Hamburg-Altona link line

Hamburg-Altona link line
Hamburg-Altona link line
Overview
Native name	Hamburg-Altonaer Verbindungsbahn
Line number	6100 (long-distance); 1240, 1241 (S-Bahn);
Locale	Hamburg, Germany
Service
Route number	137.1 (long-distance); 101.11, 101.21, 101.31 (S-Bahn);
Technical
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary (long-distance); 1,200 V DC third rail (S-Bahn);
Route map
	6.249
	0.889
	0.982
	292.866
	Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway
	to Pinneberg
	Hamburg-Altona–
	Neumünster railway
	to
	Kaltenkirchen
	Hamburg Holstenstrasse
	halt & junction
	Hamburg Sternschanze
	(1903–1912)
	Hamburg Sternschanze
	crossover
	287.495
	287.528
	Lombard Bridge
	over the Alster
	Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
	(Keilbahnhof)
	Lower timber bridge
	(original route)
	Upper harbour bridge
	(current route)
	Hbf marshalling yard
	(formerly Lippeltstrasse)
	Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway
	to Hamburg-Harburg
	Hamburg freight bypass
	to Maschen
	Hamburg Rothenburgsort
	Ro junction
	Freight line to
	to Hamburg-Billwerder
	Berlin–Hamburg railway
	to Berlin
	Lübeck–Hamburg railway to Lübeck
	S-Bahn to Ahrensburg (planned)
	7.280
	7.273
	Hamburg-Barmbek
	freight yard
	Alster Valley Railway
	to Poppenbüttel
	Langenhorn Railway
	to Ochsenzoll
	Source: German railway atlas

The Hamburg-Altona link line (German: Hamburg-Altonaer Verbindungsbahn) is a railway line in Hamburg, Germany. Nowadays, it connects the lines from the north and northwest of Hamburg and Altona station with Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and the lines to the southwest, south and east. Initially designed as a freight line only, it is now one of the busiest lines in Germany. It includes the suburban tracks of the Hamburg Stadtbahn, originally the core of the Hamburg S-Bahn.

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