Hamburg-Altona station

Railway station in Hamburg, Germany

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

Hamburg-Altona

General information
Location| Scheel-Plessen-Str. 17
22765 Hamburg[1]
Germany
Coordinates| 53°33′07″N 09°56′06″E﻿ / ﻿53.55194°N 9.93500°E﻿ / 53.55194; 9.93500
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; 85 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

|
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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 |
| ICE 91 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

towards Wien Hbf

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

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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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### Trains

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#### Long distance

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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

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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

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Regional services available from Altona include number RE 6/60 to Westerland (Sylt) and RB 71 to Itzehoe and Wrist.

#### S-Bahn (Rapid transit)

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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

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Several shops are located in the station building, along with emergency and information telephones, ticket machines, toilets, lockboxes and personnel.[1]

## Gallery

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* The first station with wings built in 1890, as seen from the south]

* Bahnhof Altona (railway station) in 1971. Buses, trams, trains and S-Bahn trains all met here.

* Present-day platforms and tracks

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ a b Staff, DB-Konzern - Hamburg-Altona (in German), Deutsche Bahn AG, retrieved 24 January 2008
2. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB InfraGO. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
3. ^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
4. ^ a b c Cf. "Streckenelektrifizierungen", on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona, retrieved on 19 January 2018.
5. ^ a b Staff (14 December 2008), Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (Network plan, pdf) (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009, retrieved 24 January 2009
6. ^ Thomas Hirschbiegel, Jessica Kröll (3 September 2009). "Wohnungsbau statt Sackbahnhof" [Flats building instead of terminal] (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
7. ^ Olaf Dittmann (26 September 2009). "Deutsche Bahn legt sich fest: Fernbahnhof Altona wird bis 2016 verlegt" [German Rail predefined: Long distance station Altona transferred until 2016]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2009.
8. ^ "FAQ". Bahnprojekt Hamburg-Altona (in German). Retrieved 4 February 2025.
9. ^ "Lageplan Hamburg-Altona Bahnhof" (PDF). Retrieved 4 February 2025.

## External links

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