Hamburg-Altona   | |||||
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| Location | Scheel-Plessen-Str. 17 22765Hamburg[1] Germany | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°33′07″N09°56′06″E / 53.55194°N 9.93500°E /53.55194; 9.93500 | ||||
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| Platforms | 6 island | ||||
| Tracks | 12 | ||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||
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| Station code | 2517[2] | ||||
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| 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 | 1898relocated 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 | ||||
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Hamburg-Altona (or simplyAltona) is arailway station inHamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city'smain station, in thedistrict which bears its name.
A main lineterminal station, mostIntercity-Express (ICE) services linking Hamburg with southern Germany begin and terminate at Hamburg-Altona. It also has an underground station (namedAltona) which is served by the rapid transit trains of theHamburg S-Bahn.[5] The station is managed byDB Station&Service.[2]
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The original Altona station was built by theAltona-Kiel Railway Company at the end of theline from Kiel, some 300 metres south of the current station. It opened in 1844, at which time Altona was an independent city within theDuchy of Holstein (the old station is currently used as the present-day Altona borough'stown hall).
In 1866 thelink line was opened, allowing trains to run through to Klosterthor station (near the main train station) and on toBerlin orHanover. In 1867 theAltona-Blankenese railway was opened to the towns on the right bank of the riverElbe (this line is today used by S-Bahn lines S1 and S11).
In 1898Altona Hauptbahnhof (Altona main station) was opened at the current location. It was badly damaged duringWorld War II but subsequently rebuilt. The building was finally demolished in the late 1970s during the construction of theCity-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.
In September 2009 theHamburger Morgenpost andDie Welt revealed thatDeutsche Bahn AG plans to close the long distance train station at Altona and to build a new station in the area ofDiebsteich station. According toDie Welt, thecity 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]
Regional and long-distance trains start and terminate at the street-level bay platforms within the terminal. There are two undergroundisland platforms for theHamburg S-Bahn rapid transit trains, accessible by stairs,escalators and lifts. In front of the station there is abus station with connections across the city.[9]
Altona is the terminus/starting point for ICE lines 18, 25 and 28 toMunich, line 22 toStuttgart, line 26 toKarlsruhe and line 20 toBasel. All ICE services are run byDB 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 services available from Altona include number RE 6/60 toWesterland (Sylt) and RB 71 toItzehoe andWrist.
The S1 line trains on theBlankenese line from the west of the city call at Altona and continue on towardsHamburg Hauptbahnhof via theCity S-Bahn towardsHamburg Airport and the northern terminus atPoppenbüttel. Route S3 runs fromPinneberg in the north-west of the city via thePinneberg line and continues viaJungfernstieg station and the Hauptbahnhof and via theHarburg S-Bahn towardsNeugraben. Route S2 starts here and runs via thelink line,Holstenstrasse station and the Hauptbahnhof towardsBergedorf andAumühle.[5]
Several shops are located in the station building, along with emergency and information telephones,ticket machines, toilets, lockboxes and personnel.[1]
![The first station with wings built in 1890, as seen from the south]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fwikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aAltonarbf90.jpg)
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