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With around 730,000 inhabitants, Frankfurt am Main is a major industrial, financial and trade metropolis. The railway network in and around Frankfurt is tight and has a very dense range of regional and long-distance trains. The Cologne-Rhine / Main rapid-transit route was opened in 2002. The journey time from Frankfurt Airport to Cologne Hbf has been less than an hour since then. Due to its central location in the DB network, the railroad company Frankfurt (M) -Griesheim played an outstanding role in the provision of diesel engines in the 1950s. Today, ICE trains and electric locomotives are stationed here.
The city of Frankfurt has always succeeded in stretching the curve between tradition and progress. The main railway station, which dates back to the times of the founding, is just one example of this, in front of the unmistakable skyline of "Mainhattan". The special issue of the railway journal not only describes the development of the railway network in the Frankfurt metropolitan area from the first section, the Taunus railway, to the present, but also focuses on operational aspects as well as on the trainsets and train sets used from Frankfurt , In addition to professional texts, special attention was paid to the selection of the pictures.
The history of the railroad in Frankfurt not only provides railroad friends, but also provides numerous information for everyone.