Limes Railway
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Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Limes Railway (
The line is only 5.2 kilometres long and is served by
Past and Present
Beginning in 1964 a large greenfield housing development was built on the outskirts of Schwalbach am Taunus called Limesstadt (Limes City, named after the Roman fortifications of the Limes Germanicus, which actually lay more than 10 kilometres north of this site). It was considered that this development needed the kind of public transport access that could only be provided by rail. This idea was adopted by Georg Leber, the Federal Minister for Transport from 1966 to 1972 and the local member of the Bundestag. This led to the building of an electrified branch line to serve the area.
On 22 December 1970, a shuttle service opened between
On 28 May 1978 the line began to be used by S-Bahn
Schwalbach North
Since 31 October 2008, S3 services have served Schwalbach Nord station. This is located between the Schwalbach Limes and Niederhöchstadt stations and serves the industrial park of Am Kronberger Hang in Schwalbach am Taunus. The station consists of a 210-metre-long platform and is barrier-free.[2]
The estimated construction cost of the new station was €1.5 million and planning costs amounted to €300,000.[3]
References
- ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Neuer Haltepunkt für die S3: Station Schwalbach Nord eröffnet, Pressemitteilung der Stadt Schwalbach" (in German). 31 October 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ "Neue Haltestelle "Schwalbach Nord"" (in German). Main-Taunus-Verkehrsgesellschaft. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2010.