Hamburg-Altona station

"Altona station" redirects here. For the railway station in Australia, see Altona railway station.
Hamburg-Altona
Deutsche Bahn
General information
LocationScheel-Plessen-Str. 17
22765 Hamburg[1]
Germany
Coordinates53°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:
    • S1
    • S2
    • S3
  • Hamburg-Altona link line
  • Hamburg City S-Bahn
Platforms6 island
Tracks12
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code2517[2]
DS100 code
  • AA (main line)
  • AAS (S-Bahn)
IBNR8002553
Category1[2]
Fare zoneHVV: A/101[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened18 September 1844; 180 years ago (1844-09-18)
Rebuilt1898 relocated northwards by 700 m
1950
1979
Electrified 29 January 1908; 116 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; 59 years ago (1965-04-04), 15 kV AC system (overhead)[4]
Previous names1844-1938 Altona Hauptbahnhof
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Terminus ICE 4 Hamburg Dammtor
towards Frankfurt Airport
ICE 11 Hamburg Dammtor
towards München Hbf
ICE 12 Hamburg Dammtor
towards Chur
ICE 15 Hamburg Hbf
towards Saarbrücken Hbf
Reverses direction ICE 18 Hamburg Dammtor
towards München Hbf
Neumünster
towards Kiel Hbf
Terminus ICE 20 Hamburg Dammtor
towards Zürich HB
ICE 24 Hamburg Dammtor
towards Innsbruck 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
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
Map
Location
Hamburg-Altona is located in Hamburg
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Location in Hamburg
Hamburg-Altona is located in Schleswig-Holstein
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Location in Schleswig-Holstein
Hamburg-Altona is located in Germany
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Location in Germany
Hamburg-Altona is located in Europe
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Location in Europe

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]

  1. ^ Staff, DB-Konzern - Hamburg-Altona (in German), Deutsche Bahn AG, retrieved 24 January 2008
  2. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  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. ^ 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