Hamburg-Bergedorf station

Hamburg-Bergedorf station is a station in the municipality of same name in the German city of Hamburg. It is located between the districts of Bergedorf and Lohbrügge near the Bergedorf inner city and the City-Center Bergedorf shopping mall.

Hamburg-Bergedorf
The demolished, former station building
General information
Location	Weidenbaumsweg 14, Bergedorf, Hamburg Germany
Coordinates	53°29′22″N 10°12′23″E
Line(s)	Berlin–Hamburg
Platforms	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (since 1936)
Other information
Station code	2518
DS100 code	ABG
IBNR	8002554
Category	3
Fare zone	HVV: B/506
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	16 May 1842 (1842-05-16)
Electrified	1 June 1958 (1958-06-01), 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail) 29 September 1996 (1996-09-29), 15 kV  16 2⁄3 Hz AC system (overhead)
Previous names	1842-1938 Bergedorf
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Hamburg Hbf towards Hamburg-Altona ICE 26 Büchen One-way operation ICE 27 Hamburg Hbf One-way operation IC/EC 27 Büchen towards Praha or Budapest Nyugati Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station Hamburg Hbf Terminus RE 1 Schwarzenbek towards Rostock Hbf Preceding station Hamburg S-Bahn Following station Nettelnburg towards Hamburg-Altona S2 Reinbek towards Aumühle
Location Hamburg-Bergedorf Location in Hamburg Hamburg-Bergedorf Location in Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg-Bergedorf Location in Germany Hamburg-Bergedorf Location in Europe

The station is served by Hamburg S-Bahn line S2 and regional services to Schwerin and Rostock as well as of individual long-distance services from or to Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The associated central bus station is the busiest in southeastern Hamburg and serves inter alia bus routes connecting Vierlande, Geesthacht and the immediate surrounding region with the Hamburg S-Bahn network.

History

Hamburg-Bergedorf station was put into operation with the Berlin–Hamburg railway on 15 December 1846. It was required because the old Bergedorf station was built on the originally planned route to Berlin but was not on the new alignment when plans changed.

The new bus station a few days after its opening

When the level of the line to Berlin was raised in the Bergedorf area in the 1930s, a new station building was built in 1936-37, from which the trains of the Hamburg-Bergedorf Railway branched off. As this line was closed in the 1950s and the connecting track between Bergedorf-Süd and Bergedorf station was dismantled, some of the unused railway property was developed as a park-and-ride area in the early 1990s. During this time there was no platform track 1. After the Second World War, the importance of the line for long-distance traffic to Berlin fell sharply as a result of the division of Germany, so that in 1958 the S-Bahn was extended to Bergedorf station. In 1969, the S-Bahn was extended to Aumühle and Bergedorf became a through station. However, many S-Bahn services still terminate in Bergedorf.

After German reunification, long-distance passenger and freight traffic on the Berlin line grew strongly, so that as part of German Unity Transport Project (Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit) number 2, the long-distance and S-Bahn tracks were separated. At the same time the previous platform on track 2 was demolished and a new island platform was built for long-distance and regional traffic. A dispatcher's signal box (code named Bfs) was built at the eastern end of the station; S-Bahn operations between Rothenburgsort and Aumühle are controlled from it. The mainline tracks are equipped with the Linienzugbeeinflussung cab signalling and train protection system.

To improve the station environment in Bergedorf, the station building was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new building–the third at this location.

Remodeling

The station was rebuilt from April 2008 to April 2012 with a new station building and a new central bus station. The old station building, the old central bus station and the houses along the railway embankment were demolished. As a result of the land released, the new central bus station was moved closer to the tracks, which accommodated an extension to the CCB shopping centre. Due to poor weather conditions and time-consuming planning of its roof, its opening was delayed from mid-December 2010 to 17 September 2011.

Panoramic photo of Bergedorf station at the beginning of the renovation work

Platform usage

S-Bahn traffic is handled on platform tracks 3 and 4 (island platform) and on track 5 (side platform). The trains to Aumühle mostly stop on track 5, while the trains to Aumühle run from track 3, the S-Bahn trains that begin or end in Bergedorf regularly use track 4. The station precinct has a small parking area for S-Bahn trains towards Aumühle.

Platform tracks 1 and 2 (island platform) now serve regional services to Schwerin and Rostock and individual long-distance services from or to Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. At the beginning of the first decade of the 2000s, Hamburg-Bergedorf was regular served by InterRegio services—and after the conversion of InterRegio services into intercity lines—intercity services.

Local and long distance transport

Local services

Line	Route	Frequency
	Altona – Holstenstraße – Sternschanze – Dammtor – Hauptbahnhof – Berliner Tor – Rothenburgsort – Tiefstack – Billwerder-Moorfleet – Mittlerer Landweg – Allermöhe – Nettelnburg – Bergedorf – Reinbek – Wohltorf – Aumühle	10 min / 5 min
RE 1	Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Bergedorf — Schwerin – Rostock – Stralsund	2 h

Long-distance traffic

The station is served by two IC / EC services.

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 26	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg-Bergedorf – Schwerin – Bad Kleinen – Bützow – Rostock	Individual services
ICE 27	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg-Bergedorf – Berlin – Dresden
EC 27	(Westerland (Sylt) – Hamburg Hbf  – Hamburg-Bergedorf – Berlin Hbf – Dresden Hbf – Prague (– Budapest)