Meßberg station

Underground station in Hamburg, Germany

Preceding station	Hamburg U-Bahn			Following station
Jungfernstieg towards Norderstedt Mitte		U1		Steinstraße towards Großhansdorf or Ohlstedt

Location
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The underground station Meßberg is located in the city centre of Hamburg, Germany in the Altstadt quarter. It is served by the rapid transit trains of the line U1 of the Hamburg U-Bahn. The station is managed by the Hamburger Hochbahn, the operator of the underground railway.

History

In March 1894, the first electric tram line in Hamburg served an at grade stop Meßberg.^[2] On 22 February 1960, the construction of the 0.7 km long tunnel-line from Jungfernstieg station to the new underground station Meßberg was finished, it was the first new construction of an underground rail line in Hamburg after 24 years. On 2 October 1960 the tunnel to the newly built underground station “Central Station” was completed.^[3]

Meßberg station
Meßberg station
Wall of Meßberg station

Service

The trains of the line U1 from Norderstedt to Ohlstedt / Großhansdorf are calling the station.^[4]

References

^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland (in German). Vol. Band 11: Hamburg. Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier. p. 57. ISBN 978-3-88255-392-5.
^ Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland (in German). Vol. Band 11: Hamburg. Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier. p. 307. ISBN 978-3-88255-392-5.
^ Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 2008-12-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-03-26.