Mainz-Kastel station is situated on the Frankfurt–Wiesbaden line (line number 3603; timetable section 645.1) in Mainz-Kastel, now a suburb of Wiesbaden, in the German state of Hesse. It was opened as part of the Taunus Railway, which was opened in 1839/40. The station was opened as part of the last stage of construction of the line to Wiesbaden and was opened on 19 May 1840.
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 The station seen from the Theodor Heuss Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Eisenbahnstr. 7, Mainz-Kastel, Wiesbaden, Hesse Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°0′25″N 8°16′57″E / 50.00694°N 8.28250°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | S-Bahn Rhein-Main VIAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 3904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | FMK[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8000615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 4[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 May 1840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kastel station is also served by the Regionalbahn service running between Neuwied and Frankfurt (RB 10) every hour. In the rush hour it extends to a half-hourly service.
Buses
editThe following lines of ESWE and MVG serve the station (bus station Brückenkopf): 6, 6A, 9, 28, 54, 55, 56, 57, 68, 91, 99.
Notes
edit- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 141. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "RNN Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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