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Rüsselsheim station
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Rüsselsheim, Hesse Germany |
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| Coordinates | 49°59′30″N 8°24′50″E / 49.99167°N 8.41393°ECoordinates: 49°59′30″N 8°24′50″E / 49.99167°N 8.41393°E | |||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Station code | 5440 | |||||||||||||
| DS100 code | FKCH | |||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8005220 | |||||||||||||
| Category | 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1863 | |||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 2,000 | |||||||||||||
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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 S-Bahn and 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 S 8 and S 9 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 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.