Classic route
RE 3 Saarbrücken–Frankfurt
Saarbrücken → Frankfurt · Germany
From Saarbrücken by Neunkirchen and St. Wendel down the Nahe valley past Idar-Oberstein and Kirn to Bad Kreuznach, then along the Rhine to Mainz and over to Frankfurt; the Nahe valley railway was complete in 1860.
- Distance
- 205 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h
- Average speed
- 68 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmSaarbrücken Hauptbahnhof +3
- 21 kmNeunkirchen (Saar) Hbf
- 27 kmOttweiler (Saar)
- 35 kmSankt Wendel
- 50 kmTürkismühle
- 56 kmNeubrücke (Nahe)
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- 74 kmIdar-Oberstein
- 89 kmKirn
- 103 kmBad Sobernheim
- 106 kmStaudernheim
- 121 kmBad Münster am Stein
- 125 kmBad Kreuznach
- 148 kmIngelheim am Rhein +1
- 166 kmMainz Hauptbahnhof +2
- 168 kmMainz Römisches Theater
- 174 kmMainz-Bischofsheim
- 178 kmRüsselsheim
- 194 kmFrankfurt am Main Flughafen Regionalbahnhof
- 201 kmFrankfurt-Niederrad
- 206 kmFrankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof +9
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 418586: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE3
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the RE 3 Saarbrücken–Frankfurt?
The RE 3 Saarbrücken–Frankfurt runs 205 km from Saarbrücken to Frankfurt.
How long does the RE 3 Saarbrücken–Frankfurt take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h for the 205 km. That is an average of 68 km/h end to end.
Who runs the RE 3 Saarbrücken–Frankfurt?
vlexx, with RE 3.
How old is the RE 3 Saarbrücken–Frankfurt?
The line has been in service since 1860. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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