Buckhorn is a station in

Volksdorf Volksdorf () is a Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Hamburg. It is situated in the north east of the city, about 15 km from the centre of the city. Volksdorf belongs to the borough of Wandsbek. It covers an area of 11.6 km² and h ...

on the

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 ...

line U1. It is located on the Ohlstedt branch of the line.

History

The station was built in 1916 under the name "Volksdorf-Nord." The station's architect was

Eugen Göbel Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...

, who also designed the U-Bahn and S-Bahn stations Barmbek, Hasselbrook, and Ohlsdorf, as well as all underground stations of the Walddörferbahn. Because of the provisional steam railway operation to Barmbek, initially, no trains stopped at the station. It was only with the beginning of electrical railway operations in 1925 that trains stopped at this station, which now had the name Buckhorn.

Services

Buckhorn is served by

line U1.

References

{{Hamburg rail, lineU1=yes Hamburg U-Bahn stations in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Wandsbek U1 (Hamburg U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures completed in 1916 Railway stations in Germany opened in 1925