Eschhofen station
{{Short description|Railway station in Hesse, Germany}}
{{Infobox station
| style = Deutsche Bahn
| name = Eschhofen
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = de
| symbol = rail | symbol2 =
| symbol_location = de
| type =
| image = Eschhofen Bahnhof.jpg
| alt =
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| other_name =
| address = Bahnhofstr. 38, Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse
| country = Germany
| coordinates = {{coord|50.39357|N|8.10491|E|region:DE-HE_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{Plainlist|1=
- Main-Lahn Railway (66.5 km) ({{Kursbuchlink|Region=600-699|Nummer=627}})
- Lahn Valley Railway (48.9 km) ({{Kursbuchlink|Region=600-699|Nummer=625}})
}}
| platforms = 3
| tracks =
| accessible = Yes
| connections =
| code = {{Deutsche Bahn station codes|code=1678|ds100=FEN{{cite book|title=Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)| edition=2009/2010 |publisher= Schweers + Wall | year= 2009 |isbn= 978-3-89494-139-0}}|ibnr=8001883|category=5{{DBCatsURL}}}}
| zone = {{rint|frankfurt|RMV}}: 6001{{cite web |title=Tarifinformationen 2021 |url=https://www.rmv.de/c/fileadmin/documents/PDFs/_RMV_DE/Infomaterial/Fahrkarten-_und_Tarifinformationen/RMV-Tarifheft_2021_.pdf |publisher=Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund |access-date=8 April 2021 |page=136 |date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515202010/https://www.rmv.de/c/fileadmin/documents/PDFs/_RMV_DE/Infomaterial/Fahrkarten-_und_Tarifinformationen/RMV-Tarifheft_2021_.pdf |url-status=dead }}
| architect =
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| opened = 10 January 1863
| closed =
| passengers =
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| website = [https://www.bahnhof.de/en/Eschhofen www.bahnhof.de]
| services ={{Adjacent stations|system1=DB Regio Mitte
|line1=RE 20|left1=Limburg (Lahn)|right1=Niederbrechen
|line2=RB 22|left2=Limburg (Lahn)|right2=Lindenholzhausen
|system3=Hessische Landesbahn
|line3=RB 21|left3=Limburg (Lahn)|right3=Lindenholzhausen
|line4=RB 45|left4=Limburg (Lahn)|right4=Kerkerbach
}}
}}
Eschhofen station lies on the Lahn Valley Railway ({{langx|de|Lahntalbahn}}) in the town of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse. In addition, just east of the station, the Main-Lahn Railway (Main-Lahn-Bahn) branches off to Frankfurt. The station was opened in 1863. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.
History
Eschhofen station was opened on 10 January 1863 with the inauguration of the Lahn Valley Railway. The first section of the Main-Lahn Railway was opened to traffic between Eschhofen and Niederselters on 1 February 1875 and the rest of the line was completed to Frankfurt on 15 October 1877. The current station building was probably built in 1896 and is classified as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.{{cite web| url= http://denkxweb.denkmalpflege-hessen.de/cgi-bin/mapwalk.pl?obj=52875&event=Query.Details |title=Eschhofen station heritage listing| publisher=Denkmalschutz Hessen | language=German |accessdate= 12 May 2012}}
Infrastructure
The station is only served by regional services. It has three platform tracks. Track 1 (the “home” platform, next to the station building) is used for trains running towards Limburg and Koblenz. Track 2 and track 3 are adjacent to a central platform and track 2 is served by all trains towards Gießen and Niedernhausen / Wiesbaden / Frankfurt. Track 3 is used only as a passing track and is not used regularly. Next to track 3, there are two tracks without platforms, but they are no longer used. The station has a park-and-ride and a bike-and-ride facility.
Services
Eschhofen station is served by all trains towards Limburg/Koblenz and Gießen/Wiesbaden/Frankfurt. With the exception of the RB 21 and RB 45 services, which are operated by Hessische Landesbahn, all trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn. Trains to Koblenz (Regional-Express 25) run every two hours on the Gießen–Limburg–Koblenz route. There is also an hourly Regionalbahn service on the Gießen–Wetzlar–Weilburg–Limburg route, which since the 2011/2012 timetable change has been operated by Hessische Landesbahn. On the Main-Lahn Railway services run as far as Niedernhausen during the peak hour about every quarter of an hour, with a Regional-Express service and a Stadt-Express to Frankfurt, and a Regionalbahn service to Wiesbaden.
Notes
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{{Commons category|Bahnhof Eschhofen|Eschhofen station}}
Category:Railway stations in Hesse