Stations
See also: List of Hamburg S-Bahn stationsThe Hamburg S-Bahn network currently includes 68 stations, of which ten are fully underground. These are the five stations along the so-called City-S-Bahn (Jungfernstieg, Stadthausbrücke, Landungsbrücken, Reeperbahn and Königstraße), the S-Bahn area of Altona station, the three stations in the centre of Harburg (Harburg, Harburg Rathaus and Heimfeld) and the one at Hamburg Airport. At the Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg Central Station), the platforms heading west are also located in a tunnel.
Most stations of the S-Bahn network consist of a single island platform. At the interchange stations Hauptbahnhof and Altona there are two island platforms: one for trains heading to the city centre and one for the other direction. At the terminal stations Neugraben and Pinneberg the two S-Bahn tracks are located between a side platform and an island platform, on the other side of which regional rail trains stop. Side platforms can also be found at the triple-track stations Bergedorf, Berliner Tor (lower level), Blankenese and Harburg Rathaus, the twin-track station Billwerder-Moorfleet and at the only single-track station, Iserbrook.
All stations have electronic passenger information systems, which inform passengers about the line, destination route, length and stopping position of the next train, missed connections and temporary disturbances to service.
Some stations, for example Landungsbrücken and Harburg Rathaus, are designed as civilian shelters. Observant passengers may notice the heavy protective entrance doors as the only sign of this dual use.
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