Holstenstrasse station

Holstenstraße
Rapid transit and commuter rail

Platform at Holstenstraße station.
Location Stresemannstraße
22765 Hamburg
Germany
Line(s) Hamburg S-Bahn
S11
S21
S31
AKN railway plc.
A1
Platforms 2 (island platform)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code 2509
DS100 codeAHKS[1]
Category4[2]
Fare zone 101[3]
History
Opened 1893
Rebuilt End 1980's
Electrified S-Bahn: 1200 volts DC system
Third rail
Location
Holstenstraße station
Holstenstraße station (Hamburg)

Holstenstraße is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, located in the quarter Altona-Nord in the borough Altona.[4] It is a station for the rapid transit trains of the city railway and the commuter trains of the AKN railway plc (AKN). The station is managed by the DB Station&Service.

The station is directly beside the musical theatre Neue Flora and near the beer brewery of the Holsten Brewery plc. In 2005 the railway station was in the media because at its bus stop people believed to have eavesdropped three men planning a terrorist attack. This caused a massive police investigation.[5]

History

On 28 September 1883, a Holstenstraße station was opened for a horsecar line, from Millerntor — near Reeperbahn — to Holstenstraße.[6]

In 1893, the station was built elevated, as an alternate for the at-grade station called Schulterblatt at the current location. The station was part of the link line from Hamburg central station to Altona central station. During the bombing of Hamburg in World War II in 1943, the station building was destroyed and provisionally rebuild. In the end of the 1980s, the Station was completely renovated, with a new platform building and entrance.[7]

Layout

Holstenstraße is an elevated railway station with an island platform and two tracks. There is no personnel attending the station, but SOS and information telephones and ticket machines are available. Through a lift the station is accessible for handicapped persons.[8]

Tracks of the long distance and regional trains are separated, these trains do not stop at Holstenstraße station.

Services

The station is served by the line S11, S21 and S31 of the Hamburg S-Bahn, and the line A1 of the AKN.[9] The city trains calls the station every 5 to 10 minutes in the rush hours. On weekdays the service stops around midnight and starts at 4 a.m. On weekend nights the city trains are calling the station round-the-clock every 30 minutes. The AKN commuter trains are calling the statiion only during the rush hours.

The passengers can change to several bus lines in front of the station. There is also a taxicab stand. A small shop is in the entrance of the station building.[8]

Preceding station   Hamburg S-Bahn   Following station
toward Blankenese
S11
S21
toward Aumühle
toward Altona
S31
toward Neugraben
Preceding station   AKN Eisenbahn   Following station
toward Neumünster
A1
toward Hauptbahnhof

See also

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Fare Zone Plan (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, retrieved 2009-03-18
  4. ↑ (PDF) (in German), Berlin: DB Station&Service, 2008 Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 http://www.db.de/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__2008.pdf Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 Check |url= value (help), retrieved 2009-03-26 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Hamburg Police Release Terror Suspects DW-WORLD.DE (27.08.2005) Retrieved on June 7, 2008
  6. ↑ Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008), Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland (in German), Band 11: Hamburg, Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier, p. 36, ISBN 978-3-88255-392-5
  7. ↑ Borchers, Jan; Heimann, Martin; Pischek, Wolfgang (2002), Die Hamburg S-Bahn (in German), Munich: GeraMond, p. 22, ISBN 3-7654-7191-7
  8. 1 2 DB-Konzern Halstenbek (in German), Deutsche Bahn, 2009, retrieved 2009-03-26
  9. ↑ Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, 2008-12-14, retrieved 2009-03-26

External links

Media related to S-Bahn stations in Hamburg at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 53°33′41″N 9°57′0″E / 53.56139°N 9.95000°E / 53.56139; 9.95000

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