Hannover Hauptbahnhof

Hannover Hbf
Hannover Hbf
	Hannover Hauptbahnhof on Ernst-August-Platz
General information
Location	Hannover, Lower Saxony; Germany
Coordinates	52°22′38″N 9°44′30″E / 52.37722°N 9.74167°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz; DB Station&Service;
Lines	Hanover–Hamburg (KBS 110); Hanover–Wolfsburg (KBS 300); Hanover–Berlin HSL (KBS 301); Hanover–Braunschweig (KBS 310); Hanoverian Southern Railway (KBS 350); Hanover–Würzburg high-speed line (KBS 351); Hanover–Minden (KBS 370); Hanover–Bremen (KBS 380);
Platforms	12
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Hubert Stier
Other information
Station code	2545
DS100 code	HH
Category	1
Fare zone	GVH: A
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1843 (first station); 1879 (current station building);
Passengers
	250,000 daily
Services
	Wolfsburg Hbf towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
	Göttingen towards Zürich HB
	Osnabrück Hbf towards Aachen Hbf
	Bremen Hbf Terminus
	Bremen Hbf towards Oldenburg Hbf
	Bremen Hbf Terminus
Location
Location

Hannover Hauptbahnhof (German: Hanover central station) is the main railway station for the city of Hanover in Lower Saxony, Germany. The railway junction is one of the 21 stations listed as a railway Category 1 station by DB Station&Service. It is also the most important public transport hub of the region of Hanover and it is served regional and S-Bahn services. The station has six platforms with twelve platform tracks, and two through tracks without platforms. Every day it is used by 250,000 passengers and 622 trains stop at the platforms (as of October 2012). About 2,000 people work here.