Stephansplatz station is a metro station served by
Hamburg U-Bahn
The Hamburg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system serving the cities of Hamburg, Norderstedt, and Ahrensburg in Germany. Although referred to by the term U-Bahn (the "U" commonly being understood as standing for "underground"), most of the system ...
line
U1. It is located at
Stephansplatz in the
Neustadt (New Town) quarter of
Hamburg
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.
History
The station was opened on 2 June 1929 and refurbished in 1972.
The platform was fully renovated from 2015 to 2016. It was partly heightened to facilitate easier access of disabled persons to the trains. A lift was added and opened on 30 May 2016.
U1-Stephansplatz ab sofort barrierefrei
hochbahn.de, 30 May 2016
Location
Stephansplatz is an important junction on the Hamburg Wallring
The Wallring () is a semi-circular urban ensemble encircling the inner city of Hamburg. It consists of a four-lane ring road with a total length of and a continuous built-up street front on its inner side. The outer perimeter is – for the large ...
. Within walking distance lie Hamburg Dammtor station
Hamburg Dammtor is a railway station for long distance, regional and suburban trains on the Hamburg-Altona link line, located in Central Hamburg, Germany. In front is a bus station of the same name for public transport.
The railway station is on ...
, the Messe ground and Congress Center Hamburg
Congress Center Hamburg (CCH; formerly Congress Centrum Hamburg) is a convention center in Hamburg, Germany, located right next to Planten un Blomen, near the Hamburg Dammtor station. It opened on 14 April 1973 as the first of its kind in Germany ...
.
See also
* List of Hamburg U-Bahn stations
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References
External links
Stephansplatz
at Hamburger-untergrundbahn.de
Line and route network plans
at hvv.de
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Hamburg U-Bahn stations in Hamburg
U1 (Hamburg U-Bahn) stations
Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1929