🇩🇪 Hamburg Hbf

Major

Germany

#5 Most Connected Train Stations #8 Train Stations with the Most Platforms #3 Busiest Train Stations in Europe

Hamburg Hbf is Deutschland's busiest Bahnhof by passenger volume, a magnificent neo-Renaissance structure completed in 1906 whose vast iron-and-glass barrel-vaulted roof spans five main Bahnsteige im Herzen von one of Europe's largest port cities. It serves as the hub for ICE Hochgeschwindigkeitsdienste to Berlin, Frankfurt, München, and Köln, sowie Intercity-Züge to Kopenhagen and international Nightjet Schlafwagendienste, with the S-Bahn and U-Bahn Netzs providing dense Verbindungen across the metropolitan area. Hamburg's role as a global port city and Deutschland's second largest urban centre underpins the station's exceptional traffic volumes, which exceed 550,000 passengers per Tag.

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Land	🇩🇪 Germany
Typ	Major
Koordinaten	53,552732, 10,006908
Zeitzone	Europe/Berlin
Verbindungen	778
UIC-Code	8001071

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof befindet sich just east of the Alster lakes and within easy Gehweite of the Mönckebergstrasse Geschäftping street and Rathaus. U-Bahn lines U1, U2, U3, and U4 fan out vom Bahnhof, with U3 providing a direkte Verbindung to the Speicherstadt warehouse district and HafenCity.

Deutsche Bahn ICE-Züge from Hamburg Hbf reach Hanover in under eine Stunde, Frankfurt in less than vier Stunden, and München in under six. EuroCity services run to Kopenhagen via the Vogelfluglinie, and Nightjet sleepers connect to Zürich, Wien, and Innsbruck.

Hamburg Hbf is one of Deutschland's busiest stations and contains an extensive Geschäftping arcade on the lower Haupthallenebene, with Supermärkte, Apotheken, Bäckereien, and international Fast Food. A large DB Reisezentrum and separate regional and S-Bahn ticketing points are spread throughout the building.

Schließfächer sind verfügbar on the lower level of Hamburg Hbf and are open etwa the clock. A staffed Gepäckaufbewahrung near the Haupthalle also handles oversized items and is besonders busy during summer cruise ship season.

Hamburg's Reeperbahn and St Pauli entertainment district is a short U-Bahn ride from the Hbf and best visited in the evening, while the Fischmarkt on the Elbe riverbank opens every SunTag morning from 05:00 and is a uniquely Hamburg experience. The Hamburg Card provides unlimited public transport and museum discounts and is sold am Bahnhof.

Betreiber

OBB

National · Austria

SNCF

National · France

DB

National · Germany

Unterbahnhöfe

Hamburg Hbf ZOB

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Zielort	Entfernung	Dauer
🇨🇭 Aigle	833 km	416 Min.	Strecke →
🇮🇹 Mailand	899 km	260 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Sierre/Siders	826 km	413 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Sitten	836 km	418 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Mendrisio	858 km	428 Min.	Strecke →
🇩🇪 Mannheim Hbf	465 km	139 Min.	Strecke →
🇩🇪 Munich	612 km	181 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Morges	822 km	411 Min.	Strecke →
🇩🇪 Saarbrücken Hbf	523 km	156 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Renens VD	817 km	408 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Pontresina	785 km	392 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Sargans	725 km	363 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Samedan	781 km	391 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Rotkreuz	722 km	362 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Romont	794 km	397 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Sursee	722 km	362 Min.	Strecke →
🇩🇪 Stuttgart Hbf	533 km	158 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 St-Maurice	843 km	421 Min.	Strecke →
🇨🇭 Sissach	695 km	349 Min.	Strecke →
🇩🇪 Ulm Hbf	573 km	170 Min.	Strecke →