Farmsen is a

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station located in the

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quarter of

Farmsen-Berne # Farmsen-Berne is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Wandsbek. More than 34,000 inhabitants live in an area of 8.3 km2. Farmsen () and Berne () are part of the area of Walddörfer (lit. ''forest villages''). Geography Farms ...

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. The station was opened in 1918 and is served by

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line U1.

History

The station was constructed from 1912 to 1914 and opened on 12 September 1918 on the Walddörfer railway line. The village of Farmsen had been an exclave of Hamburg territory, so a stop was planned here. The station was served by steam trains until 20 September 1919 and re-opened after electrification of one track on 6 September 1920 which allowed a train stop every two hours. But only after a second electrified track had been opened on 13 May 1921, more frequent services could be offered. On 20 May 1923 the second track was completed to

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 ...

. From 1962 to 1964 a 1,000m long railway repair workshop (''Betriebswerkstatt'') was built in Farmsen which was needed for the then completed U1 line. At the same time a second platform with two tracks was constructed at Farmsen station along with a new entrance from the west, where a

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by well-known sculptor

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was erected. An entrance from the bus stop south of the station was missing until the station was fully renovated in 1996. Also a lift was added then.

Service

Trains

Farmsen is served by

line U1; departures are every 5 minutes. The travel time to

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takes about 21 minutes.

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History

Service

Trains

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