[5] It is a stopping station for some long-distance routes (ICE, IC) and for regional traffic (Regional-Express and RegionalBahn).
A block west of the station runs the Schweizer Straße, the main axis of Sachsenhausen.
Immediately northeast of the station forecourt, between Hedderichstraße and Textorstraße was the old Sachsenhausen Tram Depot, which was closed in 2003 and has since been gutted and rebuilt.
The South Main line is still the most important rail link connecting Frankfurt with Leipzig, Berlin and Hamburg.
In its simplified Art Nouveau style, it is similar to the Höchst station opened the same year.