Europaviertel building project

The "Stadtbahn Europaviertel" project is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the city of Frankfurt am Main. The major construction project will extend the U5 city rail line beyond the main train station to the Europaviertel, thereby connecting one of Frankfurt's newest neighborhoods to the city's efficient public transportation network.

The route with four stations is 2.7 kilometers long: it runs from the connecting structure under the Platz der Republik through the underground station "Güterplatz" over a ramp to the surface and continues on a green track in the middle of the Europa-Allee towards the west. The stations "Emser Brücke/Messe", "Europagarten" and "Europaviertel West" will be built above ground.

As is typical for such large-scale projects, the majority of the funding comes from state and federal grants. The city of Frankfurt is taking on another large portion, and the remaining funds are covered by the VGF.

In 2015 the city of Frankfurt commissioned the VGF to realize the "Stadtbahn Europaviertel" project as the building contractor. To this end, the Stadtbahn Europaviertel Projektbaugesellschaft mbH (SBEV) was founded, following the model of comparable large-scale projects in other German cities, and is focused on this major undertaking. At the end of 2022, the company was renamed to Stadtbahn Entwicklung und Verkehrsinfrastrukturprojekte Frankfurt GmbH - still abbreviated as SBEV.