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Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof

Much to the consternation of the current German railway management, the main station in Wiesbaden is a terminal station or dead-end station (Kopfbahnhof).

All the tracks end here, which means that all the trains have to go out backwards, so to speak.

Technically this is no longer a problem, since just about any train can be driven from either end, but it bothers them that the trains have to go out the same way they came in.

From Wiesbaden there are regional express trains that take 34 minutes to get to Frankfurt. Unfortunately the last regional express leaves at 20:31, which is of no use to opera goers.

But there are also three S-Bahn lines which run until late at night:

The S1 takes a direct route and gets to the Frankfurt main station in 39 minutes, stopping at eleven stations on the way.

The S9 goes by way of Frankfurt airport and takes 45 minutes to get to Frankfurt main station.

The S8 goes by way of Mainz, which is on the other side of the Rhine River, and the Frankfurt airport, and it takes 53 minutes to get to Frankfurt main station.

The nice thing about all these trains is that you can take your bicycle along for free (this applies to the Rhine-Main region, but not to other parts of Germany). So you can cycle to Wiesbaden during the day and go back on the train after the opera.

Mode: TO

Type: Train

Cycling to Wiesbaden

The only acceptable cycling route from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden in my opinion is the one that goes along the right bank of the Main River. You have to go around an oil refinery or something between Flörsheim and Hochheim, but aside from that the route goes parallel to the river or right along the shore, and is largely free of automobile traffic.

The regional cycling maps show a couple of other routes which are more direct, but they are quite hilly and infested with automobiles, so it's no fun to cycle that way.

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Type: Bicycle