Farmsen station

Farmsen is a rapid transit station located in the Hamburg quarter of Farmsen-Berne, Germany. The station was opened in 1918[1] and is served by Hamburg U-Bahn line U1.

Farmsen
Hamburg U-Bahn station
General information
LocationAugust-Krogmann-Strasse
22159 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates53.6072°N 10.1178°E / 53.6072; 10.1178
Operated byHamburger Hochbahn AG
Line(s)U1
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeHHA: FA[1]
Fare zoneHVV: A and B/204, 205, 304, and 305[2]
History
Opened12 September 1918 (1918-09-12)[1]
Closed22 May 1919 - 6 September 1920
Electrified6 September 1920 (1920-09-06)
Services
Preceding station Hamburg U-Bahn Following station
Trabrennbahn
towards Norderstedt Mitte
 U1 Oldenfelde
towards Großhansdorf or Ohlstedt

History

The station was constructed from 1912 to 1914 and opened on 12 September 1918 on the Walddörfer railway line. The village of Farmsen had been an exclave of Hamburg territory, so a stop was planned here. The station was served by steam trains until 20 September 1919 and re-opened after electrification of one track on 6 September 1920 which allowed a train stop every two hours. But only after a second electrified track had been opened on 13 May 1921, more frequent services could be offered. On 20 May 1923 the second track was completed to Volksdorf.[1]

From 1962 to 1964 a 1,000m long railway repair workshop (Betriebswerkstatt) was built in Farmsen which was needed for the then completed U1 line. At the same time a second platform with two tracks was constructed at Farmsen station along with a new entrance from the west, where a stele by well-known sculptor Horst Janssen was erected. An entrance from the bus stop south of the station was missing until the station was fully renovated in 1996. Also a lift was added then.[1]

Service
Stele by Horst Janssen at the western entrance

Trains

Farmsen is served by Hamburg U-Bahn line U1; departures are every 5 minutes. The travel time to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof takes about 21 minutes.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Farmsen". hamburger-untergrundbahn.de (in German). Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

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