Veddel (BallinStadt) is a rapid transit station on the Harburg S-Bahn line and served by the trains of Hamburg S-Bahn. The railway station is located in the Veddel, Borough of Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany. The station is managed by DB Station&Service, a subsidiary of the German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG.Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 (pdf), DB Station&Service AG, Köthener Straße 2, 10963 Berlin (2008) The station is listed as a Halt point (Haltepunkt), a passenger stop situated on an open stretch of line, and lacking specific signals.
History On 1 December 1897, the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn started its service on the Rollbahn line. In 1983 — after 10 years of construction, the first part of Hamburg's southern S-Bahn line from Central Station toward Harburg were completed and opened with the new Veddel station.Borchers, Heimann, Pischek, p. 273
Layout The station is not fully accessible for handicapped persons. Before 1983, the station building was a brick building with an island platform and one entrance. Since the new S-Bahn line, it has exits on both ends of an island platform and a simple flat roof.
Services
Trains The rapid transit trains of the lines S3 and S5 of the Hamburg S-Bahn are calling the station.
Facilities at the station There are no lockboxes and no personnel are attending the station, but there are SOS and information telephones, ticket machines, toilets and a small shop.
See also List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV)
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