Hamburg-Altona railway station
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Hamburg-Altona or Altona is a railway station in Hamburg
, Germany
. It is situated west of the city's main station, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
(Hamburg Central Station), in the district of Altona
, and is the usual terminus for southbound long-distance trains.
The main line station Hamburg-Altona is a terminal station
, and most InterCityExpress
(ICE) services to southern Germany begin and terminate there. The underground station is named Altona and is used by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn
. The station is managed by DB Station&Service
.
The original Altona station was built at the end of the line from Kiel, some 300 metres south of the current station by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company
and opened in 1844. Altona was then an independent city within the Duchy of Holstein, but is now the Borough of Altona and the old station is used as its town hall. In 1866 the link line was opened, allowing trains to run through to Klosterthor station (near the current Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
) and on to Berlin
or Hanover
. In 1867 the Altona-Blankenese railway was opened to the towns on the right bank of the river Elbe
, now used by lines S1 and S11 of the S-Bahn.
Between 1893 and 1898 the Altona Hauptbahnhof (Altona Central Station) was opened at the current location. The 1898 station was badly damaged during World War II
, but was rebuilt. It was demolished in the late 1970s during the construction of the City-S-Bahn, despite protests, because there was considered to be a danger that the tunnelling would lead to its collapse. It was replaced by the current two-storey, low-rise, grey, precast concrete structure, opened in 1979.
and Die Welt
in September 2009, the Deutsche Bahn AG
plans to close the long distance train station at Altona and to build a new station at the area of Diebsteich station. Die Welt stated, that the Hamburg government
has preliminary studies for the area to build flats and a park, that the area seems to be contaminated, and the date for opening of the new station is 2016.
, accessible by stairs, escalator
s and lifts. In front of the station there is a bus station
with connections to many parts of Hamburg.
, line 22 to Stuttgart
and line 20 to Basel
. ICE trains are run by Germany's national railway company, Deutsche Bahn
.
and R70 to Neumünster
and Kiel
. Line R70 continues to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.
via the City S-Bahn and the Link line to Hamburg Airport
and the northern terminus at Poppenbüttel. Route S3 runs from Pinneberg in north-west of the city via the Pinneberg line and continues via Jungfernstieg station and the Hauptbahnhof and via the Harburg S-Bahn to Neugraben and Stade
in the south. Route S31 starts here and runs via the Link line and Holstenstrasse station and Central Station and via the Harburg S-Bahn to Harburg and Neugraben.
s, toilets, lockboxes and personnel.
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...
. It is situated west of the city's main station, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
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...
(Hamburg Central Station), in the district of Altona
Altona, Hamburg
Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent city until 1937...
, and is the usual terminus for southbound long-distance trains.
The main line station Hamburg-Altona is a terminal station
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
, and most InterCityExpress
InterCityExpress
The Intercity-Express or ICE is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries. It is the highest service category offered by DB Fernverkehr and is the flagship of Deutsche Bahn...
(ICE) services to southern Germany begin and terminate there. The underground station is named Altona and is used by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn
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...
. The station is managed by DB Station&Service
DB Station&Service
DB Station&Service is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, responsible for managing over 5,000 stations on the German railway network....
.
History
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The original Altona station was built at the end of the line from Kiel, some 300 metres south of the current station by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company
Altona-Kiel Railway Company
The Altona-Kiel Railway Company was a joint-stock company, established under the law of Denmark in personal union with the Duchy of Holstein, that built and operated an 105 km railway line between Altona and the Baltic Sea port city of Kiel...
and opened in 1844. Altona was then an independent city within the Duchy of Holstein, but is now the Borough of Altona and the old station is used as its town hall. In 1866 the link line was opened, allowing trains to run through to Klosterthor station (near the current Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
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...
) and on to Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
or Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
. In 1867 the Altona-Blankenese railway was opened to the towns on the right bank of the river Elbe
Elbe
The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia , then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg...
, now used by lines S1 and S11 of the S-Bahn.
Between 1893 and 1898 the Altona Hauptbahnhof (Altona Central Station) was opened at the current location. The 1898 station was badly damaged during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, but was rebuilt. It was demolished in the late 1970s during the construction of the City-S-Bahn, despite protests, because there was considered to be a danger that the tunnelling would lead to its collapse. It was replaced by the current two-storey, low-rise, grey, precast concrete structure, opened in 1979.
Future
According to the German newspapers Hamburger MorgenpostHamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost is a daily German newspaper, published in Hamburg in tabloid format.The Hamburger Morgenpost is the second largest newspaper in Hamburg.- History :...
and Die Welt
Die Welt
Die Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company.It was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on The Times...
in September 2009, the Deutsche Bahn AG
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
plans to close the long distance train station at Altona and to build a new station at the area of Diebsteich station. Die Welt stated, that the Hamburg government
Government of Hamburg
The government of Hamburg is divided into executive, legislative and judicial branches. Due to the characteristic that Hamburg is a city-state and a municipality in Germany, the governance deals several details of state politics and community politics. It takes place in two ranks; a city-wide and...
has preliminary studies for the area to build flats and a park, that the area seems to be contaminated, and the date for opening of the new station is 2016.
Station layout
The new station was opened in 1979. Regional and long distance trains start and terminate at Altona at street-level bay platforms within the terminal. There are two underground island platforms for the city trains of Hamburg S-BahnHamburg 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...
, accessible by stairs, escalator
Escalator
An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...
s and lifts. In front of the station there is a bus station
Bus station
A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop...
with connections to many parts of Hamburg.
Long distance
Altona is the terminus for ICE lines 25 and 28 to MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, line 22 to Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
and line 20 to Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
. ICE trains are run by Germany's national railway company, Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
.
Regional trains
The regional routes radiating from here include number R60 to Husum and ItzehoeItzehoe
Itzehoe is a town in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.As the capital of the district Steinburg, Itzehoe is located on the Stör, a navigable tributary of the Elbe, 51 km northwest of Hamburg and 24 km north of Glückstadt...
and R70 to Neumünster
Neumünster
Neumünster is an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, which has a total of four independent towns.-Current Situation:Neumünster station is major railway junction with lines running in six directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines.Near...
and Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
. Line R70 continues to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.
S-Bahn (Rapid transit)
The trains on the Blankenese line from the city's western districts, S1 and S11, call at Altona and continue on to Hamburg HauptbahnhofHamburg 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...
via the City S-Bahn and the Link line to Hamburg Airport
Hamburg Airport station
The Hamburg Airport station is the latest addition to the Hamburg S-Bahn, serving Hamburg Airport. It opened in 2008. According to S-Bahn Hamburg plc — owner and operator of the S-Bahn — approximately 13,500 passengers per day used the Ohlsdorf–Hamburg Airport line in 2009.From...
and the northern terminus at Poppenbüttel. Route S3 runs from Pinneberg in north-west of the city via the Pinneberg line and continues via Jungfernstieg station and the Hauptbahnhof and via the Harburg S-Bahn to Neugraben and Stade
Stade station
-External links:...
in the south. Route S31 starts here and runs via the Link line and Holstenstrasse station and Central Station and via the Harburg S-Bahn to Harburg and Neugraben.
Facilities
Several shops are located in the station. There are emergency 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, toilets, lockboxes and personnel.
External links
- DB station information
- Network plan HVV (pdf) 560 KiB