HafenCity Universität station

Metro station in Hamburg, Germany

Preceding station	Hamburg U-Bahn			Following station
Elbbrücken Terminus		U4		Überseequartier towards Billstedt

Location
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HafenCity Universität (German pronunciation: [ˈhafnsɪti ʔunivɛɐ̯ziˈtɛːt]) is a rapid transit station on line U4 of the Hamburg U-Bahn network in the district of HafenCity in central Hamburg, Germany. The station is named after the nearby HafenCity Universität.

History

The station was designed by Munich-based architecture firm Raupach Architekten.^[1] The design makes reference to the changing colors typical to the HafenCity, caused by reflections throughout the day by the wharf buildings' red brick and the ship hulls' iron and steel.

Groundbreaking on the branch of the U2 from Jungfernstieg to HafenCity, now known as the U4, took place on 23 August 2007, with construction beginning in February 2008. The station structure was completed on 11 May 2010 and interior work took place until its opening on 29 November 2012.^[3] Until 10 August 2013, HafenCity Universität station was open only on weekends and public holidays; since then it is served regularly.

HafenCity Universität served as the terminus station of line U4 from its opening until the U4 was extended one station further eastwards to Elbbrücken on 7 December 2018.

Service

Trains

HafenCity Universität is served by Hamburg U-Bahn line U4; departures are every 10 minutes.^[1]

Gallery

The station's intermediate level

Various illuminations of the station

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "HafenCity Universität". hamburger-untergrundbahn.de (in German). Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ "Baukalender auf u4.hochbahn.de". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2014-01-12.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to U-Bahnhof HafenCity Universität.

Line and route network plans, hvv.de (in German and English)
100 Jahre Hochbahn, hochbahn.de (in German)
Hamburg U-Bahn line U4 Archived 2017-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, hochbahn.de (in German)