Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

Hamburg Hbf
Hamburg Hbf
	Aerial view of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
General information
Other names	Hamburg Central Station (English translation)
Location	Hachmannplatz 16, 20099 Hamburg; Germany
Coordinates	53°33′10″N 10°00′23″E / 53.55278°N 10.00639°E
Line(s)	Berlin–Hamburg Railway; Hanover–Hamburg railway; Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway; Lower Elbe Railway; Lübeck–Hamburg railway; Hamburg-Altona link line;
Platforms	8 main line; 4 S-Bahn; 8 U-Bahn (6 in usage);
Construction
Structure type	Below grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	2514
DS100 code	AH
IBNR	8002549
Category	1; IATA: ZMB
Fare zone	HVV: A/000
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1906
Electrified	29 January 1908, 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955); 10 April 1941, 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail); 6 April 1965, 15 kV AC system (overhead)
Passengers
	480,000 (daily)
Services
	Berlin-Spandau towards München Hbf
	Schwerin Hbf towards Ostseebad Binz
Hamburg Dammtor towards Westerland	Hamburg-Harburg towards Stuttgart Hbf
	Hamburg-Bergedorf One-way operation
	Hamburg-Harburg towards Zürich HB
Location
Location

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (abbrev. Hamburg Hbf), or Hamburg Central Railway Station in English, is the main railway station of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Opened in 1906 to replace four separate terminal stations, today Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is operated by DB Station&Service AG. With an average of 550,000 passengers a day, it is Germany's busiest railway station and the second-busiest in Europe after the Gare du Nord in Paris. It is classed by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 railway station.

The station is a through station with island platforms and is one of Germany's major transportation hubs, connecting long-distance Intercity Express routes to the city's U-Bahn and S-Bahn rapid transit networks. It is centrally located in Hamburg in the Hamburg-Mitte borough. The Wandelhalle shopping centre occupies the north side of the station building.