Dutenhofen station

Dutenhofen station (officially: Dutenhofen (Kr Wetzlar) or Dutenhofen (Wetzlar)) is a junction station in Dutenhofen, the eastmost borough of the city of Wetzlar in the German state of Hesse. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 6 station.[1] It is much less important than Wetzlar station and is located in the north of the suburb of Dutenhofen, near the B 49. The station is located next to a level crossing over the road to Dutenhofener See. East of the station is a junction where the Dill line to Gießen separates from the freight line that bypasses Gießen, running to the junction at Bergwald on the Main-Weser Railway. Since 1962, signalling at the station has been controlled by a small relay interlocking,[2] which is housed in the front of the entrance building.

Dutenhofen

Dutenhofen (Kr Wetzlar)
Through station
LocationBahnhofstr. 50, Wetzlar, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°33′51″N 8°35′56″E
Line(s)
  • Dill Railway (160.6 km) (KBS 455)
  • Dutenhofen–Gießen-Bergwald connecting line
Platforms2
Other information
Station code1424
DS100 codeFDTH
IBNR8001618
Category6 [1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio   Following station
toward Dillenburg
RB 40
Mittelhessen-Express
Gießen Hbf
Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station
RB 45
Lahn Valley Railway
Vogelsberg Railway
Gießen Hbf
toward Fulda
Location
Dutenhofen
Location within Hesse

Operations

The station is equipped with two platform tracks adjoining a central platform. Between the two main tracks at the western end of the platform there is a passing loop. The station is a stop for the Mittelhessen-Express (RB 40) service on the Dill line from Dillenburg station to Gießen and Frankfurt. In the morning peak the station is served by an RE-Sprinter service of the Main-Sieg-Express from Siegen towards Gießen, which is operated with double-deck carriages.

Since the introduction of the 2016/2017 timetable in December 2016, Regionalbahn service RB 45 on the Lahn Valley Railway stops in Dutenhofen in order to improve services. This service is operated by Hessische Landesbahn, which now operates all passenger services on the Lahn Valley Railway.

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. "List of signal boxes in Germany" (in German). www.stellwerke.de. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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