Pinneberg station is a

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on the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel line and located in

Pinneberg Pinneberg (; ) is a town in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It is the capital of the Pinneberg (district), district of Pinneberg and has a population of about 43,500 inhabitants. Pinneberg is located 18 km northw ...

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, and served by the city trains and regional trains. It is a terminus for the

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trains of the line S3 of the

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Station layout

The station is at-grade and has two exits, the main exit with a

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and a

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. The second exit is to the

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facility, this exit is through a pedestrian underpass and has no lift. The railway station has a long

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with the tracks 4 and 5 for the regional trains. Track 1 and track 2 have

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s for the suburban or city trains. The platform between 2 and 3 is used as an interchange of the S-Bahn and the regional rail towards

Neumünster Neumünster () is a city in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg). The ''Holstenhallen'' and ...

Station services

Regional trains

The regional lines RE 7, RB 61 and RB 71 from

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and

Hamburg-Altona railway station Hamburg-Altona (or simply Altona) is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city's Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, main station, in the Altona, Hamburg, district which bears its name. A main line terminal station, most Interc ...

respectively toward Wrist,

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

or Flensburg and

Itzehoe Itzehoe (; ) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. As the capital of the district Steinburg, Itzehoe is located on the Stör, a navigable tributary of the Elbe, 51 km (31.7 mi) northwest of Hamburg and 24 km (14.9&nb ...

call the station frequently. Trains at track 5 are toward Hamburg, at track 4 toward Itzehoe. Track three is used by trains in the direction Neumünster and Kiel.

Hamburg S-Bahn

The tracks 1 and 2 are used by the S3 line of the Hamburg S-Bahn as a terminus. Toward

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the trains need 96 minutes, reaching Hamburg central station in 39 minutes.

Buses

Several bus lines connect the nearby municipalities with the railway.

Facilities at the station

The station is managed by the DB Station&Service plc. There are

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s for the transport association of Hamburg and the German railway company. The station building is open only on weekdays. About 390

places and 490 bicycle stands can be used. A small shop for newspapers and fast food snack stands are located at the station. Like many other stations the station is controlled with a video surveillance system.

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Hamburg S-Bahn stations in Schleswig-Holstein Railway stations in Schleswig-Holstein Railway stations in Germany opened in 1844 Buildings and structures completed in 1848 Buildings and structures in Pinneberg (district) {{Hamburg-SBahn-stub