List of Deutsche Bahn station abbreviations
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Deutsche Bahn
and its predecessors Deutsche Bundesbahn
, Deutsche Reichsbahn
and DRG
use a system of letters to denote a station on their network. This station code
is called the DS-100 code, named after the original papers laying out the system, the DS 100, Abkürzungen der Betriebsstellen.
where X denotes the Bundesbahndirektion (BD) in West Germany or Reichsbahndirektion (Rbd) in East Germany and prior to 1949, and YYYY is the code of the station itself, which can be up to four letters. It is noteworthy that whilst some of the Direktionen have been merged into others, changed, or otherwise remodeled, their old codes remained in place. For example, most of the Northern areas of Germany still have the BD code A for Altona (now a part of Hamburg
), even though the BD Altona has long been out of existence.
Further information can be added by an extra letter after the station identifier, for example HB is the code for Bremen Hauptbahnhof
, (BD Hanover (H), station code B) whilst HB X is the code for the Bremen maintenance works, which are considered a subdivision of Bremen Hauptbahnhof and hence do not have their own code.
Special codes are also used to identify border points, special tariff points for ships et cetera.
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...
and its predecessors Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
, Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR was the operating name of state owned railways in the German Democratic Republic ....
and DRG
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....
use a system of letters to denote a station on their network. This station code
Station code
A station code is an abbreviation used on railways for railway stations. The codes are most used internally in the business, but can be seen at railway traffic signs and in some time tables.For different station codes, see* List of Amtrak station codes, USA...
is called the DS-100 code, named after the original papers laying out the system, the DS 100, Abkürzungen der Betriebsstellen.
Description of the code
The code is set up as follows:- X YYYY Z
where X denotes the Bundesbahndirektion (BD) in West Germany or Reichsbahndirektion (Rbd) in East Germany and prior to 1949, and YYYY is the code of the station itself, which can be up to four letters. It is noteworthy that whilst some of the Direktionen have been merged into others, changed, or otherwise remodeled, their old codes remained in place. For example, most of the Northern areas of Germany still have the BD code A for Altona (now a part of 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...
), even though the BD Altona has long been out of existence.
Further information can be added by an extra letter after the station identifier, for example HB is the code for Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bremen in northwestern Germany. It is the most important rail station for both the city and the state of Bremen; InterCityExpress, Intercity, EuroCity, CityNightLine and DB NachtZug services call at the station, which is situated to the Northeast of the city...
, (BD Hanover (H), station code B) whilst HB X is the code for the Bremen maintenance works, which are considered a subdivision of Bremen Hauptbahnhof and hence do not have their own code.
Special codes are also used to identify border points, special tariff points for ships et cetera.
Abbreviations
For the meaning of the standard German railway abbreviations (Bf etc.) used in the main table below see: Railway station types of GermanyRailway station types of Germany
The railways in Germany use several codes to differentiate between various types of stops and stations.-Current usage:*Bf – Bahnhof , defined as a place where trains may start, end or change directions, and that has at least one set of points.*Hbf – Hauptbahnhof, the central station of...
Listing of BD/RbD codes
- A – AltonaAltona, HamburgAltona 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...
- B – BerlinBerlinBerlin 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...
- D – DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
- E – EssenEssen- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
- F – FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
- H – Hannover
- K – KölnKOLNKOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...
- L – Halle (Saale)
- N – Nürnberg
- M – München
- R – KarlsruheKarlsruheThe City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
- S – SaarbrückenSaarbrückenSaarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....
- T – StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart 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 ....
- U – ErfurtErfurtErfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
- W – SchwerinSchwerinSchwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...
