Hamburg-Harburg or Harburg (German: Bahnhof Hamburg-Harburg) is one of four operational main-line railway stations (Fernbahnhöfe) in the city of Hamburg, Germany. Opened on 1 May 1897, it is situated on the Hannover-Hamburg, Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg and Lower Elbe lines as well as the Harburg S-Bahn line. Train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Metronom with the rapid transit station (named just Harburg) being served by the Hamburg S-Bahn. The station is managed by DB Station&Service.[2]

History

The underground S-Bahn station was opened in 1983.[3]

Layout

Station Hamburg-Harburg (in the foreground: track 5) in 2005

The railway tracks and platforms for the main station are at-grade; the S-Bahn tracks from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (lines S3 and S5) converge at the underground station.[3]

Train services

The following services call at the station:[4]

Long distance service

Line Route Interval
ICE 11 Munich – Stuttgart – Frankfurt – Hannover – Hamburg-Harburg – Hamburg Individual services at night
ICE 24 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Hannover – Kassel – Würzburg – Augsburg – Munich – Schwarzach-St. Veit Some trains
Innsbruck
ICE 25 (Lübeck –) Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich (– Garmisch-Partenkirchen) Hourly
ICE 26 (Ostseebad Binz –) Stralsund – Rostock – Hamburg-Harburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Gießen – Frankfurt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe Every two hours
ICE 42 (Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück –) Münster –Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – München-Pasing – Munich
ICE 43 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel
EC 43 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich / Interlaken Ost 2 train pairs
FLX 20 Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Osnabrück – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln 1–3 train pairs
NJ Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Hannover – Augsburg – München 1 per day (night train)
NJ Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Hannover – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich 1 per day (night train)
NJ Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Hannover – Nürnberg – Linz – Wien 1 per day (night train)

Regional trains

Line Route Operator KBS
RE 3 Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Lüneburg – Uelzen (– Celle – Hannover) Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft 110
RB 31 Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Meckelfeld – Winsen (Luhe) – Lüneburg 110
RE 4 Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Buchholz – Tostedt – Rotenburg – Bremen 120
RB 41 Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Buchholz – Tostedt – Rotenburg – Bremen 120
RE 5 Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Buxtehude – Stade – Cuxhaven Start Unterelbe 121
RB 38 Hamburg-Harburg – Buchholz – Soltau – Hanover (only Sat/Sun)

Rapid transit

Lines S3 and S5, coming from the southwest of the city and Stade, continue via the Hauptbahnhof toward Pinneberg or Elbgaustraße in the northwest.[5]

Buses

A bus station served by several bus lines offering connections to places both inside and outside city boundaries is located in front of the railway station.[6]

Facilities

Parking spaces for both cars and bikes are available. Several shops are located in the station building. There are personnel at the station for ticket sales, information and also assistance for handicapped persons. Lockers and safes, toilets, and SOS and information telephones are also provided.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 (pdf)[permanent dead link], DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) Accessed August 8, 2008 (in German)
  3. ^ a b Borchers, Jan; Heimann, Martin; Pischek, Wolfgang (2002), Die Hamburg S-Bahn (in German), Munich: GeraMond, p. 52, ISBN 3-7654-7191-7
  4. ^ Timetables for Hamburg-Harburg station (in German)
  5. ^ Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, 14 December 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009, retrieved 26 March 2009
  6. ^ a b DB-Konzern Harburg (in German), Deutsche Bahn, 2009, retrieved 26 March 2009

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