The U3 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 ...
. The
ring line with a length of serves 25 stations. The first part opened in 1912. The line starts in
Wandsbek-Gartenstadt and leads via
Barmbek
Barmbek (), until 27 September 1946 ''Barmbeck'', is the name of a former village that was absorbed into the city of Hamburg, Germany. In 1951 it was divided into the quarters '' Barmbek-Süd'', '' Barmbek-Nord'' and '' Dulsberg'' in the borough ' ...
into the ring passing through the city center and back to Barmbek.
History
![Hamburger Hochbahn - Plan der Linie U3 bis 2009](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Hamburger_Hochbahn_-_Plan_der_Linie_U3_bis_2009.png)
The ring line was built from 1906 to 1912 and had a length of 17.48 km and with 23 stations. The first part of the line which was first opened in February 1912, was the part between Rathaus via Hauptbahnhof and to Barmbek. On 2 January 1967 the first part of the line to
Billstedt
Billstedt () is a quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte, in the eastern part of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the population was 71,077, it was the second-most populous quarter.
History
Schifbeck, Öjendorf, Steinbeck and Schlem are the old settleme ...
opened with the section leading to
Horner Rennbahn
Galopprennbahn Hamburg-Horn (''Hamburg-Horn Racecourse''), also known as Horner Rennbahn, is a major horse racing venue located in Horn, Hamburg, Horn, Hamburg, Germany. It is Germany's oldest horse-racing track, built in 1855. It has a capacity o ...
. Since then, the U3 line was not a ring line anymore until the year of 2009.
In 2009 eastern parts of U2 and U3 lines were swapped behind
Berliner Tor. Before that, the U2 line led to
Wandsbek-Gartenstadt. Since then, it ends in Mümmelmannsberg, and the U3 became a ring line again with a branch to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt.
U2 U3 Linientausch 2009
hamburger-untergrundbahn.de, in German
Gallery
File:DT3 U-Bahn U3 Baumwall Abend - 6289-f6.jpg, Baumwall
File:U-Bahn Station Landungsbrücken.JPG, Landungsbrücken
File:Hamburg - U-Bahnhof Mundsburg Bahnsteig.jpg, Mundsburg
File:HamburgBaumwall+U-Bahn.JPG, U3
See also
* Tokyo's Toei Ōedo Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12. T ...
, London Underground's Circle line, and the Brussels Metro Line 6, three underground lines with similar arrangements
References
External links
Hamburg U-Bahn lines
Railway lines opened in 1912
1912 establishments in Germany
Railway loop lines
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