Elbgaustraße railway station is on the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel line and is served by the city trains located in

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. The railway station is located in the quarter of Eidelstedt in the

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borough. After on 16 July 1922 the Eidelstedt

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(Verschiebebahnhof) had opened and, after the Reichsbahn had established railwaymen in company housings in the environs, a first station for suburban traffic was opened. This was already named Elbgaustraße. In 1965 the old platform was rebuilt and electrified for the S-Bahn service.

Station layout

The station is an elevated

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with 2 tracks and two exit. The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons, because there is a lift and a special floor layout for blind persons.DB station information

Station services

Trains

The

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trains of the lines S3 and S5 of the Hamburg S-Bahn are calling the station. The station is a terminus for the S5.HVV network plan Direction of the trains on track 1 is

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(S3). On track 2 the trains are traveling in the direction

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(S3) and

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(S5) via

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. The S3 needs 33 minutes to the central station, the S5 only 18 minutes via Holstenstraße.

Buses

Several bus lines are calling a

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in front.

Facilities at the station

A small shop in the station sells fast food and newspapers. There are no lockerboxes. No personnel is attending the station, but there are SOS and information telephones,

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s, 25 bicycle stands and 300

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parking lots. In front of the station is a

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References

External links

DB station information

Network plan HVV
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