Hamburg-Altona railway station

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Hamburg-Altona Transportation hub
Outside view (in 2005)
Address	Scheel-Plessen-Str. 17 22765 Hamburg
Coordinates	53°33′07″N, 9°56′06″E
Lines	Deutsche Bahn ICE and regional rail Hamburg S-Bahn S1 S11 S2 S3 S31
Connections	Buses
Structure	At-grade and underground
Levels	2
Parking	Park and ride
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Baggage check	Yes
Other information
Opened	1844
Rebuilt	1898, 1950, 1979
Accessible
Code	ds100: AA (main line) AAS (S-Bahn) DB station code: 2517 Type: Bf Category: 2
Formerly	Hauptbahnhof Altona

Hamburg-Altona is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany. It is situated west of the city's main station, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, in Altona, and is the usual start and end point for southbound long-distance trains.

The main line station is a terminal station, and most InterCityExpress (ICE) services to southern Germany terminate and start there. It also is connected to the Hamburg S-Bahn by a subterranean station. The Station is also provided by AutoZug (Car Train).

1 History
2 Station layout
3 Station services
- 3.1 Trains
- 3.2 Facilities at the station
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Altona Bahnhof (train station) in 1971. Buses, Street Cars, Trains and S-Bahn (Subway) trains all met at this spot.

Due to the fact Altona has been a independent city of the Duchy of Holstein, first railway lines were build toward Kiel (1844), to the city of Hamburg (1866) Hamburg – Altona – Verbindungsbahn and toward the villages on the right bank of the river Elbe (1867). The station was named Altona central station.

[edit] Station layout

The station was build 1979. The regional and long distance trains calls Altona on at-grade tracks in a stub terminal. The 4 tracks for the city trains are underground with 2 island platforms and accessible by lifts. In front is a bus station for several bus lines.

[edit] Station services

[edit] Trains

[edit] Long distance

Altona is the terminus for the ICE lines 25 and 28 to Munich, line 22 to Stuttgart and line 20 to Basel. The ICE trains are running for the German railway company Deutsche Bahn.

[edit] Regional trains

Among other regional trains the regional lines R60 from Husum and Itzehoe and R70 from Neumünster and Kiel are calling the station. The line R70 continue toward Hamburg central station.

[edit] Rapid transit

The lines S1 and S11 call Altona coming from the quarters in the West and continue to Hamburg central station (Hauptbahnhof) and the northern quarters of the Wandsbek borough. The line S3 is comming from the North-western quarters and Pinneberg continue via Jungfernstieg station and central station toward Stade or Neugraben-Fischbek in the South. The line S31 starts here to travel via Holstenstraße station toward Neugraben-Fischbek.

[edit] Facilities at the station

A shopping centre is located in the station.

[edit] See also

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Preceding station	DB AG	Following station
Terminus	ICE 20	Hamburg Dammtor toward Basel SBB
	ICE 22	Hamburg Dammtor toward Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
	ICE 25	Hamburg Dammtor toward München Hauptbahnhof
	ICE 28	Hamburg Dammtor toward München Hauptbahnhof
Preceding station	Hamburg S-Bahn	Following station
Bahrenfeld toward Wedel	S1	Königstraße toward Poppenbüttel
Bahrenfeld toward Blankenese	S11	Holstenstraße toward Ohlsdorf
Terminus	S2	Königstraße toward Hamburg-Bergedorf
Diebsteich toward Pinneberg	S3	Königstraße toward Stade
Terminus	S31	Holstenstraße toward Hamburg-Neugraben