Rail Traffic - New Hamburg-Altona Station Will Be Completed Two Years Later than Planned

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The new long-distance and regional station Hamburg-Altona is expected to start operating two years later than previously planned.

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Hamburg's second largest long-distance railway station in the Altona district is being relocated, but construction work at the new site is delayed. Therefore, the new station is expected to be commissioned two years later than planned.

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Deutsche Bahn postpones the opening of the new Altona station at the Diebsteich site by two years. Instead of 2027, the move is to take place only at the end of 2029 – with consequences for the traffic turnaround. The reasons are pollutants, technology and lack of capacity.

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The new long-distance and regional station Hamburg-Altona is expected to start operation two years later than previously planned. Due to complications in the construction process, the commissioning had to be postponed until the end of 2029, Deutsche Bahn announced on Friday in Hamburg.

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Deutsche Bahn trains at Hamburg-Altona station (symbolic image) (Photo by Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images) Getty Images Deutsche Bahn is postponing the opening of its new Altona station again. The first trains are not expected to stop at Diebsteich until 2029 – two years later than originally planned. Complications at the Langenfelde crossing structure led to the new schedule. A pollutant test revealed that the bridge was contaminated with asbesto…

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Hamburg (dpa/lno) – The Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD Nord) regrets the opening of the new station Hamburg-Altona, which was postponed by two years to 2029. This development is another entry in the list of major infrastructure projects in Germany, which will not be completed as planned, the VCD announced. In addition, the delayed better connection Altonas to Schleswig-Holstein is a step backwards for the traffic turnaround. However, the VCD sees…