The Hamburg-Altona train station is a station for long-distance traffic as well as regional and S-Bahn traffic in Hamburg and next to that Hamburg Central Station and the Hamburg Dammtor train station one of three important long-distance rail stops in northern Germany.
kitchen
In the station there are numerous fast-food restaurants, such as McDonalds, Subway and kitchen. These are partly on the cross platform and partly on the mezzanine floor to the S-Bahn tunnel station.
shop
Food
- Lidl, on the mezzanine floor to the S-Bahn tunnel station
Electrical items
- Media Markt, on the cross platform
- Edeka, on the mezzanine floor to the S-Bahn area
Help and health
- DB Information, open daily between 6 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.
- Hamburg-Altona station mission, at platform 7/8
- Pharmacy in the Hamburg-Altona train station, Opening times: Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Telephone: 040/325 226 0.
Accessibility
After renovation work, all areas are accessible via elevators, and guidance systems for the blind have also been installed on the floors.
Lockers
There are lockers in the train station which are publicly accessible.
Park
Car parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces are available.
WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
Free WiFi is available in the entire station area, but the connection is better guaranteed indoors than on the platforms.
getting there
- In addition to the option of arriving by train, there are also travel options via the City and regional buses at the bus station in front of the train station.
- The Hamburg Airport can be reached with the S1 line (direction Airport / Poppenbüttel) without having to change trains.
- The Hamburg long-distance bus station can be reached with all S-Bahn lines, the nearest stop is the main train station.
Transport links
Long-distance transport
The train station is through ICE and IC/EC trains as well as the Night trainNightjet (NJ) of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), which can also be used for journeys within Germany, and the station is served by the private long-distance train FlixTrain and the private night train FlixNight approached, both of which by the Flixmobility GmbH operate.
Regional traffic
The Altona station is served by the regional express RE 6 approached, which on the railway line Marching track operates between Hamburg-Altona, Husum, Niebüll and Westerland on Sylt as well as through the regional train line RB 71, which runs between Altona, Elmshorn and Itzehoe train stations.
S-Bahn traffic
The trains of the S-Bahn Hamburg depart in a tunnel station, which, unlike the platforms for regional and long-distance traffic, has through tracks, so that no change of direction is necessary. The following S-Bahn lines operate at Hamburg-Altona station:
- S 1 Wedel - Blankenese - Altona train station - Reeperbahn - Landungsbrücken - Jungfernstieg - Central Station - Berliner Tor - Barmbek - Hamburg / Poppenbüttel Airport. (Train division in Ohlsdorf)
- S 11 Blankenese - Altona station - Holstenstrasse - Dammtor station - main station - Berliner Tor - Barmbek - Poppenbüttel
- S 2 Altona train station - Königstraße - Reeperbahn - Landungsbrücken - Jungfernstieg - Central Station - Berliner Tor - Bergedorf
- S 3 Pinneberg - Elbgaustraße - Diebsteich - Altona station - Reeperbahn - Landungsbrücken - Jungfernstieg - main station - Wilhelmsburg - Harburg - Neugraben - Buxtehude - Stade
- P. 31 Altona station - Holstenstrasse - Dammtor station - main station - Wilhelmsburg - Harburg - Berliner Tor
Lines S1, S2 and S3 run through the Citytunnel Hamburg, lines S11 and S31 over the Lombard bridge
Other traffic
Hamburg Altona station is not connected to the subway network, but is served by numerous city and regional bus routes operated by Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA) and the Hamburg-Holstein transport company (VHH).
