AKN Eisenbahn

AKN Eisenbahn
Company typePublic
Industryrail transport Edit this on Wikidata
PredecessorElmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloe railway Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1883
Headquarters,
Germany
Area served
Northern Germany
ServicesTransportation
Public transport
OwnerHamburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Quickborn
Sülfeld
Number of employees
292
SubsidiariesSHB Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn
nordbahn
Güterkraftverkehr Hamburg-Holstein
Websitewww.akn.de (in German)
AKN train at Ulzburg Süd station

AKN Eisenbahn GmbH operates railway lines, commuter trains and freight trains in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Its headquarters is in Kaltenkirchen. It is a member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV), which organises public transport in and around Hamburg.

AKN is an abbreviation for Altona - Kaltenkirchen - Neumünster, its first railway line.