Niendorf Nord (Hamburg U-Bahn station)

The Niendorf Nord railway station is the western terminus of the line U2 of the Hamburg subway. Outside the station there is a small bus station, which is controlled by several bus routes. The U2 line runs from here towards Mümmelmannsberg.

Plant

The platform is one level below the surface and can be reached from the south as well as north. The station is considered disabled, he has fixed stairs, in addition an escalator (up) at the southern end of the platform and a separate lift a little further north. The ticket sale will be held from vending machines. The trains can be a double track, reversible front of the station arrive on both sides of the central platform and thus " short bends ". To the north of the platform is a four-track sidings, which can accommodate 16 DT4 units. In the middle part of the platform for wheelchair users and prams is increased. There are white tubes that are supposed to represent birches on the columns for the ceiling. In the southern reception building there is a small shop for newspapers and travel needs, and toilets are for the bus driver. Here are also a Taxirufsäule, the bus station and a P R parking. Prior to the northern exit there is a small park where the memorial " table with 12 chairs " is.

In order to affect the residents as little as possible, you have turnouts used with movable point frogs, which are typically used for high-speed lines of the mainline. The station itself can be used in an emergency as a civil defense room. For this purpose, all access can be (even the elevator shaft ) seal off by barrier gates.

History

1987 has begun with the construction of the extension distance of Niendorf Markt Niendorf Nord with the three stops Joachim- Mähl Street, Schippelsweg and Niendorf Nord. The construction of the station went under the name " Nordalbingerweg " for better orientation of the subway passengers received the new end of the U2 better assignable name Niendorf Nord. The opening was on March 9, 1991.