Hanover Central Station

Hanover Central Station
Hannover Hauptbahnhof
Hanover Central on Ernst-August-Platz
Operations
Category 1
Type Crossing station
Platforms in use 12
Daily trains 622 [1]
Daily entry/exit 250,000 [1]
DS100 code HH
Station code 2545
Construction and location
Opened
  • 1843 first station
  • 1879 current station building
Architect Hubert Stier
Location Hannover
State Lower Saxony
Country Germany
Home page www.bahnhof.de
Route information
List of railway stations in Lower Saxony

Hanover Central Station (German: Hannover Hauptbahnhof) is the main train station for the city of Hanover in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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History

The first station on the current site, a temporary building serving the line to Lehrte, was erected in 1843. From 1845 to 1847, a more permanent station, one of the first through stations, was built on the same site.

After tearing down the old buildings in 1875, today's station was constructed from 1876 to 1879, further extended by an additional station hall in 1910.

The station was badly damaged during World War II and underwent extensive remodelling, finished in 1948. By 1963, the rails were electrified and in 1973 construction of the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line began.

The station building itself underwent extensive remodelling in the 1970s during the construction of the Hanover Stadtbahn system, opening in 1976 and 1979 and including a passenger tunnel underneath the station, connecting the inner city district around Kröpcke to the Stadtbahn station at Raschplatz.

In 1991, regular InterCityExpress services began calling at the station, it being the northern point of Germany's first dedicated high speed train line.

The station underwent remodelling again for the Expo 2000, construction finishing on 1 May 2000. The station was equipped with a shopping centre, lifts to all platforms and new signage according to the current DB corporate design.

The long-neglected passenger subway below the station, which was built in the 1970s for the Hannover Stadtbahn, underwent extensive remodelling from 2004 to early 2006. It is now part of the Niki de Saint Phalle promenade spanning from Raschplatz to Kröpcke.

Train services

Hanover Central Station is served by some 622 trains daily, excluding the Hanover Stadtbahn and tramway.

Long distance

Hanover Central Station connects the north-south ICE lines from Hamburg to Munich with the west-east lines from Dortmund and Cologne towards Berlin. Services include:

Series Train Type Route Material Frequency Notes
ICE10 DB Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Central - Berlin-Spandau - Wolfsburg Central - Hanover Central- Bielefeld Central - Hamm - Dortmund Central - Bochum Central - Essen Central - Duisburg Central - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf Central - Cologne Messe/Deutz - Cologne/Bonn Airport ICE 1 1x per hour
IC32 DB Salzburg Central - Freilassing - Traunstein - Prien a Chiemsee - Bad Endorf - Rosenheim - München Ost - Munich Central - München-Pasing - Augsburg Central - Ulm Central - Göppingen - Plochingen - Stuttgart Central - Heidelberg Central - Mannheim Central - Mainz Central - Bingen Central - Koblenz Central - Andernach - Remagen - Bonn Central - Cologne Central - Düsseldorf Central - Duisburg Central - Essen Central - Bochum Central - Dortmund Central - Hamm - Gütersloh Central -Bielefeld Central - Herford - Hanover Central - Wolfsburg Central - Berlin-Spandau - Berlin Central - Berlin Südkreuz Every 2 Hours
IC55 DB Leipzig Central - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Halle (Saale) Central - Köthen - Magdeburg Central - Hanover Central - Minden - Bad Oeynhausen - Herford - Bielefeld Central - Gütersloh Central - Hamm - Dortmund Central - Hagen Central – Wuppertal Central - Sollingen Central – Cologne Central Every 2 Hours
IC77 DB Münster Central – Osnabrück Central - Bad Oeynhausen - Minden - Hanover Central - Wolfsburg Central - Stendal - Rathenow - Berlin-Spandau - Berlin Central - Berlin Ostbahnhof Every 2 Hours Combines with IC140 to become hourly
IC DB Oldenburg - Delmenhorst - Bremen Central - Verden - Nienburg - Hanover Central - Brunswick Central - Helmstedt - Magdeburg Central - Köthen - Halle (Saale) Central - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Central Every 2 Hours
Preceding station   DB AG   Following station
ICE 10
ICE 20
toward Basel SBB
ICE 22
ICE 25
Terminus
 ICE 25
toward Schiphol
 Intercity (DB) 140
Celle
 IC 26
Stralsund-Karlsruhe
IC/EC 32
toward Köln Hbf
 IC 55
IC/EC 77

Regional train services

Regional services (Regional-Express and Regionalbahn) include:

