Frankfurt Airport long-distance station

Frankfurt am Main Airport long-distance station (German: Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof) is a railway station at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany. It is served by long-distance trains, mostly ICE services running on the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line. It is the largest railway station serving an airport in Germany with about 23,000 passengers each day. The station is served by 210 long-distance trains daily, of which 185 are Intercity-Expresses. It and Limburg Süd station are the only railway stations in Germany that are served exclusively by long-distance trains.

Frankfurt (Main) Airport long-distance

Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof
Through station
ICE 3 departing westward underneath The Squaire
General information
LocationHugo-Eckener-Ring 1, Frankfurt, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°03′10″N 8°34′12″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line
Platforms2
Tracks4
Other information
Station code7982
DS100 codeFFLF
Category3
Fare zone: 5090
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened30 May 1999 (1999-05-30)
Passengers
200923,000 per day
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz ICE 2 Nürnberg Hbf
towards München Hbf
Reverses direction ICE 4 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
towards Kiel Hbf
Mannheim Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 11 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
towards Berlin Hbf
Mannheim Hbf
towards München Hbf
Terminus ICE 13 Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Mainz Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 20 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
towards Hamburg Hbf
Reverses direction ICE 22
Mannheim Hbf
towards Stuttgart Hbf or Basel Bad Bf
Köln Messe/Deutz ICE 41 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
towards München Hbf or Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Siegburg/Bonn ICE 42 Mannheim Hbf
towards München Hbf
Siegburg/Bonn ICE 43 Mannheim Hbf
towards Basel SBB
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Dortmund Hbf
ICE 47 Mannheim Hbf
towards München Hbf
Limburg Süd
towards Köln Hbf
ICE 49 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Terminus
Mainz Hbf
towards Wiesbaden Hbf
ICE 50 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
towards Dresden Hbf
Köln Hbf ICE 78 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Terminus
Köln Hbf ICE 79
Mainz Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
ICE 91 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Mainz Hbf Nightjet Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
towards Wien Hbf
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
towards Zürich Hbf
Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station
Rüsselsheim
towards Rüsselsheim Opelwerk
RB 58
via Frankfurt Süd - Hanau
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
towards Laufach
Location
Frankfurt (Main) Airport long-distance
Location within Frankfurt
Frankfurt (Main) Airport long-distance
Hesse
Frankfurt (Main) Airport long-distance
Location within Germany
Frankfurt (Main) Airport long-distance
Location within Europe

The station was opened in 1999 as part of the first part of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line; the great majority of the high-speed line opened in 2002. It is 660 m (2,170 ft) long and 45 m (148 ft) high. It features a large dome containing a lounge area and a ticket hall, and is connected to the airport by a skyway that crosses the Autobahn 3.

Above the station The Squaire, a one-billion-euro complex (containing office space, hotels, convention centres and other facilities), has been built.

Nearby is Frankfurt Airport regional station which is located beneath Terminal 1 of the airport and which provides local S-Bahn services to Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Mainz.

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