Other information
Station code1868[1]
DS100 codeFFG[2]
IBNR8000111
Category3[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened10 August 1913
Passengers
about 17,500 [3]
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
ICE 26
towards Karlsruhe
Preceding station   DB Regio Mitte   Following station
toward Kassel Hbf
RE 30
Main-Weser Railway
toward Dillenburg
RB 40
Mittelhessen-Express
Terminus
TerminusRB 49
Friedberg–Hanau railway
Assenheim (Oberhess)
toward Hanau Hbf
Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station
toward Siegen Hbf
RE 99
Main-Sieg-Express
TerminusRB 16
Friedberg-Friedrichsdorf railway
TerminusRB 47
Friedberg–Mücke railway
Dorheim (Wetterau)
toward Wölfersheim-Södel
TerminusRB 48
Beienheim–Schotten railway
Dorheim (Wetterau)
toward Nidda
Preceding station   Rhine-Main S-Bahn   Following station
Terminus
toward Südbahnhof
Location
Friedberg (Hess)
Location in Hesse
Friedberg (Hess)
Location in Germany
Friedberg (Hess)
Location in Europe

History

First Station
Sketch of original station

The first Friedberg station was opened on 10 May 1850 with the opening of the section of the Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt am Main to Friedberg. On 9 November 1850 the next section to Butzbach was opened. The entire route of the Main-Weser line from Kassel to Frankfurt was opened for traffic 15 May 1852.[4] The station was at the 165.4 kilometre mark (from Kassel) and was designed as a through station. There is currently a parking garage on the site of the old station building.

Additional lines were connected to the Main-Weser Railway in Friedberg. On 15 September 1881, the Friedberg–Hanau railway was fully opened, following the commencement of services to Heldenbergen-Windecken (now Nidderau) station on 1 December 1879. On 1 October 1897 the Friedberg–Mücke Railway opened. On 13 July 1901 the Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf–Bad Homburg line opened; this was part of a line from Bad Nauheim to Wiesbaden, also known as the Bäderbahn (Spa Railway). Friedberg became a hub for passengers and freight.

Second Station

On 10 August 1913 the second Friedberger station was opened at the 165.9 kilometre mark, about 500 metres further south. On 28 May 1978 the station became the terminal of line S6 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn.

Railway

Friedberg station has two platforms next to the main station building and four island platforms, that is ten platform faces. One of the main platforms is a bay platform used only for local trains to and from Friedrichsdorf. The trains to Hanau depart from the easternmost platform. East of the platforms is a freight yard with another 12 tracks. Previously, the station handled a large amount of seasonal sugar beet traffic from the surrounding region, the Wetterau. The freight yard is hardly used now. The northern exit from the station led directly on to the Rosental Viaduct (built from 1847 to 1850), which has been replaced since 1982 by a modern concrete bridge, located a few metres to the east.

Buildings

The original buildings were built in a neoclassical style; the entrance building could have been designed by Julius Eugen Ruhl. It was demolished in 1983.[5]

The current station building and other buildings of the station are mostly classed as cultural monuments under the Hessian Heritage Act. The current station building was built in 1912-1913 in a mixture of neoclassical and Renaissance Revival architecture to the design of a government architect from Darmstadt, Krause, who was influenced by Armin Wegner.[5] In the vestibule are original ceramic tiles and stained glass windows, which are influenced by Art Nouveau.

North of the station building is a former royal reception building, which was constructed in 1897-98, south of the original station and later moved to the new station.[6]

Train services

Long distance

Every two hours, an ICE service from Hamburg to Karlsruhe stops in Friedberg station. Two train pairs go to/from Schwerin. One train pair on this line runs as an Intercity to Westerland.

Line Route Interval
ICE 26 (Stralsund –) Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Marburg – Friedberg – Frankfurt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe Every two hours
IC 26 Karlsruhe – Darmstadt – Frankfurt – Friedberg – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Hannover – Celle – Hamburg – Westerland One train pair on Sunday

Regional services

The following services currently call at Friedberg:

  • RE 98/RE 99 Main-Sieg-Express Siegen – Dillenburg – Gießen – Friedberg – Frankfurt (every 2 hours)
  • RB 40/RB 41 Mittelhessen-Express Dillenburg – Gießen – Friedberg – Frankfurt (every hour)
Series Operator Route Frequency Notes
RE 30
Main-Weser Railway		 DB Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Wabern – Treysa – Neustadt – Stadtallendorf – Kirchhain – Marburg – Gießen – Friedberg – Frankfurt Hbf Every 2 hours
RB 16
Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf railway		 HLB Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf Every 30 minutes
RB 47
Friedberg–Mücke railway		 HLB Friedberg – Wölfersheim-Södel Hourly
RB 48
Beienheim–Schotten railway		 HLB Friedberg – Nidda Hourly
RB 49
Friedberg-Hanau railway		 DB Friedberg – Nidderau – Hanau Hbf Every 30 or 60 minutes

Notes
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. Artikel der Frankfurter Rundschau
  4. Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 143
  5. Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 189
  6. Eisenbahn in Hessen, p. 188

References
  • Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (State Conservation Hesse), ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Railways in Hesse. Cultural sites in Hesse. Monumental topography of the Federal Republic of Germany) (in German). 2.1. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. pp. 188f. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
  • Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2007/2008 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.
  • Alfred Kerber & Wolfgang A. Keil (1979). Friedberg - Deine Bahn (Friedberg - Your railway) (in German). Friedberg (Hesse).
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