Elbgaustraße railway station
Encyclopedia
Elbgaustraße railway station is on the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel line and is serviced by the city trains
located in Hamburg
, Germany
. The railway station is located in the Eimsbüttel
borough.
with 2 tracks and two exit. The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons, because there is a lift and a special floor layout for blind persons.
trains of the lines S3 and S21 of the Hamburg S-Bahn are calling the station. The station is a terminus for the S21.
Direction of the trains on track 1 is Pinneberg
(S3). On track 2 the trains are traveling in the direction Stade
(S3) and Aumühle
(S21) via Hamburg central station
. The S3 needs 33 minutes to the central station, the S21 only 18 minutes via Holstenstraße
.
s, 25 bicycle stands and 300 park and ride
parking lots. In front of the station is a taxicab stand.
Hamburg S-Bahn
The Hamburg S-Bahn is a railway network for public rapid mass transit in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area...
located in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The railway station is located in the Eimsbüttel
Eimsbüttel
Eimsbüttel is one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany. In 2006 the population was 246,087.-History:On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost a part of its area to form the quarter Sternschanze in the borough Altona.-Geography:...
borough.
Station layout
The station is an elevated island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
with 2 tracks and two exit. The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons, because there is a lift and a special floor layout for blind persons.
Trains
The rapid transitRapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
trains of the lines S3 and S21 of the Hamburg S-Bahn are calling the station. The station is a terminus for the S21.
Direction of the trains on track 1 is Pinneberg
Pinneberg
Pinneberg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district Pinneberg in Germany. The town has 42,301 inhabitants. Pinneberg is located 18 km northwest of Hamburg....
(S3). On track 2 the trains are traveling in the direction Stade
Stade
Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . It is the seat of the district named after it...
(S3) and Aumühle
Aumühle
Aumühle is a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, about 21 km east of Hamburg.- Geography :Aumühle lies on the river Bille in the Sachsenwald, the largest forest in Schleswig-Holstein.- History :...
(S21) via Hamburg central station
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the German city of Hamburg. It was opened in 1906 to replace 4 terminal stations. Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is operated by DB Station&Service...
. The S3 needs 33 minutes to the central station, the S21 only 18 minutes via Holstenstraße
Holstenstraße railway station
Holstenstraße is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, located in the quarter Altona-Nord in the borough Altona. It is a station for the rapid transit trains of the city railway and the commuter trains of the AKN railway plc...
.
Facilities at the station
A small shop in the station sells fast food and newspapers. There are no lockerboxes. No personnel is attending the station, but there are SOS and information telephones, ticket machineTicket machine
A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine , is a vending machine that produces tickets. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams...
s, 25 bicycle stands and 300 park and ride
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
parking lots. In front of the station is a taxicab stand.
External links
- DB station information
- Network plan HVV (pdf) 560 KiB