Hamburg-Altona link line

Hamburg-Altona link line
Overview
Native nameHamburg-Altonaer Verbindungsbahn
Line number
  • 6100 (long-distance)
  • 1240, 1241 (S-Bahn)
LocaleHamburg, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 137.1 (long-distance)
  • 101.11, 101.21, 101.31 (S-Bahn)
Technical
Electrification
Route map

km
km
Hamburg-Altona Kai
Altona station (original)
293.157
5.898
Hamburg-Altona
6.083
former Altona Harbour Tunnel
6.249
0.889
0.982
292.866
291.400
291.075
291.503
Hamburg Rainweg junction
290.91
290.926
Hamburg Holstenstrasse
halt & junction
290.597
Stresemannstraße (Bundesstraße 4 number.svg B 4)
Hamburg Schulterblatt
cattle market branch
289.900
Hamburg Sternschanze
Hamburg Sternschanze
(1903–1912)
289.090
Hamburg Sternschanze
crossover
288.114
288.153
Hamburg Dammtor
287.495
287.528
33 m adjustment
Lombard Bridge
over the Alster
City S-Bahn to Altona
286.663
0.180
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
(Keilbahnhof)
Klosterthor
former link line
Berliner Bahnhof
former link line
Lower timber bridge
(original route)
Hannöverscher Bahnhof
Upper harbour bridge
(current route)
Hbf marshalling yard
(formerly Lippeltstrasse)
Middle channel
Lübecker Bahnhof
Hamburg Ericus sidings
Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway
to Hamburg-Harburg
Harburg S-BahnHammerbrook
Upper harbour channel/Bille
original Berlin route
1.485
Berliner Tor
present Berlin line
Rothenburgsort
Hamburg Rothenburgsort
Ro junction
Freight line to
to Hamburg-Billwerder
S-Bahn to Bergedorf
2.894
Landwehr
4.057
Hamburg Hasselbrook
Horn junction
Lübeck–Hamburg railway to Lübeck
S-Bahn to Ahrensburg (planned)
4.788
Wandsbeker Chaussee
5.448
Eilbek
5.711
Friedrichsberg
Osterbek Canal
7.212
Hamburg-Barmbek
7.280
7.273
7 m adjustment
7.740
8.060
Hamburg-Barmbek
freight yard
8.690
Alte Wöhr
(formerly Stadtpark)
9.551
Rübenkamp
11.201
Hamburg-Ohlsdorf
11.573
Alster Valley Railway
to Poppenbüttel
Langenhorn Railway
to Ochsenzoll
km
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Hamburg-Altona link line (German: Hamburg-Altonaer Verbindungsbahn) is a railway line in Hamburg, Germany. Nowadays, it connects the lines from the north and northwest of Hamburg and Altona station with Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and the lines to the southwest, south and east. Initially designed as a freight line only, it is now one of the busiest lines in Germany. It includes the suburban tracks of the Hamburg Stadtbahn, originally the core of the Hamburg S-Bahn.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German). Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 119. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.