page_title: Frankfurt–Hanau (south bank) railway
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Frankfurt–Hanau (south bank) railway / Route
caption_attribution_description: Steinheimer Bruecke (Bahnseite) von suedlicher Steinheimer Seite aus
context_page_description: The South Main line connects Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof with Hanau Hauptbahnhof. It consists of a two-track main line that runs via Offenbach Hauptbahnhof and a line of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn that is entirely independent of the main line tracks but is mainly built next to them. The S-Bahn line connects the Frankfurt City Tunnel to Offenbach Ost and Hanau. It is used by S-Bahn lines S8 and S9.
  The original line was completed in 1873 and 1875, as part of the extension of the Frankfurt-Bebra Railway from Hanau to Frankfurt. The S-Bahn line was opened in 1992 and 1995.
context_section_description: The main line consists of a two-track main line that leaves Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, running next to the Main-Neckar Railway across the Main-Neckar Bridge over the Main. Shortly after crossing the bridge, it swings to the east away from the Main-Neckar line to Frankfurt South station and Offenbach Hauptbahnhof. It continues east to Steinheim Main Bridge, where it crosses the Main again to connect with the Frankfurt-Hanau Railway and runs into Hanau Hauptbahnhof.
  The S-Bahn line branches off the City Tunnel between Ostendstraße and Frankfurt South stations and runs underground until it surfaces near the former Frankfurt-Oberrad station. It then uses part of the route of the Frankfurt-Offenbach Local Railway (German: Frankfurt Lokalbahn), which was closed in 1955, to a tunnel under Offenbach, which surfaces on the south side of the Frankfurt–Bebra line at Offenbach Ost station. It then runs to Hanau station above ground on the south side of the Main until just before Hanau, where it crosses the river. Most of the line has two tracks, but between Offenbach Ost and Mühlheim stations and between Mühlheim-Dietenheim and Hanau main stations it has a single track. Between Offenbach Ost and Hanau, it runs largely parallel with the Frankfurt–Bebra main line, but there is no rail connection between them.
caption: Main line bridge over the Main near Hanau
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