Holstenstrasse station

Holstenstraße is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, located in the quarter of Altona-Nord in the borough of Altona.[5] It is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn network as well as AKN regional commuter trains. The station is managed by DB Station&Service.

Holstenstraße
Rapid transit and commuter rail
Holstenstraße station platform
LocationStresemannstraße
22765 Hamburg
Germany
Line(s) Hamburg S-Bahn
S11
S21
S31
AKN railway plc.
A1
Platforms2 (island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station code2509
DS100 codeAHKS[1]
Category4[2]
Fare zoneHVV: A/101[3]
History
Opened1 May 1893 (1893-05-01)
RebuiltEnd 1980's
Electrified 29 January 1908 (1908-01-29), 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955)[4]
10 April 1941 (1941-04-10), 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail)[4]
Previous names1893-1938 Altona Holstenstraße
Location
Holstenstraße
Location in Hamburg
Holstenstraße
Location in Schleswig-Holstein
Holstenstraße
Location in Germany
Holstenstraße
Location in Europe

The station is situated directly beside the Neue Flora musical theatre and close to the Holsten Brewery. It was the focus of significant media attention in 2005 after people at the station's bus stop allegedly eavesdropped three men planning a terrorist attack, resulting in a large-scale police investigation.[6]

History

On 28 September 1883, a Holstenstraße station was opened for a horsecar line, from Millerntor – near Reeperbahn – to Holstenstraße.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10] 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 station 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.[9]

Preceding station   Hamburg S-Bahn   Following station
toward Blankenese
S 11
S 21
toward Aumühle
toward Altona
S 31
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 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. Fare Zone Plan (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-17, retrieved 2009-03-18
  4. Cf. „Streckenelektrifizierungen“, on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona, retrieved on 19 January 2018.
  5. (PDF) (in German), Berlin: DB Station&Service, 2008 http://www.db.de/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__2008.pdf, retrieved 2009-03-26 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Hamburg Police Release Terror Suspects DW-WORLD.DE (27.08.2005) Retrieved on June 7, 2008
  7. 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
  8. Borchers, Jan; Heimann, Martin; Pischek, Wolfgang (2002), Die Hamburg S-Bahn (in German), Munich: GeraMond, p. 22, ISBN 3-7654-7191-7
  9. DB-Konzern Halstenbek (in German), Deutsche Bahn, 2009, retrieved 2009-03-26
  10. Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, 2008-12-14, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-17, retrieved 2009-03-26

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