Frankfurt-Niederrad station is a station in the district of

Niederrad Niederrad is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the '' Ortsbezirk Süd'' and is subdivided into the ''Stadtbezirke'' Niederrad-Nord, Niederrad-Süd and the new Niederrad-West. Geography Niederrad is bordered in the north by th ...

in the southwest of

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

in the German state of

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Location

In 1977, during the building of the

Rhine-Main S-Bahn The Rhine-Main S-Bahn system is an integrated rapid transit and commuter rail, commuter train system for the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, which includes the cities Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Offenbach am Main, Hanau and Darmstadt. The ...

, the former station building of Niederrad station was closed. The entrances to the S-Bahn station are located about 700 metres further south on Lyoner Straße. The station is rated by

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as a category 3 station. It consists of four platform tracks on the

Main Railway The Main Railway (German: ''Mainbahn'', pronounced 'mine barn') is a 37.5 km-long double-track electrified railway line, which runs on the south side of the river Main from Mainz to Frankfurt central station. History Immediately after the ope ...

. It is located on an elevated position above Adolf-Miersch-Straße and Lyoner Straße. The two platforms are accessible from the street via lifts and stairs. All trains running through Frankfurt-Niederrad pass over the

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on either of the two Niederrad bridges located north of the station.

Connections

The station is used by

Regional-Express In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (; RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with a top speed of and an average speed of about as it calls at fewer stations than ''R ...

and

Regionalbahn The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), R ...

services and by lines S7, S8 and S9 of the

Intercity InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the train categories in Europe, classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to InterRegio, regional train, r ...

and

Intercity-Express Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE () and running under this Train categories in Europe, category) is a high-speed rail in Germany, high-speed rail system in Germany. It also serves destinations in Austria, France, Belgium, Switzerland an ...

services pass by on the Mannheim–Frankfurt railway without stopping. A few years ago some InterCity trains also stopped in the off-peak. Underneath the station there are interchanges with tram lines 12 and 19 (runs only at certain times) and bus lines 78, 79 (runs only in the mornings and from Monday to Friday) and 84.

Services

* Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Niederrad –

Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport ( ) , is Germany's busiest international airport by passenger numbers, located in Frankfurt, Germany's fifth-largest city. Its official name according to the German Aeronautical Information Publication is Frankfurt Main Airpor ...

– Rüsselsheim – Mainz Hbf – Bingen –

Koblenz Hbf Koblenz Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the focal point of rail transport in the Rhine-Moselle-Lahn area. It is a through station in southern Koblenz built below Fort G ...

* Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Niederrad – Frankfurt Airport – Rüsselsheim – Mainz Hbf –

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach), Alte Nahebrücke, ...

–

Saarbrücken Hbf Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commercial and cultural centre. It is locate ...

* Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Niederrad – Riedstadt-Goddelau –

Gernsheim Gernsheim () is a town in Groß-Gerau district and Darmstadt region in Hesse, Germany, lying on the Rhine. Geography Location The ''Schöfferstadt Gernsheim'', as Gernsheim may officially call itself – it was Peter Schöffer's birthplace – ...

–

Biblis Biblis is a municipality in the Kreis Bergstraße, Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Rhine rift west of the Odenwald between Darmstadt to the north and Mannheim to the south; ...

– Mannheim Hbf * Riedstadt-Goddelau – Frankfurt-Niederrad – Frankfurt Hbf * Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt-Niederrad – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Hanau Hbf * Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt-Niederrad – Frankfurt Hbf (tief) – Hanau Hbf

Notes

{{Railway stations in Frankfurt Rhine-Main S-Bahn stations Railway stations in Frankfurt Railway stations in Germany opened in 1977