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Ohlsdorf Station
Ohlsdorf is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, located at the junction of the Hamburg-Altona link line with the Alster Valley line and the Hamburg Airport line in Ohlsdorf, Hamburg near the Ohlsdorf Cemetery. History On 6 December 1906, the ''Hamburg-Altonaer Stadt- und Vorortbahn'' (City and suburban railway) — later abbreviated Hamburg S-Bahn — opened the double track Ohlsdorf–Blankenese line. Planned as an electric railway with overhead lines, the trains were first steam powered, because of difficulties concerning the construction of the electrical installations and a delay delivering the engines. Overhead lines were completed by , however, electric operation only started on 29 January 1908. Prior to 2008, Ohlsdorf had a bus shuttle service to bring passengers from the station to the airport. This was discontinued when a new station was constructed in the airport. An S-Bahn maintenance depot is located south-east of the station. Services Ohlsdorf is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be called a subway, tube, or underground. Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are railways (usually electric railway, electric) that operate on an exclusive right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles, and which is often grade-separated in tunnels or on elevated railways. Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between rapid transit station, stations typically using electric multiple units on rail tracks, although some systems use guided rubber tires, magnetic levitation (''maglev''), or monorail. The stations typically have high platforms, without steps inside the trains, requiring custom-made trains in order to minimize gaps between train a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg S-Bahn
The Hamburg S-Bahn is a suburban commuter railway network in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area. The network has operated since 1907 as a commuter rail system, under the direction of the state railway, and is a member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV; Hamburg Transport Association). There are six lines, serving 68 stations, on of route. On an average working day the S-Bahn transports about 590,000 passengers; in 2010 about 221 million people used the S-Bahn. The S-Bahn is the only railway in Germany that uses both 1,200 V DC supplied by a third rail and supplied by overhead lines. Most of the tracks are separated from other rail services. The S-Bahn is operated by S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH, a subsidiary of DB Regio. Similarly to Berlin but unlike Hanover, the S-Bahn is an important part of public transport within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wohldorf-Ohlstedt
Wohldorf-Ohlstedt () is a neighborhood of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough Wandsbek. It is the most northern quarter and one of the wealthiest in Hamburg. Geography Wohldorf-Ohlstedt borders the quarters Duvenstedt, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt and Bergstedt. Outside Hamburg it borders the Kreise Tangstedt, Jersbek and Ammersbek in Schleswig-Holstein. Politics These are the results of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt in the Hamburg state election: Wohldorf-Ohlstedt belongs to the electoral district of Alstertal-Walddörfer. Transport Wohlstedt-Ohlstedt has access to one U-Bahn Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and fourteen S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn (''underground railway'') are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while ... station. References {{Authority control Quarters of Hamburg Wandsbek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großhansdorf
Großhansdorf is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 3 km east of Ahrensburg, and 25 km northeast of Hamburg. History Großhansdorf was first mentioned in 1274 in a deed of Hamburg's St. Catherine's Church congregation, to which Großhansdorf was affiliated at that time. In 1435 the city of Hamburg acquired Großhansdorf and administered it as part of its forest villages domain (Walddörfer), consisting of a series of Hamburgian exclaves surrounded by then else Holstein territories. In 1642 the erection of a water mill is recorded, which operated until the 19th century. Since 1701 Großhansdorf was the seat of a ''forest rider'' (german: Waldreiter), an official of Hamburg's police administration, which is recalled in today's coat-of-arms of Großhansdorf. Hamburg then formed a free imperial city within the Holy Roman Empire. By 1806 the rotation of arable fields among the resident farming families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norderstedt
Norderstedt (Northern Low Saxon: ''Noordersteed'') is a city in Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (''Metropolregion Hamburg''), the fifth largest city (with approximately 80,000 inhabitants) in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the district Segeberg. History Norderstedt was created by the merger of four villages on 1 January 1970: the villages of Friedrichsgabe and Garstedt, both belonging to the district Pinneberg, and the villages of Glashütte and Harksheide, both belonging to the district Stormarn. The newly created city was assigned to the district Segeberg. Location The city hall of Norderstedt is located at . Norderstedt is the southernmost city of district Segeberg, bordering with Hamburg in the south and forms part of Hamburg agglomeration. Transport and logistics Norderstedt is served by the Autobahn (federal motorway) A 7/E 45 via exit number 23 Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord (Norderstedt-Süd), located on Hamburg territory, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg U-Bahn
