Beienheim station is a junction station in the

Reichelsheim (Wetterau) Reichelsheim is a town in the district Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 30 kilometers north of Frankfurt am Main. Division of the town Reichelsheim consists of the 6 districts: * Beienheim (population 1,570) * Blofeld (populatio ...

suburb of Beienheim in the German state of

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

. It is located on the outskirts of Beienheim.

History

Entrance building

The entrance building was opened in about 1900 on the Beienheim–Schotten and the

Friedberg–Mücke railway The Friedberg–Mücke railway is a railway that was opened in 1890/97 in the Wetterau and Vogelsberg regions in the German state of Hesse. Sections of the line are also called the ''Horlofftalbahn'' (Horloff Valley Railway) and the Seentalbahn (S ...

s, which were opened in 1897. There is a service room in the building, but there is no waiting room. Beienheim, along with Nidda, has a mechanical signal box.

Tracks and platforms

Beienheim station has three platform tracks. From the main platform on track 1, the trains run on the remaining Friedberg–Wölfersheim-Södel section of the

, which once ran through the Vogelsberg to

Mücke Mücke is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Mücke lies from 200 to 350 m above sea level in the northwest foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains on the upper reaches of the river Ohm, a tributary to the ...

. The trains of the Beienheim–Schotten railway run to Nidda and Friedberg from tracks 2 and 3, which have low platforms.

Services

Beienheim station has been a railway junction in the

Wetterau The Wetterau is a fertile undulating tract, watered by the Wetter, a tributary of the Nidda River, in the western German state of Hesse, between the hilly province Oberhessen and the north-western Taunus mountains. Bettina von Arnim writes of We ...

since its opening in 1897. In the past, it was possible to travel from Beienheim via

Wölfersheim Wölfersheim is a municipality in the Wetteraukreis in Hessen, Germany. It is located approximately 34 kilometers north of Frankfurt am Main. Division of the municipality The municipality consists of 5 districts: * Wölfersheim * Södel * Melbach ...

Hungen Hungen () is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 20 km southeast of Gießen, and 18 km northeast of Friedberg. Surrounding towns are Laubach to the north, Nidda to the east, Wölfersheim to the south, ...

and

Laubach Laubach is a town of approximately 10,000 people in the Gießen region of Hesse, Germany. Laubach is known as a ', a climatic health resort. It is situated east of Gießen. Surrounding Laubach are the towns of Hungen, Grünberg, Schotten and Lic ...

to Mücke, where there was a connection to the

Vogelsberg Railway The Vogelsberg Railway (german: Vogelsbergbahn) is a single-track main line from Gießen via Alsfeld to Fulda in the German state of Hesse. Name The name of the Vogelsberg Railway was originally used for the now closed and dismantled branch line ...

, which is still operating. In 1958 it was still possible to run to Freienseen, in 1959 to Hungen, but since 2003 only to Wölfersheim-Södel. It was also possible to travel by train from Beienheim to

Schotten Schotten is a town in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Larger towns nearby include Alsfeld in the north, Fulda in the east, Friedberg in the south and Gießen in the west. Geography Location The officially recognised climatic spa lies between 168 m ...

. Passenger services on the Nidda–Schotten section were closed on 29 November 1959. Since then it has only been possible to travel to Nidda. A number of regional bus services stop at the station. There is also a

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuting, commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail t ...

facility.

References

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