Sternschanze station

Sternschanze
HVV rapid transit station
Location	Sternschanze 1 20357 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates	53°33′49″N 9°58′1″E / 53.56361°N 9.96694°E / 53.56361; 9.96694Coordinates: 53°33′49″N 9°58′1″E / 53.56361°N 9.96694°E / 53.56361; 9.96694
Operated by	S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH Hamburger Hochbahn AG
Line(s)	U3 S11S21S31 A1
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	elevated, underground
Other information
Station code	DB: 2516 HHA: SZ
Fare zone	000
History
Opened	16 July 1866; 150 years ago (1866-07-16) 25 May 1912; 105 years ago (1912-05-25)
Rebuilt	relocated westwards by 400 m till 15 May 1903; 114 years ago (1903-05-15)
Electrified	29 January 1908; 109 years ago (1908-01-29)
Location
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Sternschanze is a rapid transit station for the trains of Hamburg S-Bahn lines S11, S21 and S31 and Hamburg U-Bahn line U3. The railway station is located in the quarter Sternschanze in the Hamburg borough of Altona, Germany. North of the railway station is a bus stop for the terminating HHA bus route 181.

A first Sternschanze station was opened on 000000001866-07-16-000016 July 1866, located a little east of the current station. That station was at grade, with a number of level crossings at nearby streets. On 000000001903-05-15-000015 May 1903 a new, elevated station was built, including a massive station hall. The U-Bahn station followed on 000000001912-05-25-000025 May 1912. During the 1970s, the S-Bahn's station hall was dismantled.

Sternschanze is a small cul-de-sac between station to the south and Sternschanzenpark to the north. The western, main entrance for the S-Bahn platform is located at the intersection of Sternschanze and Schanzenstraße. A common entrance for U-Bahn and S-Bahn is located at the S-Bahn's eastern entrance, some 150 meter further down Sternschanze.

The island platform and tracks for the S-Bahn are elevated on a rail dam, along with tracks for regional and long distance trains that run past the station south of it. The S-Bahn platform is handicap-accessible through a lift. The station is unstaffed, but there are emergency and information telephones, ticket machines and a shop.

The underground platform of the U3 is situated at the east side of the railway station and has only one entrance at the platform's southern end. The underground station is not fully accessible for the disabled. At this location, a pedestrian tunnel underneath the rail dam provides access to Hamburg Messe and Congress Center Hamburg (CCH). Hence the station is also known by the name Sternschanze (Messe).