The U1 is a line of 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 ...

which has a length of . It starts in Norderstedt Mitte and leads via the city center at

Jungfernstieg The Jungfernstieg () is an urban promenade in Hamburg, Germany. It is the city's foremost boulevard. Location Jungfernstieg mostly lies within the quarter of Neustadt; however at its easternmost it stretches as far as Hamburg-Altstadt. In to ...

and Hauptbahnhof Süd 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 ...

where it divides in two branches, leading to Ohlstedt and

Großhansdorf Großhansdorf is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 3 km east of Ahrensburg, and 25 km northeast of Hamburg. History Großhansdorf was first mentioned in 1274 in a ...

and serves 47 stations.

History

The first part of the line was opened on 1 December 1914 from Kellinghusenstraße to Ohlsdorf with electric service. In 1920, the new branch from Wandsbek-Gartenstadt ( Walddörfer railway) to Volksdorf opened; the two branches from here to Großhansdorf and to Ohlstedt followed in 1921 and 1925. Also in 1921, the

Langenhorn railway Langenhorn may refer to: *Langenhorn, Hamburg, a quarter of Hamburg, Germany *Langenhorn (Nordfriesland) Langenhorn ( da, Langhorn) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, official ...

to Ochsenzoll was established. On this line, there had been a preliminary service with steam trains since 1918. On 2 June 1929 the first part and on 25 March 1931 the second part of the KellJung line to

was added. From 1960 to 1963 the line was built through the city center to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt, which completed the U1 line, connecting the branch to Volksdorf. In 1969 the Langenhorn railway was extended to Garstedt and in 1996 to Norderstedt Mitte.

Opening dates

* 1 December 1914: Kellinghusenstraße − Ohlsdorf * 12 September 1918 - 22 May 1919 (powered by steam); 6 September 1920 (powered by electricity): Wandsbek-Gartenstadt – Volksdorf ( Walddörfer railway, Walddörferbahn) * 1 July 1921: Ohlsdorf − Ochsenzoll (

) * 5 November 1921: Volksdorf − Großhansdorf (then: Groß Hansdorf) (Walddörferbahn) * 1 February 1925: Volksdorf − Ohlstedt (Walddörferbahn) * 2 June 1929: Kellinghusenstraße − Stephansplatz ( KellJung line) * 25 March 1931: Stephansplatz − Jungfernstieg * 22 February 1960: Jungfernstieg − Meßberg * 2 October 1960: Meßberg − Hauptbahnhof Süd (then: Hauptbahnhof) * 2 July 1961: Hauptbahnhof Süd (then: Hauptbahnhof) − Lübecker Straße * 1 October 1961: Lübecker Straße − Wartenau * 28 October 1962: Wartenau − Wandsbek Markt * 3 March 1963: Wandsbek Markt − Straßburger Straße * 4 August 1963: Straßburger Straße − Wandsbek-Gartenstadt * 1 June 1969: Ochsenzoll − Garstedt * 28 September 1996: Garstedt − Norderstedt Mitte

Gallery

File:U-Bahnhof Ochsenzoll Hamburg 2009c.JPG, Ochsenzoll File:Hamburg Bahnhof Ohlsdorf.jpg, Ohlsdorf File:U kellinghusenstraße.jpg, Kellinghusenstraße File:U-Bahnhof Volksdorf 5.jpg, Volksdorf

References

External links

Hamburg U-Bahn lines Railway lines opened in 1914 1914 establishments in Germany {{Hamburg-UBahn-stub