Limited U-Bahn service in Frankfurt

April 26, 2013 By

The U3 line to Frankfurt will be operating a reduced service once again at the weekend to allow for work on the track to take place at the “Miquel- / Adickesallee” station.

From Friday, 26th April, 2013 at 9.30pm the trains will terminate at Heddernheim, and will continue to do so throughout Saturday and Sunday.  Buses replace the trains between Heddernheim and Eschenheimer Tor, from where a shuttle service will be in operation on the line to Südbahnhof.

Passengers should allow extra time for their journey or switch to other routes, such as the S-Bahn line S5 to get from Oberursel to the centre of Frankfurt.

Normal service should be resumed on Monday morning.

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Limited U-Bahn service in Frankfurt

April 18, 2013 By

The U3 line to Frankfurt will be operating a reduced service again at the weekend to allow for work on the track to take place between the stations “Dornbusch” and “Miquel- / Adickesallee”.

From Friday, 19th April, 2013 at 9.30pm the trains will terminate at Heddernheim, and will continue to do so throughout Saturday and Sunday.  Buses replace the trains between Heddernheim and Eschenheimer Tor, from where a shuttle service will be in operation on the line to Südbahnhof.

Passengers should allow extra time for their journey or switch to other routes, such as the S-Bahn line S5 to get from Oberursel to the centre of Frankfurt.

Normal service should be resumed on Monday morning.

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Limited U-Bahn service in Frankfurt

April 5, 2013 By

The U3 line to Frankfurt will be operating a reduced service at the weekend to allow for work on the track to take place near the tunnel entrance at “Dornbusch”.

From Friday, 5th April, 2013 at 9.30pm the trains will terminate at Heddernheim, and will continue to do so throughout Saturday and Sunday.  Buses replace the trains between Heddernheim and Eschenheimer Tor, from where a shuttle service will be in operation on the line to Südbahnhof.

Passengers should allow extra time for their journey or switch to other routes, such as the S-Bahn line S5 to get from Oberursel to the centre of Frankfurt.

Normal service should be resumed on Monday morning.

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The tale of the Ausziehgleis and the Pförtnerampel

March 26, 2013 By

One of the most hotly discussed topics in Oberursel this month must surely be the re-development of an area called the “Bahnhofsareal”.  Roughly speaking, that is the area between the flyover at the “Drei Hasen” where the Homburger Landstraße meets the Nassauer Straße, and the other end of the Nassauer Straße where it almost – but not quite – joins up with the Weingärtenumgehung.  Not quite, unless you include the temporary road that was put in place for the Hessentag to give residents access to the area.

In the middle of this area is the newly restored station, hence the term “Bahnhofsareal” – the area around the station.

The future of that area is not just being discussed now, it has been a topic of discussion and in the town council for the past 25 years, as Councillor Dr. Eggert Winter of the SPD reminded councillors last week before launching into a blow-by-blow account of the various plans that had been on the cards in that time, including plans for a tunnel under the area and closing the level crossing at the end of the Adenauerallee, and a new station combining both S-Bahn and U-Bahn tracks.

“It is good in part when things take longer, because sometimes you notice that the things that you have decided upon are not good”, he said. [Read more…]

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Restricted train services on Saturday

March 8, 2013 By

On Saturday, 9th March, 2013 the U-Bahn line U3 will be closed between Bommersheim and Oberursel station from around 9am until 5pm to allow for tree-cutting work to take place.

Trains from Frankfurt will terminate at “Weißkirchen Ost”, from where a replacement bus service will take passengers to the stops between Bommersheim and Hohemark.

Temporary bus stops have been set up near to the train stations and passengers travelling towards Frankfurt should be aware that the buses will leave the Hohemark terminus around 5 minutes earlier than the train would.

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Traffic lights on the Frankfurter Landstrasse

March 3, 2013 By

This short film shows the Frankfurter Landstraße, to the south-west of Oberursel, where a new Edeka supermarket recently opened.

Since then motorists and residents have been complaining that the traffic lights into the store’s car park are not synchronised with those at the corner of the Kurmainzer Straße in Weißkirchen, causing tailbacks during the daily rush hour.

To make matters worse, the right-hand turn land has been blocked off as well.

And whilst motorists are complaining about the traffic jams, U-Bahn passengers say that they have to wait longer now to cross the road.

I decided to go and take a look and see for myself how long it took to get from the bus stop across to the train station.  I waited for the green man to go out so that I could  time how long the wait is between pressing the button and being allowed to cross.  After around 30 seconds the train to Oberursel left, and in all I had to wait about a minute so catching the train may well depend on if the bus is on time and how fast you walk.

The town hall have said in their online forum that the traffic lights are still provisional and that they hope to have a new system in place during the first half of 2013.  Until then, the evening traffic jam is here to stay.

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A Really Useful Evening of Information about Local Trains

January 16, 2013 By

It was an evening that many users of public transport had been waiting for, even since the possibility of it taking place was announced last summer when discussion about the length of the U-Bahn trains during the holidays was in full swing.

The town’s administration had brought together representatives of both the train operating company, VGF, and the local transport association, VHT to explain something of the way the line is run and to answer travellers’ questions.

The town itself will by paying 1.4 million Euro this year towards the running costs, and is proud of the fact that all of the local stations have been modernised to make them wheelchair-accessible, but they also regret the loss of the 7½ minute service that used to run as far as the main station at peak times. [Read more…]

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Public transport information evening: U-Bahn “U3”

January 13, 2013 By

U-Bahn (U3) single unit train in Oberursel station on 12th August 2012The town of Oberursel and local transport company VGF (Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt) who run the U-Bahn line “U3” that passes through the town are holding an information evening in the town hall on Tuesday, 15th January, 2013 at 7.30pm.

During the evening there will be a chance to ask questions and also put forward suggestions and complaints about the service on the line, which is often a topic of discussion in the town’s internet forum.

Anyone interested is invited to attend the evening and it hoped that the numbers will be sufficient to add weight to any points put forward.

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Last day for the kiosk – first week for the petition

December 15, 2012 By

It was always going to be a sad day at the kiosk next to the U-Bahn station in the Nassauer Straße, with Friday, 14th December, 2012 being the last day of business for the kiosk before it finally closed for good.

With the shelves slowly becoming empty, many of the regular customers had turned up to spend a last evening there with a cup of coffee or a mug of mulled wine.

Much of the conversation going on concerned the future of the kiosk – or lack of it – and in particular the “Bürgerbegehren” that has been started this week.

A “Bürgerbegehren” is a petition to held a referendum on something, and there are strict rules on how to carry one out. [Read more…]

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What happened at the Lahnstraße station?

November 12, 2012 By

Police are investigating an incident that took place last Wednesday (7th November, 2012) at the U-Bahn Station “Lahnstraße”.

A 58 year old man heard what is being described as an “explosive-type noise” coming from one of the nearby houses and felt something hurt his thigh.  He had a 4mm graze and may therefore have been hit by some form of projectile.

Anyone with information is asked to call Oberursel police on 06171 62400.

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