Hamburg-Altona station

Hamburg-Altona (or simply Altona) is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city's main station, in the district which bears its name.

Hamburg-Altona
Location	Scheel-Plessen-Str. 17 22765 Hamburg[1] Germany
Coordinates	53°33′07″N 09°56′06″E
Line(s)	Deutsche Bahn ICE and regional rail Hamburg S-Bahn: S 1 S 11 S 2 S 3 S 31 Hamburg-Altona link line Hamburg City S-Bahn
Platforms	6 island
Tracks	12
Other information
Station code	2517[2]
DS100 code	AA (main line) AAS (S-Bahn)
IBNR	8002553
Category	1[2]
Fare zone	HVV: A/101[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	18 September 1844
Rebuilt	1898 relocated northwards by 700 m 1950 1979
Electrified	29 January 1908, 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955)[4] 15 July 1940, 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail)[4] 4 April 1965, 15 kV AC system (overhead)[4]
Previous names	1844-1938 Altona Hauptbahnhof
Services Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Terminus ICE 18 via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Halle (Saale) - Berlin Hamburg Dammtor towards Munich ICE 20 Hamburg Dammtor towards Basel SBB ICE 22 Hamburg Dammtor towards Stuttgart ICE 25 via Hannover - Fulda - Würzburg - Nürnberg Hamburg Dammtor towards Munich ICE 26 Hamburg Dammtor towards Karlsruhe ICE 28 via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Leipzig - Berlin Hamburg Dammtor towards Munich EuroCity Hamburg Dammtor toward Prague DB Regio Nord Elmshorn toward Westerland (Sylt) RE 6 via Niebüll - Husum - Heide (Holst) - Itzehoe Terminus nordbahn Pinneberg toward Itzehoe or Wrist RB 71 Terminus Hamburg S-Bahn Bahrenfeld toward Wedel S 1 Königstrasse toward Poppenbüttel or Hamburg Airport (Flughafen) Bahrenfeld toward Blankenese S 11 Holstenstrasse toward Poppenbüttel Terminus S 2 Königstrasse toward Bergedorf Diebsteich toward Pinneberg S 3 Königstrasse toward Stade Terminus S 31 Holstenstrasse toward Neugraben
Location
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A main line terminal station, most Intercity-Express (ICE) services to and from southern Germany begin and terminate at Hamburg-Altona. It also has an underground station (named Altona) which is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn.[5] The station is managed by DB Station&Service.[2]

History

The original Altona station was built by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company at the end of the line from Kiel, some 300 metres south of the current station. It opened in 1844, at which time Altona was an independent city within the Duchy of Holstein (the old station is currently used as the present-day Altona borough's town hall).

In 1866 the link line was opened, allowing trains to run through to Klosterthor station (near the main train station) 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 (this line is today used by S-Bahn lines S1 and S11).

In 1898 Altona Hauptbahnhof (Altona main station) was opened at the current location. It was badly damaged during World War II but subsequently rebuilt. The building was finally demolished in the late 1970s during the construction of the City-S-Bahn despite protests; it was feared that the tunnelling would cause the structure to collapse. It was replaced by the current two-storey, low-rise precast concrete structure upon its opening in 1979.

Future

In September 2009 the Hamburger Morgenpost and Die Welt revealed that Deutsche Bahn AG plans to close the long distance train station at Altona and to build a new station in the area of Diebsteich station. According to Die Welt, the city government had preliminary studies for the area to build flats and a park. Initially it was expected that the new station would open in 2016.[6][7] As a result of frequent protests, that date has been delayed until 2027.

Station layout

Regional and long-distance trains start and terminate at the street-level bay platforms within the terminal. There are two underground island platforms for the Hamburg S-Bahn rapid transit trains, accessible by stairs, escalators and lifts. In front of the station there is a bus station with connections across the city.

Station services

Long distance

Altona is the terminus/starting point for ICE lines 18, 25 and 28 to Munich, line 22 to Stuttgart, line 26 to Karlsruhe and line 20 to Basel. All ICE services are run by Deutsche Bahn.

Line	Route	Interval
ICE 11	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Augsburg – Munich	Individual services
ICE 18	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg – Munich	Every two hours
ICE 20	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich (– Chur)	Every two hours
ICE 22	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart	Every two hours
ICE 25	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich	Hourly
ICE 26	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Lüneburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Marburg – Gießen – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe	Every two hours
EC 27	(Kiel –) Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Ludwigslust – Berlin – Dresden – Prague	Every two hours
ICE 28	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg – Munich	Every two hours
ICE 30	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne	One train
ICE 31	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt	Two train pairs
IC/EC 30	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart EC: Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich / Interlaken Ost	Every two hours EC: four train pairs
IC 31	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Solingen – Köln – Mainz – Frankfurt (– Würzburg – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Straubing – Passau)	Every two hours
ICE 42	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – / Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich	One train pair
ICE 91	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Plattling – Passau – Linz – St. Pölten – Wien Meidling – Vienna	One train pair

Regional trains

Regional services available from Altona include number R60 to Husum and Itzehoe and R70 to Neumünster and Kiel. Line R70 continues to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.

S-Bahn (Rapid transit)

The S1 and S11 line trains on the Blankenese line from the west of the city call at Altona and continue on towards Hamburg Hauptbahnhof via the City S-Bahn and the link line towards Hamburg Airport and the northern terminus at Poppenbüttel. Route S3 runs from Pinneberg in the north-west of the city via the Pinneberg line and continues via Jungfernstieg station and the Hauptbahnhof and via the Harburg S-Bahn towards Neugraben, eventually terminating at Stade in Lower Saxony. Route S31 starts here and runs via the link line, Holstenstrasse station and the Hauptbahnhof towards Harburg and Neugraben.[5]

Facilities

Several shops are located in the station building, along with emergency and information telephones, ticket machines, toilets, lockboxes and personnel.[1]

Gallery

• 
  The first station with wings built in 1890, as seen from the south
• 
  Bahnhof Altona (railway station) in 1971. Buses, trams, trains and S-Bahn trains all met here.
• 
  Present-day platforms and tracks

See also

• Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
• List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations

References

1. Staff, DB-Konzern - Hamburg-Altona (in German), Deutsche Bahn AG, retrieved 24 January 2008
2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
4. Cf. „Streckenelektrifizierungen“, on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona, retrieved on 19 January 2018.
5. Staff (14 December 2008), Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (Network plan, pdf) (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009, retrieved 24 January 2009
6. Thomas Hirschbiegel, Jessica Kröll (3 September 2009). "Wohnungsbau statt Sackbahnhof" [Flats building instead of terminal] (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
7. Olaf Dittmann (26 September 2009). "Deutsche Bahn legt sich fest: Fernbahnhof Altona wird bis 2016 verlegt" [German Rail predefined: Long distance station Altona transferred until 2016]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2009.

External links

• DB station information (in German)
• Picture of the Hamburg-Altona station (in German)
• Network plan HVV (PDF, 560 KiB)