Hamburg-Altona station
Hamburg-Altona is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city's main station, in the district which bears its name.
A main line terminal station, most Intercity-Express services to and from southern Germany begin and terminate at Hamburg-Altona. It also has an underground station which is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn. The station is managed by DB Station&Service.
History
The original Altona station was built by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company at the end of the line from Kiel, some 300 metres south of the current station. It opened in 1844, at which time Altona was an independent city within the Duchy of Holstein.In 1866 the link line was opened, allowing trains to run through to Klosterthor station and on to Berlin or Hanover. In 1867 the Altona-Blankenese railway was opened to the towns on the right bank of the river Elbe.
In 1898 Altona Hauptbahnhof was opened at the current location. It was badly damaged during World War II but subsequently rebuilt. The building was finally demolished in the late 1970s during the construction of the City-S-Bahn despite protests; it was feared that the tunnelling would cause the structure to collapse. It was replaced by the current two-storey, low-rise precast concrete structure upon its opening in 1979.
Future
In September 2009 the Hamburger Morgenpost and Die Welt revealed that Deutsche Bahn AG plans to close the long distance train station at Altona and to build a new station in the area of Diebsteich station. According to Die Welt, the city government had preliminary studies for the area to build flats and a park. Initially it was expected that the new station would open in 2016. As a result of frequent protests, that date has been delayed until 2027.Station layout
Regional and long-distance trains start and terminate at the street-level bay platforms within the terminal. There are two underground island platforms for the Hamburg S-Bahn rapid transit trains, accessible by stairs, escalators and lifts. In front of the station there is a bus station with connections across the city.Station services
Trains
Long distance
Altona is the terminus/starting point for ICE lines 18, 25 and 28 to Munich, line 22 to Stuttgart, line 26 to Karlsruhe and line 20 to Basel. All ICE services are run by Deutsche Bahn.| Line | Route | Interval |
| ICE 11 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Augsburg – Munich | Individual services |
| ICE 18 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg – Munich | Every two hours |
| ICE 20 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich | Every two hours |
| ICE 22 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart | Every two hours |
| ICE 25 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich | Hourly |
| ICE 26 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Lüneburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Marburg – Gießen – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe | Every two hours |
| EC 27 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Ludwigslust – Berlin – Dresden – Prague | Every two hours |
| ICE 28 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg – Munich | Every two hours |
| ICE 30 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne | One train |
| ICE 31 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt | Two train pairs |
| IC/EC 30 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart EC: Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich / Interlaken Ost | Every two hours EC: four train pairs |
| IC 31 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Solingen – Köln – Mainz – Frankfurt | Every two hours |
| ICE 42 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – / Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich | One train pair |
| ICE 91 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Plattling – Passau – Linz – St. Pölten – Wien Meidling – Vienna | One train pair |