Frankfurt Central hub

Located at the heart of Germany and with a huge number of potential transfer connections, the Frankfurt hub is one of the most important rail junctions in Europe. Many international and national traffic flows cross Frankfurt Central, making it a key passenger station in the Deutsche Bahn AG rail network. Around 450,000 travelers use Frankfurt Central every day.

In order to cope with this large number of visitors and heavy traffic flows, the network around the hub is being gradually expanded and its infrastructure upgraded. Various measures are being implemented to increase capacity, improve quality and create synergies from those desired effects.

The Frankfurt hub is being expanded as part of the Frankfurt RheinMainplus program. To ensure that the rail network remains efficient, the State of Hesse, the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Rhine-Main Transit Authority and Deutsche Bahn, under the leadership of DB Netz AG, have joined forces for the purpose of the Frankfurt RheinMainplus program. The idea is to equip the Rhine-Main region for the mobility requirements of tomorrow.

Project information

Expansion of capacity at the Frankfurt Central station throat
Adaptation of the station throat for more flexible and parallel travel options
Increase of platform capacity for better and more flexible accessibility and handling of trains
Improvement in punctuality by eliminating crossing conflicts and secondary conflicts
Separation of traffic flows – untangling of incoming and outgoing trains
Clustering and direction-dependent systematization of journeys

Services

Basic evaluation and initial planning using the BIM planning method
Project design for transport facilities
Project design for technical trackside equipment
Surveying incl. aerial survey by drone and recording of an as-built point cloud
Preparation of an as-built model using the BIM planning method
Geotechnical and as-built investigations and environmental analyses

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Frankfurt Central hub

Project information

Services

Further projects

Szczecin rail line – Replacement construction of railroad overpasses

Expanding Breisgau S-Bahn Rail Infrastructure, Germany

Upgraded line between Angermuende and Szczecin