Hamburg's Central Station the Hauptbahnhof. So large the U-Bahn has a station stop for both the North Hauptbahnhof and South Hauptbahnhof stations.

---

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (abbrev. Hamburg Hbf) is the main railway station of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Opened in 1906 to replace 4 separate terminal stations, today Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is operated by DB Station & Service AG. With an average of 550,000 passengers a day, it is Germany's busiest railway station and the second-busiest in Europe after the Gare du Nord in Paris. It is classed by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 railway station. The station is a through station with island platforms and is one of Germany's major transportation hubs, connecting long-distance Intercity Express routes to the city's U-Bahn and S-Bahn rapid transit networks. It is centrally located in Hamburg in the Hamburg-Mitte borough. The Wandelhalle shopping centre occupies the north side of the station building.

---

Size: 5059px × 5059px
Location: Hachmannplatz 16, 20099 Hamburg Germany
Photo credit: © Colin Walton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: architect, architects, bahn, bahnhof, central, deutsch, deutsche, deutschland, europe, european, georg, german, germany, hamburg, hauptbahnhof, hbf, heinrich, high, hub, ice, international, junction, line, lines, main, points, reinhardt, speed, station, terminus, tracks, train, trains, transport, travel, üßenguth