Hamburg-Altona link line

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Hamburg-Altona link line
Overview
Native name	Hamburg-Altonaer Verbindungsbahn
Line number	6100 (long-distance) 1240, 1241 (S-Bahn)
Locale	Hamburg, Germany
Service
Route number	137.1 (long-distance) 101.11, 101.21, 101.31 (S-Bahn)
Technical
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary (long-distance) 1,200 V DC third rail (S-Bahn)
Route map Legend km km Hamburg-Altona Kai Altona station (original) City S-Bahn to Hauptbahnhof 293.157 5.898 Hamburg-Altona 6.083 former Altona Harbour Tunnel 6.249 0.889 0.982 292.866 291.400 Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway to Pinneberg 291.075 Hamburg-Altona– Neumünster railway to Kaltenkirchen 291.503 Hamburg Rainweg junction 290.91 290.926 Hamburg Holstenstrasse halt & junction 290.597 Stresemannstraße ( B 4) Hamburg Schulterblatt cattle market branch 289.900 Hamburg Sternschanze Hamburg Sternschanze (1903–1912) 289.090 Hamburg Sternschanze crossover 288.114 288.153 Hamburg Dammtor 287.495 287.528 33 m adjustment Lombard Bridge over the Alster City S-Bahn to Altona 286.663 0.180 Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Keilbahnhof) Klosterthor former link line Berliner Bahnhof former link line Lower timber bridge (original route) Hannöverscher Bahnhof Upper harbour bridge (current route) Hbf marshalling yard (formerly Lippeltstrasse) Middle channel Lübecker Bahnhof Hamburg Ericus sidings Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway to Hamburg-Harburg Hamburg freight bypass to Maschen Harburg S-Bahn│Hammerbrook Upper harbour channel/Bille original Berlin route 1.485 Berliner Tor (Keilbahnhof) present Berlin line Bille Rothenburgsort Hamburg Rothenburgsort Ro junction ⎧ Freight line to to Hamburg-Billwerder ⎨ Berlin–Hamburg railway to Berlin ⎩S-Bahn to Bergedorf 2.894 Landwehr Bille B 5 4.057 Hamburg Hasselbrook Horn junction Lübeck–Hamburg railway to Lübeck S-Bahn to Ahrensburg (planned) 4.788 Wandsbeker Chaussee 5.448 Eilbek 5.711 Friedrichsberg Osterbek Canal 7.212 Hamburg-Barmbek (S-Bahn) 7.280 7.273 7 m adjustment 7.740 U-Bahn 8.060 flying junction Hamburg-Barmbek freight yard 8.690 Alte Wöhr (formerly Stadtpark) 9.551 Rübenkamp freight bypass 11.201 Hamburg-Ohlsdorf (S-Bahn) 11.573 Airport S-Bahn Alster Valley Railway to Poppenbüttel Langenhorn Railway to Ochsenzoll km Source: German railway atlas[1] This diagram: view talk edit

The Hamburg-Altona link line (German: Hamburg-Altonaer Verbindungsbahn) is a railway line in Hamburg, Germany. Nowadays, it connects the lines from the north and northwest of Hamburg and Altona station with Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and the lines to the southwest, south and east. Initially designed as a freight line only, it is now one of the busiest lines in Germany. It includes the suburban tracks of the Hamburg Stadtbahn, originally the core of the Hamburg S-Bahn.