Hamburg-Altona station

"Altona station" redirects here. For the railway station in Australia, see Altona railway station.

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.

Hamburg-Altona
General information
Location	Scheel-Plessen-Str. 17 22765 Hamburg[1] Germany
Coordinates	53°33′07″N 09°56′06″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[2]
DS100 code	AA (main line) AAS (S-Bahn)
IBNR	8002553
Category	1[2]
Fare zone	HVV: A/101[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	18 September 1844; 180 years ago (1844-09-18)
Rebuilt	1898 relocated northwards by 700 m 1950 1979
Electrified	29 January 1908; 117 years ago (1908-01-29), 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955)[4] 15 July 1940; 84 years ago (1940-07-15), 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail)[4] 4 April 1965; 60 years ago (1965-04-04), 15 kV AC system (overhead)[4]
Previous names	1844-1938 Altona Hauptbahnhof
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Terminus ICE 4 Sprinter Hamburg Dammtor towards Frankfurt Airport ICE 11 Hamburg Dammtor towards München Hbf ICE 15 Sprinter Hamburg Hbf towards Saarbrücken Hbf Reverses direction ICE 18 Hamburg Dammtor towards München Hbf Neumünster towards Kiel Hbf Terminus ICE 20 Hamburg Dammtor One-way operation ICE 24 Hamburg Dammtor towards München Hbf or Schwarzach-St.Veit IC 24 Königssee/​Nebelhorn Hamburg Dammtor towards Berchtesgaden Hbf or Oberstdorf ICE 25 Hamburg Dammtor One-way operation ICE 26 Hamburg Dammtor towards Hamburg Hbf EC 27 Hamburg Dammtor towards Praha ICE 28 Hamburg Dammtor towards Jena Paradies or München Hbf ICE 43 Hamburg Dammtor towards Basel SBB EC 43 Preceding station ÖBB Following station Terminus Nightjet Hamburg Dammtor towards Innsbruck Hbf or Wien Hbf Hamburg Dammtor towards Zürich HB Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station Elmshorn towards Westerland (Sylt) RE 6 Terminus Preceding station Following station Terminus RB 71 Pinneberg towards Itzehoe Preceding station Hamburg S-Bahn Following station Ottensen towards Wedel S1 Königstraße towards Poppenbüttel or Hamburg Airport Terminus S2 Holstenstraße towards Aumühle Diebsteich towards Pinneberg S3 Königstraße towards Hamburg-Neugraben
Location

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^{[citation needed]}, that date has been delayed until 2027.^[8]

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.^[9]

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 4	Hamburg-Altona → Hamburg → Hanover → Frankfurt → Frankfurt Airport		One train
ICE 11	Hamburg-Altona → Hamburg → Frankfurt → Mannheim → Stuttgart → Augsburg → Munich		Two trains
ICE 15	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Darmstadt	→ Mannheim → Saarbrücken	One train
		← Stuttgart	One train
ICE 18	Kiel – Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich		Every two hours
ICE 20	Hamburg-Altona ← Hamburg ← Hannover ← Frankfurt ← Mannheim ← Karlsruhe ← Freiburg ← Basel ← Bern ← Interlaken East		One train
ICE 24	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel – Würzburg – Augsburg – Munich –	Schwarzach-St. Veit	Some trains
		Innsbruck
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
		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]
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  Bahnhof Altona (railway station) in 1971. Buses, trams, trains and S-Bahn trains all met here.
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  Present-day platforms and tracks

See also

• Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
• List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations
• Rail transport in Germany