| Symbol: | rail | ||||||||||
| Symbol Location: | de | ||||||||||
| Symbol2: | s | ||||||||||
| Symbol Location2: | frankfurt | ||||||||||
| Platforms: | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 2,000 | ||||||||||
| Address: | Rüsselsheim, Hesse | ||||||||||
| Country: | Germany | ||||||||||
| Type: | Through station | ||||||||||
| Opened: | 1863 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 49.9917°N 8.4139°W | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Deutsche Bahn | ||||||||||
| Line: |
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| Zone: | 3730[1] | ||||||||||
| Website: | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
| Map Type: | Hesse#Germany#Europe | ||||||||||
| Map Dot Label: | Rüsselsheim | ||||||||||
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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. 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 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.