Steinheim station

Steinheim station is a station on the Frankfurt–Hanau railway in Hanau in the German state of Hesse. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.Location and descriptionThe station is located on the South Main S-Bahn line (DB line no. 3680) between Frankfurt and Hanau, which runs parallel with a section of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway (DB line no. 3600). The S-Bahn line is single track here, as it is all the way from Mülheim (Main) Dietenheim station to Hanau Central Station (Hanau Hauptbahnhof).The single platform is on the northeast side of the track and is served by trains in both directions. The platform is located on the side of the track away from central Steinheim. This is a somewhat unusual arrangement made necessary because the S-Bahn track runs on the northern side of the line in order to cross Steinheim Main Bridge and to connect immediately afterwards to the tracks on the northern side of Hanau station. The station was brought into operation with the opening of the S-Bahn in 1995 and it is now served by lines S 8 and S 9.HistoryIt replaces the previous Steinheim station, which was at the same place on the Frankfurt–Bebra railway and opened in 1873. Its original name was Klein Steinheim. The station building was, however, on the southeast side of the tracks. The railway also had a freight track with a goods shed for local freight.