Frankfurt Lokalbahnhof is an underground

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station in the district of

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Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

, Germany. The station was opened when the

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was extended to Frankfurt South station in 1990. It consists of two tracks, surrounding a central platform. The station is an important public transport interchange and is served by S-Bahn,

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and bus routes. The S-Bahn station is located underground, while the trams and buses run on the surface. The station is named after the old Lokalbahnhof, the terminus of the former Frankfurt-Offenbach Local Railway (german: Frankfurt-Offenbacher Lokalbahn), which served the neighbourhood from 1848 until 1955, with breaks at the end of

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and II. Its terminus in Frankfurt was called the ''Lokalbahnhof'' (literally: "Local Railway station"). In 1990, the S-Bahn station was built about 250 metres south of the site of the historic ''Lokalbahnhof'' and the modern ''Lokalbahnhof'' tram stop. It is on the City Tunnel S-Bahn line that runs south from central Frankfurt and continues southeast towards

Frankfurt South station Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its nam ...

Operations

The following lines stop at the station: *S-Bahn lines: S3, S4, S5 and S6, * tram lines: 14, 15 and 16, * bus routes: 36, 30, 45, 47, 653, OF-50.

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{{Railway stations in Frankfurt Rhine-Main S-Bahn stations Railway stations in Germany opened in 1990 Railway stations located underground in Frankfurt