Frankfurt Galluswarte station

Frankfurt (Main) Galluswarte station (German: Bahnhof Frankfurt (Main) Galluswarte) is a railway station located in the Gallus district of Frankfurt, Germany.

Frankfurt (Main) Galluswarte Bahnhof Frankfurt (Main) Galluswarte
Through station
Location	Mainzer Landstr. 232 Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°6′16″N 8°38′39″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Homburg Railway Main-Weser Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1863[1]
DS100 code	FFGA[2]
IBNR	8006690
Category	4[1]
Fare zone
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1978
Services
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History

The station was opened on 28 May 1978 and is named after a nearby medieval watchtower (the Galluswarte), which was named after the Galgenfeld ("gallows field", a place of execution). It consists of two tracks facing a 96 cm-high central platform on the Homburg Railway and two passing tracks on the Main-Weser Railway. There was formerly a junction at the station with a branch to the now closed main freight yard.

Location

At the southern end of the station, the Main-Weser line divides into ramps towards Frankfurt Central Station, connecting with the Main-Neckar line and the Taunus line.

Station from below

Galluswarte watchtower

The station is elevated above the streets of Mainzer Landstraße and Frankenallee. Escalators connect the platform and the two streets.

Services

The station is served by S-Bahn lines S3, S4, S5 and S6. Intercity and regional trains run past on the Main Weser tracks, which have no platforms at Galluswarte.

Below the station in the Mainzer Landstrasse, there is interchange with two tram lines (11 and 21) and one bus line (52).

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.