Langenfelde

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is on the Altona–Kiel and the Altona–Neumünster lines and is served by the city trains.Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 (pdf)
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borough of

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. The station is managed by the

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plc. for the public transport operator of Hamburg ( Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV)).

History

After 1879, when Nothnagel & Co. promoted the idea to build a railway line to transport peat to Altona, the Altona Kaltenkirchen Railway Company was founded, today's Altona Kaltenkirchen Neumünster Railway Company and in 1883 works started for the

Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster railway The Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster railway is the original line of the AKN Eisenbahn (railway) in the German states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Today, passenger services on the 64.5 km-long Hamburg Eidelstedt–Neumünster section are ...

line. On 8 September 1884 passenger traffic was opened. However, between 1911 and 1912, when the line at grade was elevated onto a railway embankment in order to stop hindrances by level crossings, Langenfelde was given up as a stop. With AKN ceding the section of the Altona-Neumünster line between Altona and Eidelstedt to the Deutsche Bundesbahn the latter redeveloped the stations in this section into S-Bahn stations, and reopened Langenfelde station in 1962.

Station layout

The station is an elevated

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with two tracks and one exit.DB station information (see: External links) A lift was added recently.

Station services

Trains

The

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trains of the

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lines S3 and S5 call at the station. Direction of the trains on track 1 is northbound toward Elbgaustraße (S5), and

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(S3). On track 2 the trains run southbound in the direction

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via Holstenstraße (S5) and

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via Altona (S3).

Facilities at the station

A small shop in the station sells fast food and newspapers. Another shop sells bakery products, as well as Turkish take away food. There are no lockerboxes. Expectedly in course of April 2011 a newly installed lift will provide full access also for handicapped people. No personnel are attending the station, but there are SOS and information telephones,

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s and bicycle stands.

References

External links

DB station information

Line and route network plans
at hvv.de {{Coord, 53, 34, 46, N, 9, 55, 51, E, region:DE-HH_type:railwaystation, display=title Hamburg S-Bahn stations in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Eimsbüttel Railway stations in Germany opened in 1884