Status: 04.03.2023 8:50 a.m
Spring break starts in Hamburg on Monday – and it will be a stress test for train passengers. On Saturday morning, Deutsche Bahn closed the long-distance tracks between Altona and the main station and the S-Bahn in the Eilbek and Barmbek areas.
Due to construction work on the railway in Hamburg, travelers have to be prepared for many train cancellations and diversions until March 19th. According to Deutsche Bahn, long-distance, regional and S-Bahn traffic are affected. The Altona and Dammtor train stations will then only be accessible by S-Bahn. Many trains cannot stop at the main train station either.
Some passengers only come as far as Harburg
In addition, the hourly ICE trains run in the direction of Berlin from the main station, but the every two-hour IC trains to and from Berlin are cancelled. Travelers in or from the direction of Bremen and Hanover sometimes have to get on and off in Harburg. Long-distance trains from Binz, Stralsund and Rostock only go to Bergedorf. This also applies to the so-called booster trains on the Hamburg – Büchen route. The regional express between Schwerin and Hamburg, on the other hand, runs as usual to the main station.
S-Bahn to and from Pinneberg will be strengthened
The long-distance trains to and from Westerland on Sylt are omitted except for a pair of trains to Frankfurt and Stuttgart, which stops in Hamburg-Harburg. Most regional trains to and from Westerland start and end in Pinneberg. From there, passengers then have to change to the S-Bahn. The same applies to the Nordbahn lines RB61 and RB71 between Wrist/Itzehoe and Hamburg as well as the regional trains to and from Kiel/Flensburg. The S-Bahn connection to Pinneberg will be strengthened during the construction work. Not only the S3 line goes to the district town, but also the S21, which otherwise ends in Hamburg-Elbgaustraße.
Bundling of construction work during the holidays
The railway bundles the construction work extra in the Hamburg March holidays, because then fewer people are on the road. Between the main station and Dammtor, the railway is building cable ducts for the new railway bridges at Ferdinandstor. Explosive ordnance probing is being carried out on Schanzenstrasse for the planned renewal of the Sternbrücke. Deutsche Bahn is also looking for explosive ordnance at the site of the new Altona long-distance and regional train station at Diebsteich. In addition, work is to be carried out on overhead lines, signals and tracks between the main station and Langenfelde in the north-west of the Hanseatic city.
Also disabilities towards the airport
Flight passengers who want to take the S1 from the west of Hamburg to Helmut Schmidt Airport or return from there also have to plan significantly more time. The S-Bahn is canceled between Berliner Tor and Barmbek due to switch work for the S4. Replacement buses will be running from Monday March 6th to Sunday March 19th. The S11 even fails completely.
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