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CENTRAL HAMBURG MAP
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
Gm | Gänsemarkt | Jfs | Jungfernstieg |
HBhN | Hauptbahnhof Nord (Main Station North) | LS | Lübecker Straße |
HBhS | Hauptbahnhof Süd (Main Station South) | Rh | Rathaus (City Hall) |
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ROUTES
Operator: Hamburger Hochbahn AG
TRAM ROUTE
2 | Schnelsen – Niendorf – Hoheluftbrücke – Dammtor – Gänsemarkt – Rathaus (City Hall) |
U-BAHN (UNDERGROUND) LINES
U1 | Ohlstedt / Großhansdorf - Volksdorf - Farmsen - Wandsbek Gartenstadt - Wandsbek - Lübecker Straße - Hauptbahnhof Süd (Main Station South) - Rathaus (City Hall) - Jungfernstieg - Dammtor - Klosterstern - Kellinghusenstraße – Alsterdorf - Ohlsdorf - Langenhorn - Ochsenzoll - Garstedt |
U2 | Hagenbecks Tierpark (Hagenbeck Zoo) - Lutterothstraße - Schlump – Gänsemarkt - Hauptbahnhof Nord (Main Station North) - Berliner Tor |
U3 | Hauptbahnhof Süd (Main Station South) – Berliner Tor – Mundsburg - Bf. Barmbek – Kellinghusenstraße – Hoheluftbrücke - Schlump – Landungsbrücken – Rödingsmarkt - Rathaus – Hauptbahnhof Süd (Main Station South) [Ring line, both directions] |
U3 | (Branch:) Berliner Tor – Burgstraße - Horner Rennbahn - Merkenstraße |
U3 | (Branch:) Bf. Barmbek - Wandsbek Gartenstadt |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ? km.
- U-Bahn (underground): 89.5 km.
HISTORY
- City trams: (Horse tramway) 16 Aug. 1866 - 27 Dec. 1922; (Steam tramway) 13 May 1878 - 22 June 1897; (Electric tramway) 5 March 1894 - 30 Sept. 1978
- U-Bahn: 15 Feb. 1912 - today
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1435 mm.
- U-Bahn: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
There seems to be no museum devoted to the preservation of trams in Hamburg
SOURCES
- Pagel, M. and Taplin, M.R. Tramways of Western Germany. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1980.
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
- Straßenbahnatlas 2005: Deutschland. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V., 2005.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- frederiks.de (with a detailed history of tram lines in Hamburg)
- Hamburg (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Hochbahn
- Hochbahnbuch
- Straßenbahn Hamburg, Karten der Linienwege
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