Elevator UptimeElevator outages in Frankfurt
Frankfurt's major rail hub, airport connections, and high-rise financial-district buildings all depend on lifts whose real-time station status is tracked through Deutsche Bahn's public data feed. Elevator Uptime surfaces those outages alongside rider-submitted reports in a single public record. Report a broken elevator in 15 seconds. No account, no email.
Outage history — last 12 months
1,350 recorded outages across tracked Frankfurt buildings. Record begins April 2026.
Each bar counts outages by the month they began, drawn from regulatory records and live-feed archives. A month with no bar had no recorded outages in our data — not necessarily zero real outages.
Affected buildings
- Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen RegionalbahnhofFrankfurt am Main2 active
- Frankfurt (Main) GalluswarteFrankfurt am Main1 active
- Frankfurt (Main) HauptwacheFrankfurt am Main1 active
- Frankfurt (Main) HbfFrankfurt am Main10 active
- Frankfurt (Main) MühlbergFrankfurt am Main1 active
- Frankfurt (Main) SüdFrankfurt am Main1 active
- Frankfurt am Main Flughafen FernbahnhofFrankfurt am Main4 active
- Frankfurt am Main Gateway GardensFrankfurt am Main2 active
- Frankfurt-GriesheimFrankfurt am Main2 active
- Frankfurt-RödelheimFrankfurt am Main2 active
All tracked buildings (21)
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- Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Regionalbahnhof
- Frankfurt (Main) Galluswarte
- Frankfurt (Main) Ginnheim
- Frankfurt (Main) Hauptwache
- Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
- Frankfurt (Main) Konstablerwache
- Frankfurt (Main) Lokalbahnhof
- Frankfurt (Main) Mühlberg
- Frankfurt (Main) Niederrad
- Frankfurt (Main) Ostendstraße
- Frankfurt (Main) Stadion
- Frankfurt (Main) Stresemannallee
- Frankfurt (Main) Süd
- Frankfurt (Main) Taunusanlage
- Frankfurt (Main) West
- Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof
- Frankfurt am Main Gateway Gardens
- Frankfurt am Main Messe
- Frankfurt-Griesheim
- Frankfurt-Louisa
- Frankfurt-Rödelheim
Lift outages in Frankfurt
Real-time lift and escalator availability at DB-managed stations in Frankfurt is published through Deutsche Bahn's FaSta (Facility Status) API, covering Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt Airport, and other DB-managed stations in the region. Germany's Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz (BGG) establishes accessibility obligations for public transport providers and federal institutions. The RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund) coordinates regional transit in the Frankfurt area; U-Bahn and S-Bahn lift status beyond DB stations is available through RMV and VGF (Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt) service channels.
For residential and commercial buildings, lift maintenance obligations sit with building owners and property managers under German tenancy and building law. Outages at DB FaSta-covered stations are added to the public record here as they appear on the agency feed; outages in other buildings and at non-DB stations are added as riders and building staff submit them.
How to report a broken lift in Frankfurt
- DB rail stations (including Frankfurt Hbf and Airport): DB FaSta real-time status or the DB Reisezentrum customer line
- VGF U-Bahn and tram stations: VGF service information or the RMV customer service line
- Residential tenants: contact your Hausverwaltung; persistent issues can be escalated to the Stadt Frankfurt am Main
- Any building, public record: file an outage on Elevator Uptime in 15 seconds
For the full reporting guide, see how to report a broken elevator.