The Line C is a line on the Frankfurt U-Bahn. It consists of the U6 and the U7.
At the time of the line's inauguration in 1986, it ran from Enkheim to the Hauptwache and then continued along the Bockenheimer Landstrasse all the way up to Bockenheim and then continued to their terminus in Hausen for U7, whereas for U6, it then continued to their terminus in Praunheim.
Sections
Line C consists of various stretches:
Heerstraße – Industriehof
The longer of the two branches of the line is used by the line U7 (formerly U6 until the end of 2018) and is located on the median strip of the usually two-lane Ludwig-Landmann-Straße, which serves as an entry and exit road. The line, on which until 1986 the tram line 22 reversed, was already extended in the 1970s in connection with the construction of the central workshop on the Heerstraße urban railway and road-independent. For the opening of the C route, therefore, hardly any conversion measures were required, only the existing platforms were brought to a uniform length of 90 meters. A further expansion took place only in recent years, the route was thereby equipped with barrier-free elevated platforms and entrances.
The route begins with a three-track turning plant on the Heerstraße at the height of a substation. It is largely surrounded by agricultural fields on which the business park Praunheim is to be built in the future. From there, the one-kilometer connecting section takes you to the Stadtbahn central workshop in Rödelheim, which is about one kilometer away. There, all VGF rail vehicles are serviced. After this junction, the route crosses the orthogonal Heerstraße and merges into the median strip of Ludwig-Landmann-Straße. There is - now about 100 meters away - the same name Stadtbahnstation Heerstraße. It received a high platform in mid-layer in 2004 and was merged with the formerly very close station Ebelfeld and therefore moved to the south. In order to not extend the transfer routes to the bus line 60, which is actually only operated by the Heerstraße, the bus stop was relocated to Ludwig-Landmann-Straße and a turning point was built immediately before the terminus of the U6. The bus stop is currently still in the provisional state, while the light rail station is equipped according to the latest stop design of the VGF. It opens up the settlement of Praunheim, which was built in the 1920s as part of Ernst May's New Frankfurt Housing Development Program, as well as a small shopping center.
About 500 meters further on is the Stadtbahnstation Friedhof Westhausen, which bears the name of the nearby cemetery. The cemetery Westhausen is one of the largest cemeteries in Frankfurt and also houses a memorial to 4788 Italian military and civilians who died in World War II. The cemetery in turn is named after the 1929-31 built settlement Westhausen, which begins at the station and was also designed by Ernst May. Together with the next station Stephan-Heise-Straße, the settlement of more than a thousand apartments and the Liebig-Gymnasium will be developed. Both stations are very similar developed: They both have high platforms, each with a ground-level access and an underpass, which is combined at the cemetery Westhausen by ramps with the walkway of the Kollwitzstraße, the Ludwig-Landmann-Straße under.
In the further course of the route, the developed as a city highway A 66 is crossed and thus leave the district Praunheim, on whose boundary incidentally, the settlement Westhausen. Behind the motorway bridge is the station Hausener Weg. It lies at the intersection of the same street with the Ludwig-Landmann-Straße, opens up the adjacent residential areas of Hausen and Rödelheim and offers the possibility to change bus line 34. The bus stop was the first to be rebuilt according to barrier-free guidelines. The former ground-level platforms were replaced by elevated platforms and built traffic-light pedestrian crossings instead of underpasses. In contrast to the previous two stations, the underpass could no longer be connected to the platforms because the new ramps to the pedestrian crossing are located above. However, it remains passable as a connection between both sides of the street. In addition, there are still stairs to the Niddauferweg at the southeast end of the station. The Nidda is crossed directly after the station Hausener Weg.
The following station Fischstein had as last still low platforms. The conversion was completed at the end of May 2011. (→ see below); the station was moved some 100 m into the city.