Hamburg-Altona station

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Hamburg-Altona
Hamburg-Altona
General information
Location	Scheel-Plessen-Str. 17; 22765 Hamburg ; Germany
Coordinates	53°33′07″N09°56′06″E / 53.55194°N 9.93500°E
Line(s)	Deutsche Bahn ICE and regional rail; Hamburg S-Bahn: ; ; ; ; Hamburg-Altona link line ; Hamburg City S-Bahn ;
Platforms	6 island
Tracks	12
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	2517
DS100 code	AA (main line); AAS (S-Bahn);
IBNR	8002553
Category	1
Fare zone	HVV: A/101
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	18 September 1844;180 years ago
Rebuilt	1898 relocated northwards by 700 m; 1950; 1979
Electrified	29 January 1908;116 years ago, 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955); 15 July 1940;84 years ago, 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail); 4 April 1965;59 years ago, 15 kV AC system (overhead)
Previous names	1844-1938 Altona Hauptbahnhof
Services
	Neumünster towards Kiel Hbf
	Hamburg Dammtor towards Zürich HB
Location
Location
	Hamburg-Altona Location in Hamburg Hamburg-Altona Location in Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg-Altona Location in Germany Hamburg-Altona Location in Europe

Last updated January 04, 2025

Hamburg-Altona (or simply Altona) is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city's main station, in the district which bears its name.

A main line terminal station, most Intercity-Express (ICE) services linking Hamburg with southern Germany begin and terminate at Hamburg-Altona. It also has an underground station (named Altona) which is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn.^[5] The station is managed by DB Station&Service.^[2]

History

The original Altona station was built by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company at the end of the line from Kiel, some 300 metres south of the current station. It opened in 1844, at which time Altona was an independent city within the Duchy of Holstein (the old station is currently used as the present-day Altona borough's town hall).

In 1866 the link line was opened, allowing trains to run through to Klosterthor station (near the main train station) and on to Berlin or Hanover. In 1867 the Altona-Blankenese railway was opened to the towns on the right bank of the river Elbe (this line is today used by S-Bahn lines S1 and S11).

In 1898 Altona Hauptbahnhof (Altona main station) was opened at the current location. It was badly damaged during World War II but subsequently rebuilt. The building was finally demolished in the late 1970s during the construction of the City-S-Bahn despite protests; it was feared that the tunnelling would cause the structure to collapse. It was replaced by the current two-storey, low-rise precast concrete structure upon its opening in 1979.

Future

In September 2009 the Hamburger Morgenpost and Die Welt revealed that Deutsche Bahn AG plans to close the long distance train station at Altona and to build a new station in the area of Diebsteich station. According to Die Welt, the city government had preliminary studies for the area to build flats and a park. Initially it was expected that the new station would open in 2016.^[6]^[7] As a result of frequent protests, that date has been delayed until 2027.^{[ citation needed ]}

Station layout

Regional and long-distance trains start and terminate at the street-level bay platforms within the terminal. There are two underground island platforms for the Hamburg S-Bahn rapid transit trains, accessible by stairs, escalators and lifts. In front of the station there is a bus station with connections across the city.

Station services

Trains

Long distance

Altona is the terminus/starting point for ICE lines 18, 25 and 28 to Munich, line 22 to Stuttgart, line 26 to Karlsruhe and line 20 to Basel. All ICE services are run by DB Fernverkehr.

Line	Route		Interval
ICE 11	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Augsburg – Munich		Some trains
ICE 18	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich		Every two hours
ICE 20	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich (– Chur)		Every two hours
ICE 24	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel – Würzburg – Augsburg – Munich –	Schwarzach-St. Veit	Some trains
ICE 24		Innsbruck	Some trains
ICE 25	Hamburg-Altona ← Hamburg ← Hannover ← Kassel ← Fulda ← Nuremberg ← Munich		One train
ICE 26	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Lüneburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Marburg – Gießen – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe		Every two hours
EC 27	(Kiel –) Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Ludwigslust – Berlin – Dresden – Prague
ICE 28	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Leipzig –	Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich
ICE 28	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Leipzig –	Jena	One train pair
ICE 29	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich		5 train pairs
ICE 39	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne		Some trains
ICE 42	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – / Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich		One train pair
ICE 43	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel		Some trains
ICE 91	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Plattling – Passau – Linz – St. Pölten – Wien Meidling – Vienna		One train pair

Regional trains

Regional services available from Altona include number RE 6/60 to Westerland (Sylt) and RB 71 to Itzehoe and Wrist.

