Hamburg Dammtor is a railway station for long distance, regional and suburban trains on the Hamburg-Altona link line, located in Central Hamburg, Germany. In front is a bus station of the same name for public transport.

The railway station is one of five long-distance train stations in Hamburg. The other stations are Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Hamburg-Altona, Hamburg-Harburg and Hamburg-Bergedorf. Despite its size and importance, the station is classified as a railway stop (Haltepunkt) because it does not have any switches, a requirement for a station (Bahnhof) according to the regulations.[4]

History

The name Dammtor originates from an old city gate located here until the end of the 19th century. The present railway station was opened on 7 July 1903. A previous station, built in 1866, was located around 100 metres (330 ft) away.

Location

Hamburg Dammtor is close to the Wallring and the center of Hamburg, located in the quarter Rotherbaum of the Eimsbüttel borough. Nearby are also the University of Hamburg and the Congress Center Hamburg. As a result, the railway station signs have the addition Messe- und Kongressbahnhof (trade fair and congress station).

Gallery

  • Aerial photo from 1920
    Aerial photo from 1920
  • Interior view
    Interior view
  • Aerial view to northwest
    Aerial view to northwest
  • Aerial view to southwest
    Aerial view to southwest

Service

The railway station has 4 elevated tracks, on two island platforms, one servicing the regional and long-distance trains, the other platform servicing the S-Bahn.

Line Route Frequency
ICE 4 Kiel – Hamburg-Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart ( –Ulm –Augsburg –München) Some trains
ICE 11 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg-Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Stuttgart – Munich
ICE 18 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg-Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich Every two hours
ICE 20 (Kiel / Hamburg-Altona –) Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel (– Zürich /– Interlaken Ost)
ICE 22 (Kiel / Hamburg-Altona – ) Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim (– Heidelberg) – Stuttgart
ICE 24 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel – Würzburg – Augsburg – Munich – Schwarzach-St. Veit Some trains
Innsbruck
ICE 25 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich Hourly
EC 27 Westerland / Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Dresden – Prague – Brno Some trains
ICE 28 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg Hbf – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Augsburg / Ingolstadt – Munich Hourly
ICE 43 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel Some trains
EC 43 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich or Interlaken Ost Two train pairs

Regional services

Line Route Operator
RE 7 Flensburg – Neumünster – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg DB Regio Nord
RE 70 Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg DB Regio Nord
RB 61 Itzehoe – Elmshorn – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft

See also

References

  1. ^ Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) (in German)
  2. ^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Cf. „Streckenelektrifizierungen“, on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona, retrieved on 19 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung, §4". Gesetze im Internet (in German). Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

External links

Media related to Bahnhof Hamburg Dammtor at Wikimedia Commons