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Ohlstedt station

Preceding station	Hamburg U-Bahn			Following station
Hoisbüttel towards Norderstedt Mitte		U1		Terminus

Location
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Ohlstedt is the terminus station on the Ohlstedt branch of Hamburg U-Bahn line U1. The rapid transit station was opened in 1918 and is located in the Hamburg suburb of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt, Germany. Wohldorf-Ohlstedt is part of the Hamburg borough of Wandsbek.

History

At the time the station was opened, Ohlstedt was an enclave of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Back in 1918, Wohldorf-Ohlstedt station was part of the Walddörferbahn. In February 1925 the station was electrified and integrated into the Hochbahn (U-Bahn) system, and named "Ohlstedt" in May 1925.

Layout

The station's building and only entrance is located at Alte Dorfstraße, in the district's center. The single island platform and the two side tracks sit along a rail dam.

Service

Trains

Ohlstedt is served by Hamburg U-Bahn line U1; departures are every 20 minutes, during rush hour every 10 minutes. The travel time to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is about 36 minutes.^[3]

Gallery

Exterior of the station building

References

^ "Park + Ride car parks". hvv.de. Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Ohlstedt". hamburger-untergrundbahn.de (in German). Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.