Hannover Airport (german: Bahnhof Hannover Flughafen) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located under the terminal of Hannover Airport,

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. The station is located on a branch of the

Heath Railway The Heath Railway (German: ''Heidebahn'') is a regional railway line in North Germany that crosses the Lüneburg Heath from which it derives its name. Most of the line is unelectrified and single-tracked. It links Buchholz in der Nordheide with H ...

. The train services are operated by

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as part of the

Hanover S-Bahn The Hanover S-Bahn (in German: ''S-Bahn Hannover'') is an S-Bahn network operated by DB Regio and Transdev Hannover in the area of Hanover in the German state capital of Lower Saxony. It went operational shortly before Expo 2000 and is focused o ...

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:Timetables for Hannover Flughafen station
*Hannover S-Bahn services ''Hannover Airport - Langenhagen - Hannover - Weetzen - Hameln - Paderborn'' *Hannover S-Bahn services ''Hannover Airport - Langenhagen - Hannover - Hannover Messe/Laatzen'' The S5 service provides a half-hourly service throughout the day, whilst the S8 operates only when there is a major event at the Messe (fair). Journey time between the airport and the city's main railway station (Hannover Hauptbahnhof) is 17 minutes.

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* {{Airport stations in Germany Railway stations in Lower Saxony Hannover S-Bahn stations Buildings and structures in Hanover Region Railway stations located underground in Germany Railway stations in Germany opened in 2000