Veddel station

Veddel (BallinStadt) is a rapid transit station on the Harburg S-Bahn line and served by the trains of Hamburg S-Bahn. The railway station is located in the Veddel, Borough of Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany. The station is managed by DB Station&Service, a subsidiary of the German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG.^[3] The station is listed as a Halt point (Haltepunkt), a passenger stop situated on an open stretch of line, and lacking specific signals.

Veddel (BallinStadt)
Hamburg S-Bahn station
Entrance to Veddel station in February 2010
General information
Location	Wilhelmsburger Platz 10 21109 Hamburg Germany
Coordinates	53°31′18″N 10°0′48″E
Owned by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 side tracks
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Park and ride (677 slots)[1]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	ds100: AVLS DB station code:6399 Type: Hp Category: 4
Fare zone	HVV: A/108[2]
History
Opened	1 December 1897; 127 years ago (1897-12-01)
Rebuilt	1973–1983
Electrified	main line 6 April 1965; 59 years ago (1965-04-06), 15 kV AC system (overhead) 23 September 1983; 41 years ago (1983-09-23), 1200 V DC system (3rd rail)
Services
Preceding station Hamburg S-Bahn Following station Elbbrücken towards Pinneberg S3 Wilhelmsburg towards Hamburg-Neugraben Elbbrücken towards Elbgaustraße S5 Wilhelmsburg towards Stade
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History

On 1 December 1897, the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn started its service on the Rollbahn line.^[4] In 1983 — after 10 years of construction, the first part of Hamburg's southern S-Bahn line from Central Station toward Harburg were completed and opened with the new Veddel station.^[5]

Layout

The station is not fully accessible for handicapped persons.^[6] Before 1983, the station building was a brick building with an island platform and one entrance. Since the new S-Bahn line, it has exits on both ends of an island platform and a simple flat roof.^[7]

Services

Trains

The rapid transit trains of the lines S3 and S5 of the Hamburg S-Bahn are calling the station.^[8]

Facilities at the station

There are no lockboxes and no personnel are attending the station, but there are SOS and information telephones, ticket machines, toilets and a small shop.^[6]

See also

• List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations
• Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV)

References

1. "Park+Ride car parks". hvv.de. Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
2. Fare Zone Plan (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-17, retrieved 2009-03-18
3. Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 (pdf)^{[permanent dead link‍]}, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) (in German)
4. Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008), Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland, Band (in German), vol. 11: Hamburg, Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier, p. 251, ISBN 978-3-88255-392-5
5. Borchers, Heimann, Pischek, p. 273
6. DB-Konzern Veddel (in German), Deutsche Bahn, 2009, retrieved 2009-03-31
7. Borchers, Jan; Heimann, Martin; Pischek, Wolfgang (2002), Die Hamburg S-Bahn (in German), Munich: GeraMond, p. 50, ISBN 3-7654-7191-7
8. Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, 2008-12-14, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-17, retrieved 2009-03-26

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