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For many decades it has been planned to add two separate tracks for the S-Bahn to the Main-Weser
Railway between Frankfurt and Bad Vilbel, or as far as Friedberg. This is expected to go into operation in 2023 as part of a 10-point program of the Hessian state government to improve transport in
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Railway station on 10 May 1850. The entire length of the Main-Weser Railway from Kassel to Frankfurt was opened to traffic on 15 May 1852.
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598:connections to Frankfurt during peak hours and
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620:In the early evening hours, two trains of the
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470:Nidder Valley Railway
439:Location within Hesse
353:Bad Vilbel-Dortelweil
132:Nidder Valley Railway
682:Frankfurt Rhine-Main
669:Rosbach vor der Höhe
600:Mittelhessen-Express
332:Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
320:selected trains only
276:Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
103:50.18833°N 8.74000°E
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59:General information
1188:Main–Weser Railway
960:(PDF; 246 kB)
663:(Ober-Erlenbach),
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478:Glauburg-Stockheim
458:Main-Weser Railway
454:Bad Vilbel station
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