Operational Usage
| In brief | |
|---|---|
| Total number of tracks: | 120 |
| Number of passenger tracks above ground: |
24 main line, 1 branch, 3 tramway stations, 2 tracks each |
| below ground: | 4 S-Bahn tracks, 4 Stadtbahn tracks (3 in usage) |
| Trains (daily): |
342 long-distance 290 regional |
| Passengers (daily): |
350,000 |
The station's terminal layout has posed some unique problems ever since the late 20th century, since all trains have to change directions and reverse out of the station to continue on to their destination. This causes long turn-around times and places the passengers in the opposite direction of where they had been sitting. There have been several attempts to change this. The last project, called Frankfurt 21, was to put the whole station underground, connect it with tunnels also to the east, and so avoid the disadvantages of the terminal layout. This would be financed by selling the air rights over the area now used for tracks as building ground for skyscraper, but this soon proved unrealistic, and the project was abandoned.
Frankfurt is the third-busiest railway station outside of Japan and the busiest in Germany.
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