By train
Hamburg is the biggest railway junction in the north of Europe. Trains from many parts of Europe run together at the main Central Station “Hauptbahnhof Sud (Hbf)” of the city. It is the starting point of many ICE lines and international trains of which most start at the train station Hamburg-Altona. There are the following other long distance railway stations: Hamburg-Dammtor, Hamburg-Harburg and Hamburg-Bergedorf. Besides many regional lines that cover the surrounding areas there are regional express lines, privately run metronome trains and the North and Baltic Sea train lines in the direction of Elmshorn- Westerland (Sylt).
By car
Hamburg has a well organised network of motorways and federal highways:
A 1: Cologne – Dortmund – Bremen – Hamburg – Lübeck – Oldenburg/Holst
A 7: Kempten – Ulm – Würzburg – Fulda – Kassel – Hannover – Hamburg (New Elbtunnel) – Flensburg
A 23: Hamburg – Heide
A 24: Hamburg – Berlin
A 25: Hamburg – Geesthacht
There are shorter parts of the motorways that are marked with federal highway 252, 253 and 255. These only cover a couple of kilometres. The following federal highways lead into the city centre of Hamburg where the whole traffic runs together: B 4, B 5, B 73, B 75, B 207, B 431, B 432, B 433, B 434, B 435 and B 447. That is why there are a lot of traffic jams to be expected especially during peak hours. Three ring roads which are semi-circular around the inner part of the city (Ring 1), the outer part (Ring 2) and the north-western suburbs (Ring3) try to relieve the traffic in Hamburg’s city centre.
A 1: Cologne – Dortmund – Bremen – Hamburg – Lübeck – Oldenburg/Holst
A 7: Kempten – Ulm – Würzburg – Fulda – Kassel – Hannover – Hamburg (New Elbtunnel) – Flensburg
A 23: Hamburg – Heide
A 24: Hamburg – Berlin
A 25: Hamburg – Geesthacht
There are shorter parts of the motorways that are marked with federal highway 252, 253 and 255. These only cover a couple of kilometres. The following federal highways lead into the city centre of Hamburg where the whole traffic runs together: B 4, B 5, B 73, B 75, B 207, B 431, B 432, B 433, B 434, B 435 and B 447. That is why there are a lot of traffic jams to be expected especially during peak hours. Three ring roads which are semi-circular around the inner part of the city (Ring 1), the outer part (Ring 2) and the north-western suburbs (Ring3) try to relieve the traffic in Hamburg’s city centre.