Harburg Rathaus station

Harburg Rathaus
Hamburg S-Bahn station
Location Harburger Ring 20[1]
21079 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates 53°27′38″N 9°58′52″E / 53.46056°N 9.98111°ECoordinates: 53°27′38″N 9°58′52″E / 53.46056°N 9.98111°E
Operated by S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH
Line(s)
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 23 September 1983
Location
Harburg Rathaus station
Harburg Rathaus station (Hamburg)

Hamburg-Harburg Rathaus station is a station of the Hamburg S-Bahn on the Harburg S-Bahn in the suburb Harburg in the German city of Hamburg and is capable of serving as a bunker.

Function as an S-Bahn station

Harburg Rathaus intermediate level

Opened on 23 September 1983, the underground station is located under the Harburger Ring and is about 200 m long. It has three platform tracks and a reversing track for turning trains. Also located within the underground station facilities is the Hrf (Harburg-Rathaus) interlocking. The station is used by S3 and S31 services. Line S31 ends there in and between the peaks; in the evenings it is served only by line S3.

During the construction period two structures were built that could be extended as connections to a future branch line towards the southwest. One of them is located east of the station in the tunnel, the other is at the tunnel mouth towards Heimfeld.

After the lifts were replaced in 2006, the station was restored again in 2008 to increase protection from fire. As in many other underground S-Bahn stations in Hamburg, ceiling panels were removed to give more space for smoke to rise into in case of fire. As at other stations, the passage height in stairways was reduced to two metres around the fire exits to keep out smoke and to prevent smoke reaching the stairs and other parts of the station.

Function as a civil defence structure

The platform area of the S-Bahn station is also the city's largest fallout shelter. In an emergency, 5,000 people can survive there for two weeks. In adjacent rooms located on several floors there are rooms for serving the shelter, including extensive sanitation facilities and a large kitchen. In addition to the three platforms there is also an area for parking three long trains, which can be used for accommodating the civilian population. In total, 2,300 m² are available. Since the end of the Cold War the bunker can only be made operational with a lead time of six months.[2][3]

S-Bahn services

Hamburg-Harburg Rathaus
Underground through station
Location Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg
Germany
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 2556 [4]
DS100 codeAHRF[5]
Category3 [4]

The following services operate through the station.

Line Route
Pinneberg Thesdorf Halstenbek Krupunder – Elbgaustraße – Eidelstedt Stellingen Langenfelde Diebsteich Altona – Königstraße Reeperbahn Landungsbrücken Stadthausbrücke Jungfernstieg Hauptbahnhof Hammerbrook (City Süd) Veddel (BallinStadt) Wilhelmsburg Harburg Harburg Rathaus – Heimfeld – Neuwiedenthal – Neugraben – Fischbek Neu Wulmstorf – Buxtehude – Neukloster – Horneburg – Dollern – Agathenburg – Stade
Altona – Holstenstraße – Sternschanze Dammtor – Hauptbahnhof | – Hammerbrook (City Süd) – Veddel (BallinStadt) – Wilhelmsburg – Harburg Harburg Rathaus – Heimfeld – Neuwiedenthal – Neugraben | – Berliner Tor
Preceding station   Hamburg S-Bahn   Following station
toward Pinneberg
toward Stade
toward Altona
toward Neugraben

See also

Notes

  1. "Harburg Rathaus". bahnhof.de (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. "Trauerspiel hinter dicken Stahltüren". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. "Harburgs versteckter Schutzbunker". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

References

External links

Media related to S-Bahnhof Harburg Rathaus at Wikimedia Commons