Dutenhofen station (officially: Dutenhofen (Kr Wetzlar) or Dutenhofen (Wetzlar)) is a junction station in Dutenhofen, the eastmost borough of the city of Wetzlar in the German state of Hesse. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 6 station.[1] It is much less important than Wetzlar station and is located in the north of the suburb of Dutenhofen, near the B 49. The station is located next to a level crossing over the road to Dutenhofener See. East of the station is a junction where the Dill line to Gießen separates from the freight line that bypasses Gießen, running to the junction at Bergwald on the Main-Weser Railway. Since 1962, signalling at the station has been controlled by a small relay interlocking,[3] which is housed in the front of the entrance building.

Dutenhofen

Dutenhofen (Kr Wetzlar)
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 50, Wetzlar, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°33′51″N 8°35′56″E / 50.56417°N 8.59889°E / 50.56417; 8.59889
Line(s)
  • Dill Railway (160.6 km) (KBS 455)
  • Dutenhofen–Gießen-Bergwald connecting line
Platforms2
Other information
Station code1424
DS100 codeFDTH
IBNR8001618
Category6 [1]
Fare zoneRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 5533[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Wetzlar
towards Dillenburg
RB 40 Gießen
Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station
Wetzlar RB 45 Gießen
towards Fulda
Location
Dutenhofen is located in Hesse
Dutenhofen
Dutenhofen
Location within Hesse

Operations

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The station is equipped with two platform tracks adjoining a central platform. Between the two main tracks at the western end of the platform there is a passing loop. The station is a stop for the Mittelhessen-Express (RB 40) service on the Dill line from Dillenburg station to Gießen and Frankfurt. In the morning peak the station is served by an RE-Sprinter service of the Main-Sieg-Express from Siegen towards Gießen, which is operated with double-deck carriages.

Since the introduction of the 2016/2017 timetable in December 2016, Regionalbahn service RB 45 on the Lahn Valley Railway stops in Dutenhofen in order to improve services. This service is operated by Hessische Landesbahn, which now operates all passenger services on the Lahn Valley Railway.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ "List of signal boxes in Germany" (in German). www.stellwerke.de. Retrieved 6 July 2012.