Othmarschen railway station is on the Altona-Blankenese line and served by the city trains, located in Hamburg, Germany. The station was opened in 1897. The rapid transit trains of the line S1 of the Hamburg S-Bahn calls the station in the quarter Othmarschen of the Altona borough.[3] Right along the railway tracks is the border to the quarter Groß Flottbek.

Othmarschen
Hamburg S-Bahn station
General information
LocationStatthalterplatz
22607 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates53°33′33″N 9°53′12″E / 53.55917°N 9.88667°E / 53.55917; 9.88667
Line(s)S1
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus station
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingNone
Bicycle facilities20
Other information
Station codeds100: AOH
DB station code: 4817
Type: Bf
Category: 4
Fare zoneHVV: A/201[1]
History
Opened1 August 1882; 142 years ago (1882-08-01)
Rebuilt1897
Electrified29 January 1908; 116 years ago (1908-01-29), 6.3 kV AC system (overhead; turned off in 1955)[2]
15 July 1940; 84 years ago (1940-07-15), 1.2 kV DC system (3rd rail)[2]
Previous names1882-1938 Groß Flottbeck-Othmarschen
Services
Preceding station Hamburg S-Bahn Following station
Klein Flottbek
towards Wedel
S1 Bahrenfeld
Location
Othmarschen is located in Hamburg
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Location in Hamburg
Othmarschen is located in Schleswig-Holstein
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Othmarschen
Location in Schleswig-Holstein
Othmarschen is located in Germany
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Location in Germany
Othmarschen is located in Europe
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Location in Europe

History

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In 1858 planning for the rail line AltonaBlankenese begun, in 1867 the first trains ran. And in 1882 an Othmarschen stop was built, this stop was to the west of today's station. In 1897, with the development of the double tracked line, the current Othmarschen station was opened. The station is listed as a cultural heritage building.[4]

Station layout

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The station is elevated with a gabled roof supported by wooden columns. The connecting struts and the columns are decorated. On the platform are a small shop, a passenger shelter, and a shelter for the lineman preserved.[4] The station is an island platform and 2 tracks. In direction Wedel is a separated track siding to reverse the train direction, if necessary. The station is unstaffed but an emergency call and information telephone is available. There are about 20 places to lock a bicycle. There are no lockerboxes.

A small shop in the station sells newspapers and snacks. There is also a kebab shop serving food most hours of the day and evening. A shopping street is close to the station, with a supermarket and several banks with ATM facilities.

Services

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On track no. 1 the trains in direction Blankenese and Wedel and on track no. 2 the trains in direction Hamburg center call the station. A bus station in front of the railway station is used by several bus lines.[5]

Visitors to DESY

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Othmarschen station receives many hundreds of visitors a year from other parts of Germany and numerous countries abroad, as it is the nearest S-Bahn station to the DESY synchrotron laboratory. The bus service from the station to the labs is frequent and excellent, running late into the night including at weekends.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cf. „Streckenelektrifizierungen“, on: Königlich preußische Eisenbahndirection zu Altona, retrieved on 19 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2021" (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service AG. 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "S-Bahnhof Othmarschen: Teil der Bahnverbindung Altona - Blankenese". Behörde für Kultur, Sport und Medien (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  5. ^ "HVV Pläne – Metrobus: alle Linien schematisch" (PDF). HVV (in German). 13 December 2020.
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