S-Bahn (Rapid transit)

The S1 line trains on the Blankenese line from the west of the city call at Altona and continue on towards Hamburg Hauptbahnhof via the City S-Bahn towards Hamburg Airport and the northern terminus at Poppenbüttel. Route S3 runs from Pinneberg in the north-west of the city via the Pinneberg line and continues via Jungfernstieg station and the Hauptbahnhof and via the Harburg S-Bahn towards Neugraben. Route S2 starts here and runs via the link line, Holstenstrasse station and the Hauptbahnhof towards Bergedorf and Aumühle.^[5]

Facilities

Several shops are located in the station building, along with emergency and information telephones, ticket machines, toilets, lockboxes and personnel.^[1]

Gallery

The first station with wings built in 1890, as seen from the south]
Bahnhof Altona (railway station) in 1971. Buses, trams, trains and S-Bahn trains all met here.
Present-day platforms and tracks

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References

1 2 Staff, DB-Konzern - Hamburg-Altona (in German), Deutsche Bahn AG , retrieved 24 January 2008
1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
↑ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
1 2 3 Cf. "Streckenelektrifizierungen", on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona , retrieved on 19 January 2018.
1 2 Staff (14 December 2008), Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (Network plan, pdf) (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009, retrieved 24 January 2009
↑ Thomas Hirschbiegel, Jessica Kröll (3 September 2009). "Wohnungsbau statt Sackbahnhof" [Flats building instead of terminal] (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
↑ Olaf Dittmann (26 September 2009). "Deutsche Bahn legt sich fest: Fernbahnhof Altona wird bis 2016 verlegt" [German Rail predefined: Long distance station Altona transferred until 2016]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2009.

External links

DB station information (in German)
Picture of the Hamburg-Altona station (in German)
Network plan HVV (PDF, 560 KiB)

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[db_facility-1] 1 2 Staff, DB-Konzern - Hamburg-Altona (in German), Deutsche Bahn AG , retrieved 24 January 2008

[categories-2] 1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.

[3] "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

[Hamburg_railway_division_electrification-4] 1 2 3 Cf. "Streckenelektrifizierungen", on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona , retrieved on 19 January 2018.

[HVV_plan-5] 1 2 Staff (14 December 2008), Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (Network plan, pdf) (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009, retrieved 24 January 2009

[mopo2009-6] Thomas Hirschbiegel, Jessica Kröll (3 September 2009). "Wohnungsbau statt Sackbahnhof" [Flats building instead of terminal] (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.

[welt2009-7] Olaf Dittmann (26 September 2009). "Deutsche Bahn legt sich fest: Fernbahnhof Altona wird bis 2016 verlegt" [German Rail predefined: Long distance station Altona transferred until 2016]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2009.

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v t e Rapid transit and commuter rail in Hamburg
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) Public transport rail systems and operators in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Systems	U-Bahn lines: U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 S-Bahn A-Bahn R-Bahn
Operators	U-Bahn Hamburger Hochbahn S-Bahn S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH A-Bahn AKN Eisenbahn R-Bahn DB Regio Erixx evb Metronom Nordbahn Start
	Wedel Rissen Sülldorf Iserbrook Blankenese Hochkamp Klein Flottbek (Botanischer Garten) Othmarschen Bahrenfeld Ottensen Altona Königstraße Reeperbahn Landungsbrücken Stadthausbrücke Jungfernstieg Hauptbahnhof Berliner Tor Landwehr Hasselbrook Wandsbeker Chaussee Friedrichsberg Barmbek Alte Wöhr (Stadtpark) Rübenkamp (City Nord) Ohlsdorf Hamburg Airport (Flughafen) Branch: Hamburg Airport (Flughafen) Poppenbüttel Branch: Kornweg (Klein Borstel) Hoheneichen Wellingsbüttel Poppenbüttel
	Altona Holstenstraße Sternschanze Dammtor Hauptbahnhof Berliner Tor Rothenburgsort Tiefstack Billwerder-Moorfleet Mittlerer Landweg Allermöhe Nettelnburg Bergedorf Reinbek Wohltorf Aumühle
	Pinneberg Thesdorf Halstenbek Krupunder Elbgaustraße Eidelstedt Stellingen (Arena) Langenfelde Diebsteich Altona Königstraße Reeperbahn Landungsbrücken Stadthausbrücke Jungfernstieg Hauptbahnhof Hammerbrook (City Süd) Elbbrücken Veddel (BallinStadt) Wilhelmsburg Harburg Harburg Rathaus Heimfeld Neuwiedenthal Neugraben
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