Norderstedt Mitte (Hamburg U-Bahn station)

• Alster Northern Railway ( KBS 138)
• Metro Line 1 (Hamburg)

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The Norderstedt Mitte station is an endpoint of the line U1 of the Hamburg subway. He is also the southern terminus of the Alster Northern Railway ( line A2 ), which is operated by the AKN railway. On the street level above the subway there is a bus station, which is served by several bus lines Norderstedt.

Plant

The station consists of the platform area with three tracks in the level 1 and three access facilities at street level. The main reception building with bus Umsteigeanlage and taxi stand is located just south of the crossing Rathausallee, north is also a geklinkertes smaller reception building. In addition, there is at the northern end of the platform is even an easier access from the P R car park and the town hall. The shorter track the Alster Northern Railway ( line A2 ) opens from the north in the middle of the platform to a buffer. Are the two tracks of the subway on the outer sides of the platform. The three-pronged, northern part of the station is in an open incision, the southern two-track part of the tunnel under the City Hall Avenue and the bus station. South of it there is a double track change and a smaller parking area of the metro. The Alster Northern Railway has in Norderstedt Mitte no storage space. Both metro and A2 have their endpoint in Norderstedt Mitte, the tracks of the two systems are not connected to each other, making it a so-called " Spanish solution ".

The station is considered disabled, has fixed stairs, escalator (up) and lift system. In the large southern reception building are through automatic doors from weather -protected waiting area, a small shop for newspapers, etc. ( station required), also - further south - toilets and buildings for the bus driver. An existing space for ticket sales and service traffic services has already been taken out of service again. The ticket sale will be held from vending machines.

The plant belongs to the city of Norderstedt, which has commissioned over the transport company Norderstedt ( VGN ) with the operation of the Hamburg elevated railway ( HHA ) or the AKN railway.

History

Predecessor of today's railway station was from 1953 to the early 1990s, the breakpoint Harkseichen - Falkenberg the Alster Northern Railway. He lay further south, in the area of the former level crossing Heidberg road. The area around the station was sparsely populated at this time and more influenced by agriculture. After the founding of the city of Norderstedt 1970, he was here, however, the construction of the new quarter Norderstedt Mitte. In May 1979, the breakpoint Harkseichen - Falkenberg was renamed center in Norderstedt.

From 1991 to 1996 the subway was extended from Garstedt out for better transport links Norderstedt. The track of the Alster Northern Railway was a little further west of the old re-laid on a new route, so that the old route for the subway down deeper and double track could be built from scratch. This " wandering " of the A2 platform of the old station Norderstedt Mitte in steps to the north, at last he lay to the north of the City Hall Ave. Once the new subway line 1996 A2 was shortened up to this point. A short time later, the access to the A2 was taken to the Central Railway Station in the new system into operation, so that the A2- passengers can now change on the same platform to the waiting U -Bahn Hamburg.

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