The Hamburg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system serving the cities of Hamburg, Norderstedt and Ahrensburg in Germany. Although referred to by the term U-Bahn (the "U" commonly being understood as standing for "underground"), most of the system's track length is above ground. The network is interconnected with the city's S-Bahn system, which also has underground sections. It is operated by Hamburger Hochbahn within the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). It was opened in February 1912, and comprises four lines serving 93 stations, with a route length of in 2019. History In 1906 the Senate of Hamburg awarded a contract for the Elevated and Underground Railway to Siemens & Halske and AEG of Berlin. The first stretch was completed on 7 October 1906. This was followed in 1911 with the founding of the ''Hamburger Hochbahn Aktiengesellschaft'' (HHA). Thus Hamburg became the third German city (after Berlin, 1902 and Schöneberg, 1910) to have a U-Bahn (then known as the Elevated and Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg Airport Station
Hamburg Airport (Flughafen) is a station on line S1 of the Hamburg S-Bahn, serving Hamburg's airport in the quarter of Fuhlsbüttel in the northeast of the city. It opened in 2008. According to S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH — owner and operator of the S-Bahn — about 13,500 passengers used the service per day in 2009, with an increase to 20,000 daily passengers by 2013. The station's name is identical in both English and German with the English word "airport" being used primarily in both languages and with the German equivalent "Flughafen" added in brackets. Service During daytime the station is served with a ten-minute headway, in the early morning and the evening the station is served every twenty minutes. Travel time between the airport and Hamburg main station is approximately 25 minutes. On weekdays the first train arrives at the airport at about 4:30h, while the last train headed for the main station leaves shortly before midnight, covering the complete operation hours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppenbüttel Station
Poppenbüttel () railway station is on the Alster Valley line and is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn.Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) It is a terminus for the city trains of the line S1 and the temporary line S11, located in the quarter Poppenbüttel of the Wandsbek borough in Hamburg, Germany See also *Hamburger Verkehrsverbund The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) ( en, "Hamburg Transport Association") is a transport association coordinating public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide a unified fare system, requiring only a single ... References External links DB station information Hamburg S-Bahn stations in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Wandsbek Railway stations in Germany opened in 1918 {{Hamburg-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blankenese Station
Blankenese is a railway station on the Altona-Blankenese line, part of the Hamburg S-Bahn, located in the suburb of Blankenese in the borough of Altona, Hamburg, Germany. The station opened in 1867, and is a heritage site. It is a terminus, trains of the city train line S11 end here and the other line S1 change their direction. See also *Hamburger Verkehrsverbund *List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations The following is the list of the 68 stations of the Hamburg S-Bahn transit system. The Hamburg S-Bahn is operated by S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH (S-Bahn Hamburg plc) for the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, the company coordinating public transport in Hamburg, ... References *Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) External links DB station information Hamburg S-Bahn stations in Hamburg Hamburg Blankenese Hamburg Blankenese Heritage sites in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Altona, Hamburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg. The region is called ''Slesvig-Holsten'' in Danish and pronounced . The Low German name is ''Sleswig-Holsteen'', and the North Frisian name is ''Slaswik-Holstiinj''. In more dated English, it is also known as ''Sleswick-Holsatia''. Historically, the name can also refer to a larger region, containing both present-day Schleswig-Holstein and the former South Jutland County (Northern Schleswig; now part of the Region of Southern Denmark) in Denmark. It covers an area of , making it the 5th smallest German federal state by area (including the city-states). Schleswig was under Danish control during the Viking Age, but in the 12th century it escaped full control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedel Station
Wedel station (officially ''Wedel (Holst)'', meaning Wedel in Holstein) is a railway station on the Altona-Blankenese line, served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn, located in Wedel, Germany.Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) It is a terminus of the line S1. History The station was opened on 1 December 1883. The station was then served by four steam trains a day, the number increased to 16 by 1904. During World War II, on 3 March 1943, bombs heavily damaged the station building, which was rebuilt after the war, but demolished in the 1980s for a new car park and bus stop. Electrification of the railway line was planned since 1948. It was completed in May 1950 to Sülldorf. On 20 May 1954 the electrified track to Wedel was opened. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
