Hamburg Dammtor station

Hamburg Dammtor Dammtor Rapid transit transport hub
Outside view
Station statistics
Address	Dammtor, Rotherbaum Hamburg, Germany
Lines	Long distance trains Rapid transit: Hamburg S-Bahn S11 S21 S31
Connections	Bus
Structure	elevated
Levels	1
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Electrified	S-Bahn: 1200 volts DC system Third rail
Accessible
Code	S-Bahn: ds100: ADF (main line) DB station code: 2513 Type: Hp Category: 2
Fare zone	Rapit transit: 000
Location
Hamburg Dammtor station Hamburg Dammtor station (Hamburg)

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

The railway station is one of the 4 long distance train stations in Hamburg. The other stations are Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Hamburg-Altona and Hamburg-Harburg. Despite its size and importance, the station is classified as a Haltepunkt because no trains change directions or start or end there.

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 one hundred meters away.

Location

Hamburg Dammtor is close to the center of Hamburg in the quarter Rotherbaum of the Eimsbüttel borough near 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).

Operation usage

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

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Hamburg-Altona Terminus		ICE 20		Hamburg Hbf toward Basel SBB
		ICE 22		Hamburg Hbf toward Stuttgart Hbf
		ICE 25		Hamburg Hbf toward München Hbf
		ICE 28
Preceding station		Hamburg S-Bahn		Following station
Sternschanze toward Blankenese		S11		Hauptbahnhof toward Poppenbüttel
Sternschanze toward Elbgaustrasse		S21		Hauptbahnhof toward Aümuhle
Sternschanze toward Altona		S31		Hauptbahnhof toward Neugraben
Preceding station		AKN Eisenbahn		Following station
Sternschanze toward Neumünster		A1		Hauptbahnhof Terminus

See also

• Dammtor
• Hamburg S-Bahn
• Hamburger Verkehrsverbund

External links

Media related to Hamburg Dammtor station at Wikimedia Commons

• DB station information (German)