Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA), founded in 1911, operates the underground system and large parts of the bus system in Hamburg, Germany. Its name comes from the initial name given to the Hamburg metro system, Hochbahn (German: elevated railway).
Share of the Hamburger Hochbahn AG, issued December 1919
The HHA was founded by Siemens & Halske and AEG as a consortium on 27 May 1911. The first chairman was Albert Ballin.[1]
From 1919 until 1978, the HHA operated a large tram network, and from 5 December 1921 the HHA also operated the first motor buses in Hamburg. After the acquisition of the Straßen-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SEG) in 1919 and the Hamburg-Altonaer-Centralbahngesellschaft AG in 1923, the HHA had a rolling stock of 865 power cars and 930 trailers by 1928. The length of tracks was 217.33km. In 1970 the length of the lines were only 82.7km,[2] in 1978 they were 89.5km with 80 stations.
HHA operates about 111 bus routes and four underground lines. In spite of the "U" for "underground", large portions, especially outside the inner city, run on the surface. Some parts of the underground, notably along the banks of River Elbe in the city centre, are elevated (hence the name "Hochbahn", "elevated railway").
Subsidiaries
BeNEX GmbH is the holding company for public transport corporations outside of Hamburg. BeNex owns railway and bus companies. In August 2007, the UK listed investment firm International Public Partnerships Limited (then known as Babcock & Brown Public Partnerships) acquired 49% of BeNEX.[3]
↑ Häger, Joachim (1986). Hammonia und ihre U-Bahn (in German). Hamburg. ISBN3-7672-9967-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland (in German). Vol.Band 11: Hamburg. Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier. pp.125–232. ISBN978-3-88255-392-5.
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