Night travel FrankfurtRheinMain
© Deutsche Bahn AG / Roland Horn
At night, Frankfurt and the region are well connected every day of the week. Six S-Bahn lines operate on weekends, supplemented by regional bus lines. The S8 runs through the region every night from Monday to Friday. And in Frankfurt there is a single line network that is served at least every half hour every night and is in fact no longer different from the daily network.
Regional night lines from Monday to Thursday
The S-Bahn line S8 (Wiesbaden - Airport - Frankfurt - Offenbach - Hanau) runs every hour or every half hour.
- S-Bahn-line S8: Wiesbaden - Frankfurt - Offenbach - Hanau
Daily bus lines and night buses in the region
Linie 751: Flughafen Terminal 1 - Walldorf - Mörfelden
Linie X17: Hofheim - Kriftel - Hattersheim - Flughafen Terminal 1
- Linie X19: Flughafen Terminal 1 - Neu-Isenburg - Heusenstamm - Obertshausen
- Linie n71: Frankfurt Konstablerwache - Neu-Isenburg - Langen - Darmstadt
- Linie n72: Flughafen Terminal 1 - Neu-Isenburg - Dietzenbach / Offenbach
- Linie n65: Offenbach Marktplatz - Frankfurt Hanauer Landstraße - Konstablerwache
Regional night services on weekends
In the nights from Friday to Saturday, Saturday to Sunday and before public holidays there is a continuous S-Bahn night service on lines S1 to S6 and S8:
- S1: hourly Wiesbaden - Rödermark-Ober-Roden
- S2: hourly Niedernhausen - Dietzenbach
- S3/S4: hourly Bad Soden/Kronberg - Frankfurt Südbahnhof - Darmstadt
- S5: hourly Friedrichsdorf - Frankfurt Südbahnhof
- S6: hourly Friedberg – Frankfurt Südbahnhof
- S8: hourly Wiesbaden – Offenbach Ost, stündlich bis Hanau
The S-Bahn is supplemented by regional bus lines:
- Linie n31: Oberursel Stierstadt – Oberursel – Oberstedten
- Linie n35: Friedrichsdorf – Köppern – Burgholzhausen
- Linie n61: Frankfurt - Maintal - Hanau
- Linie n96: Frankfurt - Bad Vilbel - Schöneck
- Linie OF-95: Dietzenbach - Ober-Roden - Urberach
- Linie 251: Weißkirchen - Steinbach
- Linie 253: Frankfurt Höchst - Bad Soden - Königstein
- Linie 261: Oberursel - Kronberg - Königstein
- Linie 262: Hofheim - Wiesbaden Nordenstadt
- Linie 804: Frankfurt Höchst - Kelkheim - Eppenhain
There are additional night-time services on weekends on important regional rail routes.
The network is composed of the 24-hour operation of important daytime routes: These are, on the one hand, underground routes and tram routes, which are replaced by night bus routes close to the tracks due to the reduced demand on weekday nights, and, on the other hand, the metro buses that also run at night. This network is supplemented by other important bus routes that run at half-hourly or hourly intervals. So, "during the week", the same network is in effect as on weekends.
On weekend nights, the four underground routes U4, U5, U7, U8 and the four tram routes 11, 12, 16, and 18, form the backbone of the local public transport system. During the week, these routes are replaced by night bus routes that follow the route of "the track" with the same route number: the "trackside night-time bus" with the routes N4, N5, N7, N8, N11, N12, N16 and N18.
| Underground and tram routes on weekend nights | Trackside night bus routes on weekday nights | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| U4 | Bockenheimer Warte – Seckbacher Landstraße | N4 | Bockenheimer Warte – Bornheim Mitte (continues as line M43 to Bergen Ost) |
| U5 | Hauptbahnhof – Preungesheim | N5 | Hauptbahnhof – Preungesheim |
| U7 | Praunheim Heerstraße – Enkheim | N7 | Praunheim Heerstraße – Enkheim |
| U8 | Südbahnhof – Riedberg – Nieder-Eschbach | N8 | Südbahnhof – Riedberg – Nieder-Eschbach (continues as line 29 to Nieder-Erlenbach) |
| 11 | Fechenheim Schießhüttenstraße – Höchst Zuckschwerdtstraße | N11 | Fechenheim Schießhüttenstraße – Höchst Zuckschwerdtstraße (continues as line 59 to Unterliederbach Cheruskerweg) |
| 12 | Schwanheim Rheinlandstraße – Konstablerwache (continues as line 18) | N12 | Schwanheim Rheinlandstraße – Konstablerwache (continues as line N18 to Unfallklinik) |
| 16 | Ginnheim – Offenbach Stadtgrenze | N16 | Ginnheim – Offenbach Stadtgrenze |
| 18 | Preungesheim – Konstablerwache (continues as line 12) | N18 | Unfallklinik – Konstablerwache (continues as line N12 to Schwanheim Rheinlandstraße) |
Bus lines in night traffic - daily
- M32: Westbahnhof – Bockenheimer Warte – Miquel-/Adickesallee – Höhenstraße – Ostbahnhof
- M34: Gallus Mönchhofstraße – Rödelheim Bahnhof – Industriehof – Dornbusch – Bornheim Mitte
- M36: Westbahnhof – Bockenheimer Warte – Westend – Holzhausenstraße – Konstablerwache – Sachsenhausen Hainer Weg
- M43: Bergen Ost – Seckbach – Seckbacher Landstraße – Bornheim Mitte
- M46: Rebstock Römerhof – Europaviertel West – Platz der Einheit – Hauptbahnhof
- M55: Sindlingen Friedhof – Zeilsheim – Höchst Bahnhof – Zuckschwerdtstraße – Rödelheim Bahnhof
- M60: Rödelheim Bahnhof – Heerstraße – Nordwestzentrum – Heddernheim (– Alt-Eschersheim Im Uhrig)
- M72/M73: Nordwestzentrum – Industriehof – Rödelheim / Westbahnhof
The Metro bus routes M32, M34, M36, M43, M46, M55, M60 and M72 run every 30 minutes at night.
- 28: Kalbach underground station – Harheim Tempelhof
- 29: Nieder-Eschbach underground station – Nieder-Erlenbach
- 39: Preungesheim underground station – Berkersheim Mitte
- 58: Höchst Bahnhof – airport Terminal 1
- 59: Unterliederbach Cheruskerweg – Höchst Bolongaropalast/Zuckschwerdtstraße
- 61: Südbahnhof – airport Terminal 1
- 62: Alt-Schwanheim – airport Terminal 1
- 63: Weißer Stein – Preungesheim underground station
Bus routes 28, 29, 39, 59, 61, 62 and 63, which are important because of their accessibility factor, also run in segments "during the week" and thus around the clock. Bus route 58 runs between Höchst Bahnhof and Terminal 1 airport every night at half-hourly intervals.
Bus lines in night traffic - on weekends
- 28: Kalbach Hopfenbrunnen – Harheim Tempelhof
- 46: Rebstock Römerhof – Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
More information: Night-time transport in Frankfurt
- Wiesbaden: "Nightliner", the buses run from the city center in a star pattern to the outskirts
- Mainz: selected tram and bus lines for daily traffic
- Bad Homburg: bus lines 21 and 22
- Hochtaunuskreis: bus lines 51, 59, 63, 83, 85
- Darmstadt: "NightLiner" trams 5, 7/8 and 9, bus lines F and H
- District oft Darmstadt-Dieburg: bus lines O, MO2, P, PE, RH, GU1, GU2, GU3, U, WE1, 8N, 45, 671, 672, 678, 679 and 693
- Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis: bus lines 171, 271 and 274
- Around Hanau: bus lines 562 and X93
- All RMV tickets can be used.
- The RMV common conditions of carriage (only in German) and fare regulations (only in German) apply.
More information
- Passengers can also ask the bus driver to drop them off in between stops (where it is safe to do so).
- All night line journeys as well as the late journeys with the normal routes are included in the Routes enquiry.
- If you have any questions, please contact the RMV hotline.
Use the routes enquiry
You can use the Connection Search to find out the route and time of travelling home via bus and train.
- Individual enquiry: Queries regarding a connection from A to B at a specific time.
- Live-Information: Search based on the current traffic situation
- Service timetable: Complete route from the start to the end stop with all the intermediate stops and departure times.
- Personalised route timetable: If you use the same route frequently.
