Maintal Ost station

Maintal Ost station is a station in the zone of the Rhine-Main Transport Association on the Frankfurt-Hanau Railway, serving the Maintal districts of Hochstadt and Dörnigheim in the German state of Hesse. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.LocationThe Regionalbahn station is at a centrally located and easily accessible location between Hochstadt and Dörnigheim: in the south from Hochstadt and in the north from Dörnigheim.HistoryOn 10 June 1848, the Frankfurt-Hanau railway was opened by the Frankfurt-Hanau Railway Company, but at that time there was no station at the current location. Like the neighbouring Rumpenheim station, the former Hochstadt–Dörnigheim station was built by 1858.InfrastructureThe station now consists of four tracks, but two of them are passing loops, which are not used for scheduled trains.When the station handled freight, there were a total of six tracks, supplemented by several sidings. It mainly served Furnierwerk Kling, which was demolished in 1998, and the Intu-Bau company.For passenger transport, there are now three platforms on the two main tracks and a passing loop to the north. The station building is located on the south side but is no longer used for passengers. It is rented out for events. Tickets for travel in the RMV area and for long-distance services on Deutsche Bahn are available from vending machines. There are free park and ride spaces on both the Hochstädter and the Dörnigheimer sides. In addition, there is taxi parking on the Dörnigheim side.