Series Train Type Route Material Frequency Notes
RE DB Bremen Central - Achim - Verden - Dörverden - Eystrup - Nienburg - Neustadt am Rübenberge - Wunstorf - Hanover Central DBAG Class 146 and Double Deck Stock 1x per hour
RE DB Hanover Central - Lehrte - Immensen-Arpke - Dollbergen - Dedenhausen - Meinersen - Leiferde bei Gifhorn - Gifhorn - Calberlah - Fallersleben - Wolfsburg Central 1x per hour
RE DB Hanover Central - Sarstedt - Hildesheim Central - Derneburg - Baddeckenstedt - Salzgitter-Ringelheim - Goslar - Bad Harzburg - Vienenburg - Ilsenburg - Wernigerode - Halberstadt - Gatersleben - Aschersleben - Drohndorf-Mehringen - Freckleben - Sandersleben - Könnern - Domnitz - Nauendorf - Wallwitz - Teicha - Halle-Trotha - Halle (Saale) Central Every 2 Hours Monday to Friday
RE70 DB Bielefeld Central - Herford - Löhne (Westfalen) - Bad Oeynhausen - Porta Westfalica - Minden - Bückeburg - Stadthagen - Haste (Han) - Wunstorf - Hanover Central - Lehrte - Hämelerwald - Vöhrum - Peine - Vechelde - Brunswick Central Every 2 Hours Weser-Leine-Express
Preceding station   DB AG   Following station
toward Rheine
 RE 60
Ems-Leine-Express
RE 70
Weser-Leine-Express

Hannover S-Bahn

Hanover Central Stationis served by all S-bahn services. It is in Zone 1 of Hanover. For Information see www.gvh.de

Series Train Type Route Material Frequency
S1 DB Minden - Bückenburg - Kirchhorsten - Stadthagen - Lindhorst - Haste (Han) - Wunstorf - Dedensen-Gümmer - Seelze - Letter - Hannover-Leinhausen - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hanover Central - Hannover-Bismarkstrasse - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - Hannover-Bornum - Empelde - Ronnenber - Weetzen - Lemmie - Wennigsen - Egestorf - Kirchdorf - Barsinghausen - Winninghausen - Bantorf - Bad Nenndorf - Haste (Han) DBAG Class 424 1x per hour
S2 DB Nienburg - Linsburg - Hagen (Han) - Elivese - Neustadt am Rübenberge - Poggenhagen - Wunstorf - Dedensen-Gümmer - Seelze - Letter - Hannover-Leinhausen - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hanover Central - Hannover-Bismarkstrasse - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - Hannover-Bornum - Empelde - Ronnenber - Weetzen - Lemmie - Wennigsen - Egestorf - Kirchdorf - Barsinghausen - Winninghausen - Bantorf - Bad Nenndorf - Haste (Han) DBAG Class 424 1x per hour
S3 DB Hanover Central - Hannover-Kleefeld - Hannover-Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Hannover-Anderten-Misburg - Ahlten - Lehrte - Sehnde -Algermissen - Harsum - Hildesheim Central DBAG Class 424, DBAG Class 425 1x per hour
S4 DB Bennemühlen - Mellendorf - Bissendorf - Langenhagen-Kaltenweide - Langenhagen-Pferdmarkt - Langenhagen-Mitte - Hannover-Vinnhorst - Hannover-Ledeburg - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hanover Central - Hannover-Bismarkstrasse - Hannover Messe/Laatzen - Rheten - Sarstedt - Barnten - Emmerke - Hildesheim Central DBAG Class 424, DBAG Class 425 1x per hour
S5 DB Hanover Airport - Langenhagen-Pferdmarkt - Langenhagen-Mitte - Hannover-Vinnhorst - Hannover-Ledeburg - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hanover Central - Hannover-Bismarkstrasse - Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof - Weetzen - Holtensen/Linderte - Bennigsen - Völksen/Eldagsen - Springe - Bad Münder - Hameln - Emmerthal - Bad Pyrmont - Lügde - Schieder - Steinheim - Altenbeken - Paderborn Central DBAG Class 424 1x per hour
S6 DB Hanover Central - Hannover-Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Aligse - Burgdorf - Otze - Ehlershausen - Celle DBAG Class 424 1x per hour
S7 DB Hanover Central - Hannover-Kleefeld - Hannover-Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Hannover-Anderten-Misburg - Ahlten - Lehrte - Aligse - Burgdorf - Otze - Ehlershausen - Celle DBAG Class 424 1x per hour
S8 DB Hannover Airport - Langenhagen-Mitte - Hannover-Nordstadt - Hanover Central - Hannover-Bismarkstrasse - Hannover Messe/Laatzen DBAG Class 424 1x per hour (Only operates during major events)
Preceding station   S-Bahn Hannover   Following station
toward Minden
 S1
Hannover-Bismarkstrasse
toward Haste
toward Nienburg
 S2
Hannover-Bismarkstrasse
toward Haste
Terminus S3
toward Bennemühlen
 S4
Hannover-Bismarkstrasse
toward Hildesheim
toward Hannover Flughafen
 S5
Hannover-Bismarkstrasse
toward Paderborn
Terminus S6
toward Celle
Terminus S7
toward Celle
toward Hannover Flughafen
 S8
Hannover-Bismarkstrasse

References

  1. ^ a b "Facts & figures". Deutsche Bahn. http://www.bahnhof.de/site/bahnhoefe/en/nord/hannover__hbf/daten__und__fakten/daten__und__fakten__.html. Retrieved 25 December 2011. 

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