BD Hannover
- HA – Altenbeken
- HACH – Achim
- HAHM – Ahlem
- HALF – Alfeld (Leine)
- HALT – Ahlten
- HAUR – Aurich Bf
- HAW – Bremen-Sebaldsbrück Werkbf Hp Hp
- HB – Bremen Hbf Bf
- HB F – Bremen Hbf Abstellgruppe Fernverkehr Bft
- HB X – Bremen Werk Bft
- HBAW – Bremen-Sebaldsbrück Wbf Bf
- HBB – Bremen-Burg Bf
- HBDE – Bünde (Westf) Bf
- HBDG – Bad Driburg (Westf) Bf
- HBGD – Burgdorf Bf
- HBGH – Barsinghausen Bf
- HBGM – Bad Gandersheim Hp
- HBH – Bremerhaven Hbf Bf
- HBHA – Bad Harzburg Bf
- HBHLA – Bremerhaven-Lehe Abstellbahnhof Bft
- HBHS – Bremerhaven Seehafen Bf
- HBKB – Bückeburg Bf
- HBKE – Brake (Unterweser) Bf
- HBOM – Bohmte Bf
- HBS – Braunschweig Hbf Bf
- HBTH – Bad Bentheim Bf
- HBUA – Schöningen Braunschweigische-Kohlen-Bw Awanst
- HBV – Bremen-Vegesack Bf
- HBVW – Salzgitter-Beddingen VW Anst
- HBZ – Bremen Zollausschluß Bf
- HBZN – Hannover Betriebszentrale NL Nord BZ
- HC – Celle Pbf Bf
- HCLP – Cloppenburg Bf
- HCOP – Coppenbrügge Hp
- HCZ – Clausthal-Zellerfeld Bush
- HD – Delmenhorst Bf
- HDIP – Diepholz Bf
- HDVD – Dörverden Bf
- HE – Emden Hbf Bf
- HEA – Emden Außenhafen Bf
- HEB – Einbeck-Salzderhelden Bf
- HEBF – Einbeck Feierabend Anst
- HEBG – Eichenberg Bf
- HEDA – Oldenburg (Oldb) Edeka Awanst
- HELZ – Elze (Han) Bf
- HEMB – Rheine Emsbrücke Üst
- HEMP – Empelde Hp
- HESD – Eschede Bf
- HESN – Essen (Oldb) Bf
- HEVW – Emden Hbf Volkswagenwerk Bft
- HFAH – Nordenham-Friedrich-August-Hütte Anst
- HFAL – Bad Fallingbostel Bf
- HFVW – Fallersleben Volkswagenwerk Anst
- HG – Göttingen Bf
- HGA – Bremen Gabelung Abzw
- HGAA – Braunschweig Gabelung Abzw
- HGBW – Großburgwedel Bf
- HGI – Gifhorn Bf
- HGS – Goslar Bf
- HH – Hannover Hbf Bf
- HH H – Hannover Herschelstraße Bft
- HH P – Hannover Hbf Pferdeturm Bft
- HH X – Hannover Leinhausen Werk Bft
- HHAE – Hämelerwald Bf
- HHI – Hildesheim Hbf Bf
- HHLM – Helmstedt Bf
- HHM – Hameln Bf
- HHML – Hannover Messe/Laatzen Bft
- HHMLB – Hannover Messe/Laatzen Terminal B Bft
- HHX – Höxter Bf
- HI – Ibbenbüren Bf
- HJ – Jever Hp
- HK – Kreiensen Bf
- HKWA – Hannover Karl-Wiechert-Allee Bf
- HL – Löhne (Westf) Pbf Bf
- HLEE – Leer (Ostfriesl) Bf
- HLER – Lehrte Bf
- HLGF – Hannover Flughafen Bf
- HLGM – Langenhagen Mitte Hp
- HLGO – Langeoog Slst
- HLI – Hannover-Linden
- HLIG – Lingen (Ems)
- HLOX – Loxstedt
- HLTA – Letter
- HM – Minden (Westf) Bf
- HMDD – Bad Münder (Deister) Bf
- HMS – Munster (Örtze) Bf
- HN – Northeim (Han) Bf
- HNBG – Nienburg (Weser) Bf
- HNDM – Norddeich Mole Hp Bft
- HNN – Norden Bf
- HNO – Nordenham Bf
- HO – Osnabrück Hbf Bf
- HOLD – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf Bf
- HOSS – Osterholz-Scharmbeck Bf
- HP – Peine Bf
- HPTA – Porta Westfalica Bf
- HQ – Quakenbrück Bf
- HR – Rheine Bf
- HS – Seelze Pbf Bf
- HSB – Salzgitter Bad Bf
- HSHN – Salzgitter Hütte Nord Bf
- HSHS – Salzgitter Hütte Süd Bf
- HSL – Salzgitter-Lebenstedt Hp
- HSO – Soltau (Han) Bf
- HSR – Seelze Rbf Bf
- HST – Salzgitter-Thiede Hp
- HSWI – Salzgitter-Watenstedt (IKEA) Awanst
- HSYK – Syke Bf
- HSZK – Salzgitter Schacht Konrad 1 Bf
- HU – Uelzen Pbf Bf
- HV – Verden (Aller) Bf
- HVLO – Vlotho Bf
- HVOL – Voldagsen
- HW – Wilhelmshaven
- HWAR – Warburg (Westf)
- HWG – Wangerooge
- HWOB – Wolfsburg
- HWOL – Wolfenbüttel
- HWSD – Westerstede (Oldb)
- HWSR – Walsrode
- HWUN – Wunstorf
- HXB – Bad Bentheim Grenze
- HXE – Eichenberg (Tarifgr)
- HXH – Helmstedt (Tarifgr)
- HXL – Laarwald Grenze
- HXWE – Weener Grenze
- HZWI – Bad Zwischenahn