Blankenese station

Blankenese is a railway station on the Altona-Blankenese line, part of the Hamburg S-Bahn, located in the suburb of Blankenese in the borough of Altona, Hamburg, Germany.

Blankenese
Hamburg S-Bahn station
General information
Other names	Hamburg-Blankenese
Location	Erik-Blumenfeld-Platz Blankenese, Hamburg Germany
Coordinates	53°33′51″N 9°48′51″E
Line(s)
Construction
Structure type	Below grade
Other information
Station code	0687
DS100 code	AB
Category	4
Fare zone	HVV: B/301[1]
History
Opened	19 May 1867; 157 years ago (1867-05-19)
Electrified	29 January 1908; 116 years ago (1908-01-29), 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955)[2] 15 July 1940; 84 years ago (1940-07-15), 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail)[2]
Previous names	1867–1930 Blankenese 1930–1938 Altona-Blankenese since 1938 Hamburg-Blankenese
Services
Preceding station Hamburg S-Bahn Following station Iserbrook towards Wedel S1 Hochkamp towards Poppenbüttel or Hamburg Airport
Location Blankenese Location in Hamburg Show map of Hamburg Blankenese Location in Schleswig-Holstein Show map of Schleswig-Holstein Blankenese Location in Germany Show map of Germany Blankenese Location in Europe Show map of Europe

The station opened in 1867, and is a heritage site.^[3][4] It is a terminus, meaning the trains have to reverse their direction.

See also

• Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
• List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations

References

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

1. "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
2. Cf. „Streckenelektrifizierungen“, on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona, retrieved on 19 January 2018.
3. "Bahnhof unter Denkmalschutz – Der Blankeneser Bahnhof ist als "bedeutendes Zeugnis der Verkehrs- und Ortsgeschichte Altonas und Blankeneses" unter Denkmalschutz gestellt worden". Hamburger Abendblatt. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
4. "S-Bahnhof Blankenese". Blankenese Bahnhofsplatz. Prelios Asset Management Deutschland GmbH and ING Real Estate Germany GmbH. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

External links

Media related to Blankenese station at Wikimedia Commons

• DB station information (in German)