Hamburg Dammtor station

Location
	Hamburg Dammtor Location in Hamburg Hamburg Dammtor Location in Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg Dammtor Location in Germany Hamburg Dammtor Location in Europe

Hamburg Dammtor
Hamburg Dammtor
Rapid transit transport hub
	Outside view
General information
Location	Dag-Hammarskjöld-Platz 15, ; 20354 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates	53°33′39″N9°59′22″E / 53.56083°N 9.98944°E
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	; ds100: ADF (main line); DB station code: 2513; Type: Hp; Category: 2
Fare zone	HVV: A/000
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	16 July 1866;158 years ago
Rebuilt	7 June 1903;121 years ago
Electrified	29 January 1908;116 years ago, 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955); 10 April 1941;83 years ago, 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail); 6 April 1965;59 years ago, 15 kV AC system (overhead)
Services
	Hamburg-Altona One-way operation
	Neumünster towards Kiel Hbf
	Hamburg-Altona Terminus
	Hamburg Hbf towards Zürich HB
Location
Location
	Hamburg Dammtor Location in Hamburg Hamburg Dammtor Location in Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg Dammtor Location in Germany Hamburg Dammtor Location in Europe

Last updated January 04, 2025

Hamburg Dammtor is a railway station for long distance, regional and suburban trains on the Hamburg-Altona link line, located in Central Hamburg, Germany. In front is a bus station of the same name for public transport.

The railway station is one of five long-distance train stations in Hamburg. The other stations are Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Hamburg-Altona, Hamburg-Harburg and Hamburg-Bergedorf. Despite its size and importance, the station is classified as a railway stop (Haltepunkt) because it does not have any switches, a requirement for a station (Bahnhof) according to the regulations.^[4]

History

The name Dammtor originates from an old city gate located here until the end of the 19th century. The present railway station was opened on 7 July 1903. A previous station, built in 1866, was located around 100 metres (330 ft) away.

Location

Hamburg Dammtor is close to the Wallring and the center of Hamburg, located in the quarter Rotherbaum of the Eimsbüttel borough. Nearby are also the University of Hamburg and the Congress Center Hamburg. As a result, the railway station signs have the addition Messe- und Kongressbahnhof (trade fair and congress station).

Gallery

Aerial photo from 1920
Interior view
Aerial view to northwest
Aerial view to southwest

Service

The railway station has 4 elevated tracks, on two island platforms, one servicing the regional and long-distance trains, the other platform servicing the S-Bahn.

Line	Route		Frequency
ICE 4	Kiel – Hamburg-Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart ( –Ulm –Augsburg –München)		Some trains
ICE 11	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg-Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Stuttgart – Munich		Some trains
ICE 18	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg-Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich		Every two hours
ICE 20	(Kiel / Hamburg-Altona –) Hamburg Dammtor –Hamburg Hbf – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel (– Zürich /– Interlaken Ost)
ICE 22	(Kiel / Hamburg-Altona – ) Hamburg Dammtor –Hamburg Hbf – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim (– Heidelberg) – Stuttgart
ICE 24	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel – Würzburg – Augsburg – Munich –	Schwarzach-St. Veit	Some trains
ICE 24		Innsbruck	Some trains
ICE 25	Hamburg-Altona ←	Hamburg Dammtor –Hamburg Hbf – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich	Some trains
ICE 25	Kiel –		Some trains
EC 27	Westerland / Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor –Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Dresden – Prague – Brno		Some trains
ICE 28	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor –Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Augsburg / Ingolstadt – Munich		Hourly
ICE 43	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne (– Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel)		Every two hours

Regional services

Line	Route	Operator
RE 7	Flensburg – Neumünster – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg	DB Regio Nord
RE 70	Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg	DB Regio Nord
RB 61	Itzehoe – Elmshorn – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg	Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft

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References

↑ Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) (in German)
↑ "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.
↑ "Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung, §4". Gesetze im Internet (in German). Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz . Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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[db-1] Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) (in German)

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

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

[EBO_§4-4] "Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung, §4". Gesetze im Internet (in German). Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz . Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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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
	Altona Holstenstraße Sternschanze Dammtor Hauptbahnhof Berliner Tor Rothenburgsort Tiefstack Billwerder-Moorfleet Mittlerer Landweg Allermöhe Nettelnburg Bergedorf Reinbek Wohltorf Aumühle
	Elbgaustraße Eidelstedt Stellingen (Arena) Langenfelde Diebsteich Holstenstraße Sternschanze Dammtor Hauptbahnhof Hammerbrook (City Süd) Elbbrücken Veddel (BallinStadt) Wilhelmsburg Harburg Harburg Rathaus Heimfeld Neuwiedenthal Neugraben Fischbek Neu Wulmstorf Buxtehude Neukloster Horneburg Dollern Agathenburg Stade
Long distance railway stations Hamburg Hauptbahnhof Hamburg-Altona Hamburg Dammtor Hamburg-Harburg List of Hamburg U-Bahn stations List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations