Hamburg Dammtor railway station

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Hamburg Dammtor
Architectural information
Location	Rotherbaum
State	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Local authority	Eimsbüttel
Operations
DS100 code	ADF (main line)
Station code	2513
Type	Hp
Category	2
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany
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Hamburg Dammtor is a railway station for long distance, regional and public transport trains. In front is a bus station of the same name for public transport in Hamburg, Germany.

The railway station is one of the 4 long distance train stations in Hamburg. The other stations are Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Hamburg-Altona and Hamburg-Harburg. The stations is classified as a Haltepunkt because no trains are changing directions or starting and ending here.

Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 Operation usage 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

The name Dammtor origins from an old city gate located here until the end of the 19th century. The now existing railway station was opened July 7, 1903 . A former station was at-grade around hundred meters away existing since 1866.

[edit] Location

Hamburg Dammtor is in the center of Hamburg in the quarter Rotherbaum of the Eimsbüttel borough near the University of Hamburg and the Congress Center Hamburg. So the railway station signs have the addition Messe- und Kongressbahnhof (Traid fair and congress station).

[edit] Operation usage

The railway stations has 4 elevated tracks, one platform servicing the regional and long distance trains, the other island platform servicing the city train.

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Hamburg-Altona Terminus		ICE 20		Hamburg Hauptbahnhof toward Basel SBB
		ICE 22		Hamburg Hauptbahnhof toward Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
		ICE 25		Hamburg Hauptbahnhof toward München Hauptbahnhof
		ICE 28
Preceding station		Hamburg S-Bahn		Following station
Sternschanze toward Blankenese		S11		Hamburg Hauptbahnhof toward Ohlsdorf
Sternschanze toward Elbgaustraße		S21		Hamburg Hauptbahnhof toward Aümuhle
Sternschanze toward Hamburg-Altona		S31		Hamburg Hauptbahnhof toward Hamburg-Neugraben
Preceding station		AKN Eisenbahn		Following station
Sternschanze toward Neumünster		A1		Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Terminus

[edit] See also

• Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
• Hamburg S-Bahn

[edit] References

• Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) (German)

[edit] External links

• DB station information (German)

Coordinates: 53°33′39″N, 9°59′22″E