Barmbek station

Barmbek is a railway station and transport hub in Hamburg, Germany, for the underground railway (U-Bahn) system and the suburban railway (S-Bahn) system. The station is located in the district of Barmbek-Nord, Germany. Barmbek-Nord is part of the borough of Hamburg-Nord.

Barmbek
HVV rapid transit station
Location	Fuhlsbüttler Straße 91 22305 Hamburg, Germany[1]
Coordinates	53°35′13″N 10°2′41″E
Line(s)	S 1S 11 U 3
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	elevated
Platform levels	1
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	HVV: A/103 and 105[2]
History
Opened	5 December 1906 15 February 1912
Rebuilt	1965, end 1980s
Electrified	29 January 1908, 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955)[3] at opening 10 April 1941, 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail)[3]
Previous names	1906-1947 Barmbeck
Location
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The suburban railway part of the station at the north side is listed as Barmbek (S-Bahn), No. 0376 and category 4 by the Deutsche Bahn. The DS 100 code is ABAG.[4]

History

In November 1866, a Barmbek line was built for horsecars by the Hamburger Pferde-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Hamburg horsecar railway company).[5] On 11 April 1895, the first new built electric tram line was opened from Barmbeker Zoll (Barmbek customs facilities) to Ohlsdorf Cemetery,[6] and on 6 December 1906, the Hamburg-Altonaer Stadt- und Vortbahn (City and suburban railway) — since 1934 abbreviated Hamburg S-Bahn — opened the double track line Ohlsdorf – Blankenese, including Barmbek station.[7] Planned as an electric railway with overhead lines, the trains were first steam powered, because of difficulties concerning the construction of the electrical installations and a delay delivering the engines.[8] In 1912, the Hamburger Hochbahn opened first part of the Hamburg U-Bahn circle line from Barmbek station via Mundsburg to central station.[9] Until 1947, Barmbek station was written Barmbeck. In end 1980s, constructing the bus station at the north side of Barmbek station gave the whole station the new westside entrance.[10]

Layout

Barmbek is an elevated railway station and a bus station for several bus routes north of it. There are three platforms with six tracks at the same level. The two U-Bahn platforms are served by trains of the branches of line U3 side by side at the same time to ease the change between it.

In the westside entrance level are some shops, escalators and lifts to the platforms and to the bus station. There is an at-grade entrance at the eastside with an exit to the south only as well. The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons.[1]

Services

The Hamburg U-Bahn line U3, and lines S1 and S11 of the Hamburg S-Bahn serve Barmbek station.[11]

Gallery

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  Barmbek station
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  Entrance

See also

• List of Hamburg U-Bahn stations
• List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations

References

1. DB-Konzern Barmbek (in German), Deutsche Bahn, 2009, retrieved 2009-03-31
2. Fare Zone Plan (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-17, retrieved 2009-03-18
3. Cf. „Streckenelektrifizierungen“, on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona, retrieved on 19 January 2018.
4. Name, station code and category: Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008, DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) (in German)
5. Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008), Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland (in German), Band 11: Hamburg, Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier, p. 18, ISBN 978-3-88255-392-5
6. Höltge, Kochems, p. 61
7. Borchers, Jan; Heimann, Martin; Pischek, Wolfgang (2002), Die Hamburg S-Bahn (in German), Munich: GeraMond, p. 30, ISBN 3-7654-7191-7
8. Höltge, Kochems, p. 254
9. Höltge, Kochems, p. 292
10. Borchers, Heimann, Pischek, p. 35
11. Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, 2008-12-14, archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2009, retrieved 2009-03-26

External links

• DB station information (in German)