Sternschanze is a

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station for the trains of

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lines S11, S21 and S31 and

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line U3. The

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is located in the quarter

Sternschanze Sternschanze () (lit. ''Star Sconce'') is a quarter in the center of Hamburg (Germany) within the Altona borough. In 2014, the population was 7,776 on an area of 0.6 sq km with a density of 14,113 inhabitants per sq km.

in the

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borough of Altona,

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. North of the railway station is a bus stop for the terminating HHA bus route 181.

History

A first Sternschanze station was opened on , located a little east of the current station. That station was at grade, with a number of level crossings at nearby streets. On a new, elevated station was built, including a massive station hall. The U-Bahn station followed on . During the 1970s, the S-Bahn's station hall was dismantled.

Station layout

Sternschanze is a small cul-de-sac between station to the south and Sternschanzenpark to the north. The western, main entrance for the S-Bahn platform is located at the intersection of Sternschanze and Schanzenstraße. A common entrance for U-Bahn and S-Bahn is located at the S-Bahn's eastern entrance, some further down Sternschanze. The

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and tracks for the S-Bahn are elevated on a rail dam, along with tracks for regional and long distance trains that run past the station south of it. The S-Bahn platform is handicap-accessible through a lift. The station is unstaffed, but there are emergency and information telephones,

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s and a shop. The underground platform of the U3 is situated at the east side of the railway station and has only one entrance at the platform's southern end. The underground station is not fully accessible for the disabled. At this location, a pedestrian tunnel underneath the rail dam provides access to

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and

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(CCH). Hence the station is also known by the name Sternschanze (Messe).

Service

The lines S11, S21 and S31 of

and the line U3 of

call at Sternschanze station.

Gallery

File:Sternschanze railway station.jpg, The S-Bahn's western entrance File:Sternschanze - Hamburg - U-Bahn (13306831584).jpg, Platform for the U-Bahn

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