Oberbrechen station


Oberbrechen station is a station on the Main-Lahn Railway, which runs from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof to Limburg, in the Brechen suburb of Niederbrechen in the German state of Hesse. With Niederbrechen station, it is one of two stations in Brechen. The station is in the fare area of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station and has two platform tracks.

History

A Haltepunkt was built in Oberbrechen with the construction of the Main-Lahn Railway in 1875. The entrance building was opened in 1879, which was built according to the same plan as the stations in Niederbrechen, Niederselters and Bad Camberg. The entrance building is a listed building. A second platform track was built in 1913.

Operations

Oberbrechen station has two platform tracks, each with an outside platform. Except for the Regional-Express trains on the RE 20 line, all trains on the Main-Lahn Railway stop here.

Rail

The following services currently call at Limburg:
LineRouteComments
Main-Lahn Railway,
Ländches Railway		Wiesbaden Hbf – Niedernhausen – Oberbrechen – Limburg Every 2 hours on Sundays and evenings
Main-Lahn RailwayFrankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen – Oberbrechen – Limburg Hourly + additional services in the peak

Bus

At Oberbrechen station there is a connection to the hourly LM-51 bus service towards Weilburg via Weyer, Münster and Weinbach. Route 285 goes to Limburg three times a day.