Key facts
- Owner
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG , Verkehrsgesellschaft Norderstedt
- Locale
- Hamburg , Norderstedt , Ahrensburg , Großhansdorf
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 664,380 (2017)
- Annual ridership
- 242.5 million (2017)
- Website
- www.hochbahn.de
- Began operation
- 15 February 1912 ; 114 years ago ( 1912-02-15 )
- Operator s
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG
- Number of vehicles
- 245 trains , 861 cars
- Train length
- ~120 metres (390 ft)
- Headway
- 5 minutes (rush hour 3 min)
- System length
- 106.4 km (66.1 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ), ( standard gauge )
- Electrification
- 750 V DC Third rail
- Top speed
- 80 km/h (50 mph)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Has part
- U3
- Official name
- U-Bahn Hamburg
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Hamburg
- Operator
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG
- Official website
- www.hochbahn.de/wps/portal/de/home/hochbahn
- Image
- Clp 20060902 DT4 Jungfernstieg.jpg
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- Commons category
- U-Bahn Hamburg
- topic's main category
- Category:Hamburg U-Bahn
- Commons gallery
- Hamburg U-Bahn
- patronage
- 249500000
- date of official opening
- 1912-02-15
- inception
- 1912-01-01
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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