Frankfurt Taunusanlage station explained

Frankfurt (Main) Taunusanlage
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s
Symbol Location:Frankfurt
Type:Underground station
Address:Taunusanlage 33, Frankfurt, Hesse
Country:Germany
Coordinates:50.1139°N 8.6697°W
Platforms:1
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Opened:1978
Zone:

5001[1]

Website:www.bahnhof.de
Map Type:Germany Frankfurt am Main#Hesse#Germany#Europe

Frankfurt (Main) Taunusanlage station (de|link=no|Bahnhof Frankfurt (Main) Taunusanlage) is a train station in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany. It is served by eight S-Bahn lines (S1–S6, S8, S9).

The station was opened with the first section of the Frankfurt City Tunnel in May 1978. It consists of two tracks, surrounding a central platform.

Name

The name Taunusanlage refers to a section of the now demolished city walls, named in the 19th century after the nearby Taunusbahnhof (Taunus station) of the Taunus Railway.

Location

Taunusanlage station is located in Frankfurt's Westend district, close to Taunusanlage Park and the Bankenviertel, Frankfurt's financial district. Its entrance escalators are next to the Deutsche Bank Twin Towers. The station is a major hub for commuters and is in the immediate vicinity of several major banks.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tarifinformationen 2021 . . 8 April 2021 . 156 . 1 January 2021 . 15 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210515202010/https://www.rmv.de/c/fileadmin/documents/PDFs/_RMV_DE/Infomaterial/Fahrkarten-_und_Tarifinformationen/RMV-Tarifheft_2021_.pdf . dead .