Wilhelmsburg station is a

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station on the

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and is served by trains on the

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network. The railway station is located in the quarter Wilhelmsburg in the

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borough of the Free and Hanseatic City of

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. Wilhelmsburg station is listed as a ''Bf (Bahnhof)'' (rail station), a place where trains may start, end or change directions, and that has at least one

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. The station is managed by

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, a subsiary of German railway company

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AG.

History

The ''

Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn The Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: ''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', ''CME'') was along with the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th ...

'' started its service on the '' Rollbahn'' line on December 1, 1872. In 1983 — after 10 years of construction, the first part of Hamburg's southern S-Bahn line from

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toward Harburg were completed and opened with the new Wilhelmsburg station. In connection with Hamburg IBA 2013 (Internationale Bauausstellung), the station was substantially renovated, with a new bridge, entrance and platform roof.

Layout

The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons, because the highest step is .DB station information, see external links It has exits on both ends of the

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and a

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Services

Trains

S3 and S31 line

trains call at the station. S3 line trains run through central Hamburg and on to the towns of

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and

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.Network plan HVV, see external links

Facilities at the station

There are no lockers and the station is unstaffed, but there are SOS and information telephones,

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s, toilets and a small shop.

Gallery

File:Hamburg S-Bahn Wilhelmsburg DS658n.jpg, Platform of the station, viewed from the pedestrian bridge

References

External links

DB station information

Network plan HVV
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