Veddel station

Veddel
(BallinStadt)
Rapid transit

Platform of the Veddel station, in March 2009.
Station statistics
Address Wilhelmsburger Platz 10
21109 Hamburg
Germany
Lines Hamburg S-Bahn
S3
S31
S3
Structure At grade
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Parking Park and ride
Baggage check No
Other information
Rebuilt 1973–1983
Electrified 1200 volts DC system
Side contact third rail
Code ds100: AVLS
DB station code:6399
Type: Hp
Category: 4
Owned by DB Station&Service
Fare zone 108[1]
Location
Veddel station
Veddel station (Hamburg)

Veddel (BallinStadt) is a station on the Harburg S-Bahn line and is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn. The railway station is located in the Hamburg-Mitte borough (in the Veddel quarter) in Hamburg, Germany. The station is managed by DB Station&Service, a subsiary of the German railway Deutsche Bahn.[2] The station is listed as a Haltepunkt, a passenger stop situated on an open stretch of line, and lacking specific signals.

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History

On 1 December 1897, the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn started its service on the Rollbahn line.[3] In 1983 — after 10 years of construction, the first part of Hamburg's southern S-Bahn line from Central Station toward Harburg were completed and opened with the new Veddel station.[4]

Layout

The station is not fully accessible for handicapped persons.[5] Before 1983, the station building was a brick building with an island platform and one entrance. Since the new S-Bahn line, it has exits on both ends of an island platform and a simple flat roof.[6]

Services

Trains

The rapid transit trains of the lines S3 and S31 of the Hamburg S-Bahn are calling the station.[7]

Facilities at the station

There are no lockboxes and no personnel are attending the station, but there are SOS and information telephones, ticket machines, toilets and a small shop.[5]

Preceding station   Hamburg S-Bahn   Following station
toward Pinneberg
 S3
toward Stade
toward Altona
 S31
toward Neugraben

See also

References

  1. ^ Fare Zone Plan, Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, http://www.hvv.de/pdf/fahrplaene/tarifplaene/Tarifplan_USAR.pdf, retrieved 2009-03-18 
  2. ^ Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 (pdf), DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) (German)
  3. ^ Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008) (in German), Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland, Band, 11: Hamburg, Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier, p. 251, ISBN 978-3-88255-392-5 
  4. ^ Borchers, Heimann, Pischek, p. 273
  5. ^ a b (in German) DB-Konzern Veddel, Deutsche Bahn, 2009, http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/de/reisen/service/bfssuche__deutschland/bahnhofssuche/bahnhofsdaten__filter,variant=details,recordId=6399.html?c252936=Veddel, retrieved 2009-03-31 
  6. ^ Borchers, Jan; Heimann, Martin; Pischek, Wolfgang (2002) (in German), Die Hamburg S-Bahn, Munich: GeraMond, p. 50, ISBN 3-7654-7191-7 
  7. ^ Rapid Transit/Regional Rail, Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, 2008-12-14, http://www.hvv.de/pdf/fahrplaene/usar/hvv_usar_regio.pdf, retrieved 2009-03-26 

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