Wilhelmsburg station

Wilhelmsburg
Rapid transit

Platform of the Wilhelmsburg station, view from pedastrian bridge in March 2009.
Station statistics
Address Wilhelm-Strauss-Weg
22109 Hamburg
Germany
Lines Hamburg S-Bahn
S3
S31
Parking Park and ride
Bicycle facilities Yes
Baggage check No
Other information
Rebuilt 1973–1983
Electrified 1200 volts DC system
third rail
Accessible
Code ds100: AWFS
DB station code: 2523
Type: Bf
Category: 4
Owned by DB Station&Service
Fare zone 108, 208[1]
Location
Wihelmsburg station
Wihelmsburg station (Hamburg)

Wilhelmsburg station 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 quarter Wilhelmsburg in the Hamburg-Mitte borough of the city of Hamburg, Germany.

The station is listed as a Bf (Bahnhof) (train station), a place where trains may start, end or change directions, and that has at least one set of points. The station is managed by DB Station&Service, a subsiary of the German railway Deutsche Bahn.[2]

Contents

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 Wilhelmsburg station.[4]

Layout

The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons, because the highest step is 5 centimetres (2.0 in).[5] It has exits on both ends of the island platform and a flat roof.[6]

Services

Trains

The rapid transit trains of the lines S3 and S31 of the Hamburg S-Bahn are calling the station. The trains of the line S3 connect the towns Pinneberg and Stade via Hamburg center.[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 DB station information, see external links
  6. ^ Borchers, Jan; Heimann, Martin; Pischek, Wolfgang (2002) (in German), Die Hamburg S-Bahn, Munich: GeraMond, p. 50, ISBN 3-7654-7191-7 
  7. ^ Network plan HVV, see external links

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