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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 t ...
. 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 into the ring passing through the city center and back to Barmbek.


History

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, Germany. It is Germany's oldest horse-racing track, built in 1855. It has a capacity of 50,000 spect ...
. 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 {{Hamburg-UBahn-stub