Groß Karben Station
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Groß Karben station is a station at the 178.4 km mark on the
Main–Weser Railway The Main–Weser Railway (German: ''Main-Weser-Bahn'') is a railway line in central Germany that runs from Frankfurt am Main via Gießen to Kassel. it is named after the railway company that built the line and also operated it until 1880. It was ...
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Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...
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Marburg Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...
and
Giessen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the Germany, German States of Germany, state () of Hesse, capital of both the Giessen (district), district of Giessen and the Giessen (region), administrative region of Giessen. The population is appro ...
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Frankfurt 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
Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
. It is located approximately one kilometre from Groß Karben, now a district of
Karben Karben is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hessen, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the river Nidda in the Rhein-Main-Gebiet (Rhine-Main area), approximately north of Frankfurt. Division of the town Karben as a unified town was founded i ...
, and is located on the outskirts of the Karben district of Kloppenheim. Unlike the district of Groß-Karben, it is spelled without a hyphen. The station is classified by
Deutsche Bahn (, ; abbreviated as DB or DB AG ) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). DB was fou ...
as a category 5 station.


History

Groß Karben station was opened on 10 May 1850 as part of the section of the Main-Weser Railway from
Frankfurt 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 ...
to Friedberg. The entire Main–Weser Railway between Kassel and Frankfurt was completed on 15 May 1852. On 28 January 1907, there was a serious railway accident at Taunusbrunnen immediately north of the station with one dead and two seriously injured. South of the railway an industrial siding branches off to the east to a factory now owned by
Continental Automotive Systems Continental Automotive Systems (CAS), founded in 1906 by Alfred Teves, a division of the German Continental AG, was a brake and electronics supplier to the automotive industry, supplying systems, components, electronics, lithium-ion batteries ...
; this siding is no longer used. Groß Karben station has been served by line S6 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 ...
since 28 May 1978.


Entrance building

The station's entrance building is a two-story, pitched roofed building with its eaves facing the railway with a projecting porch. It is the only station in the
Wetterau The Wetterau (, ) is a fertile undulating tract, watered by the Wetter (river), Wetter, a tributary of the Nidda (river), Nidda River, in the western German state of Hesse, between the hilly province Oberhessen and the north-western Taunus mounta ...
that has been preserved from the formation of the Main-Weser Railway in its original appearance. It is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.


Services

Groß Karben station now (2012) has three platform tracks on two platforms (a side and a central platform). It is served by line S6 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn. The S-Bahn runs at 15-minute intervals on weekdays from Friedberg and Groß Karben via
Bad Vilbel Bad Vilbel () is a spa town in Hesse (Hessen), Germany, famous for its many mineral water springs. Bad Vilbel is the largest town in the Wetteraukreis district and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area with its city center being located 8&n ...
and the
Frankfurt City Tunnel The Frankfurt City Tunnel is a Standard-gauge railway, standard gauge railway in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt and the core of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn. The line runs underground for its entire length. Central Station to Konstablerwache The first ...
to
Frankfurt South station Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the foreland of the Taunus on its namesake Main, it forms a continuo ...
. Every second train starts and ends in Groß Karben. On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, as well as in the early morning and the evening on weekdays, S-Bahn services operate at 30-minute intervals from Friedberg to Frankfurt Süd. Regional, long-distance and freight trains run through the station without stopping.


Planning

Between Frankfurt West and Friedberg the two tracks of the Main-Weser Railway is shared by S-Bahn, regional, long-distance and freight traffic. To improve operations, this section of the line is being upgraded from two to four tracks by about 2016. Planning permission for this project has already been granted in the Bad Vilbel area.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gross Karben station Rhine-Main S-Bahn stations Railway stations in Germany opened in 1850 Buildings and structures in Wetteraukreis