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Großhansdorf station

Rapid transit station in Germany

Preceding station	Hamburg U-Bahn			Following station
Kiekut towards Norderstedt Mitte		U1		Terminus

Location
Großhansdorf Location in Hamburg Show map of Hamburg Großhansdorf Location in Germany Show map of Germany

Großhansdorf is the terminus station on the Großhansdorf branch of Hamburg U-Bahn line U1. The rapid transit station was opened in 1921 and is located in the Hamburg suburb of Großhansdorf, Germany. Großhansdorf is a municipality in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

History

At the time the station was opened, Großhansdorf was an exclave of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. With the Greater Hamburg Act of 1937, Großhansdorf was ceded to Schleswig-Holstein and it was temporarily considered to close the station. Since 2007 the station has been handicap-accessible.

Layout

The station's building and only entrance is located at a street junction in the town's center. The single island platform and the two side tracks run along one of these two streets.

Service

Trains

Großhansdorf is served by Hamburg U-Bahn line U1; departures are every 20 minutes, during rush hour every 10 minutes.^[3] The travel time to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is about 40 minutes.

Gallery

Interior view of the station building

References

^ "Park + Ride car parks". hvv.de. Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Großhansdorf". hamburger-untergrundbahn.de (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2014.