Limburg (Lahn) station

Limburg (Lahn) station is a station of the city of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse. It is on the Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn), running between Koblenz and Gießen.

Limburg (Lahn)
Aerial view of the station from the west
Location	Bahnhofsplatz 1, Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°23′03″N 8°03′44″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Lahn Valley Railway (KBS 625) Lower Westerwald Railway (KBS 629) Upper Westerwald Railway (KBS 461) Main-Lahn Railway (KBS 627)
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	3720
DS100 code	FL
IBNR	8000229
Category	3 [1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	5 July 1862
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Mitte   Following station Terminus RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway Eschhofen toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 22 Main-Lahn Railway Diez toward Mayen Ost RB 23 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn Terminus Diez toward Koblenz Hbf RE 25 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn Weilburg toward Gießen Hbf Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station Terminus RB 21 Ländches Railway Eschhofen toward Wiesbaden Hbf Diez-Ost toward Siershahn RB 29 Unterwesterwald-Bahn Terminus Terminus RB 45 Lahn Valley Railway Vogelsberg Railway Eschhofen toward Fulda Diez-Ost toward Siegen Hbf RB 90 Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn Terminus
Location
Limburg (Lahn) Location within Hesse

Station building

Infrastructure

The only section of line that is electrified in the Limburg area is between Limburg freight yard and Eschhofen station. At the west end of Limburg station a two-track branch line branches off towards Staffel, where it separates into two single-track lines to Siershahn (the Lower Westerwald Railway, Westerwaldbahn) and to Au (Sieg) (the Upper Westerwald Railway, Oberwesterwaldbahn). East of Limburg, in Eschhofen, the double track, electrified Main-Lahn Railway (Main-Lahn-Bahn) branches off to the southeast towards Frankfurt and Wiesbaden (via the Ländches Railway (Ländchesbahn).

Until 2005, there was also a Deutsche Bahn maintenance depot at the station, which is now closed and was formerly partly leased to the private rail operator, vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, which has been taken over by Hessische Landesbahn. Most of the former site was converted into a shopping centre. Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH also had its headquarters there until 2014. The registered office of Hessische Landesbahn is now in an adjoining building of WERKStadt Limburg. A two-track hall is used for the maintenance and maintenance of traction units. The electrified sidings are used by Deutsche Bahn. All non-electrified sidings are used by both DB and HLB. A former freight line and some points were dismantled to create more space for parking spaces used by employees of the surrounding companies.

Train services

LINT 41 of vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft in Limburg station

Station forecourt

The following services currently call at Limburg:

Line	Route	Comments
RE 20 Main-Lahn Railway	Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Limburg (Lahn)	Mon-Fri only, every 2-hours (+ extra trains in peak hour)
RB 21 Main-Lahn Railway, Ländches Railway	Wiesbaden Hbf – Niedernhausen (Taunus) (– Limburg (Lahn))	Every 2 hours (fewer services on Sat and Sun)
RB 22 Main-Lahn Railway	Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Limburg (Lahn)	Hourly
RB 23 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	(Mayen West –) Mayen Ost – Andernach – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn)	Hourly (+ extra trains in peak hour)
RE 25 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen	Every 2 hours
RB 29 Lower Westerwald Railway	Limburg (Lahn) – Montabaur – Siershahn	Every 2 hours (+ extra trains in peak hour)
RB 45 Lahntalbahn	Limburg (Lahn) – Eschhofen – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen – Alsfeld (– Fulda)	Hourly (+ extra trains in the peak)
RB 90 Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn	Limburg (Lahn) – Hadamar – Westerburg – Nistertal-Bad Marienberg – Hachenburg – Altenkirchen (Westerw) – Au (Sieg) – Betzdorf (Sieg) – Siegen	Every 2 hours

Connections with Limburg Süd station

During the construction of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed railway was decided not to establish a rail link between Limburg (Lahn) station and Limburg Süd station. Buses that stop at the bus station on the south side of the station connect the two stations together and are free for travellers with train tickets to either station.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

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