Subway line 3 (Hamburg)

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Route of the U3 line showing the tunnel sections
Route length:	20.681 km of which on the ring 17.487 km and on the Walddörferbahn 3.194 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	side busbar, coated from below, 750 V  =
Top speed:	70 km / h
Dual track :	continuous
Legend Ring line from Hauptbahnhof Süd (U3) 11.053 Barmbek (BA)  11,120 to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt ( Walddörferbahn ) to the main workshop in Hellbrookstrasse 11.775 Barmbeker branch canal 11,942 Saarlandstrasse (SA) to the Saarlandstrasse depot 12.606 Goldbek Canal 13.110 Borgweg (City Park) (BO) 13.307 13,435 13.948 Sierichstrasse (SI) 14,128 Towpath canal 14.235 Alster course U1 to Norderstedt Mitte 14.719 Kellinghusenstrasse (KE)  U1 to Hauptbahnhof Süd ( KellJung line ) 15,330 Isebek Canal 15.355 Eppendorfer Baum (EP) 16,335 Hoheluftbrücke (HO) Moorkamp curve from Christ Church (operating track) 17,487 0.000 0.031 0.071 Schlump (SL)  0.435 Sternschanze (fair) (SZ)  1.067 1.248 1.323 Feldstrasse (Heiligengeistfeld) (FE) 1,972 St. Pauli (PA) 2,420 2,570 Landungsbrücken (LB)  3.271 Baumall (Elbphilharmonie) (BL) Stretch of 3.425 Inland port bridge 3.865 Rödingsmarkt (RD) 4.195 4.491 Town Hall (RA) ( Jungfernstieg) 5.005 Mönckebergstrasse (MO) 5.512 Central Station South (HB)  ( Hamburg Central Station ) ( Central Station North ) former route to Rothenburgsort to U1 (operating track) U2 / U4 from Jungfernstieg 6.391 Berlin Gate (BT)  U2 to Mümmelmannsberg / U4 to Billstedt 6.570 6.625 Berliner Tor (old) until 1964 7.028 7.234 Lübecker Strasse (LU)  7.430 7.793 Uhlandstrasse (UH) 8,000 Cow mill pond 8,461 Mundsburg (MU) 9.282 Hamburger Strasse (HS) 9,871 Dehnhaide (DE) 10.515 Osterbek Canal 0.053 11.053 Barmbek (BA)  0.120 11.120 Ring line to Kellinghusenstrasse 0.571 00,000 Walddörferbahn viaduct over the route of the -Bahn and the freight bypass 1.806 00,000 Habichtstrasse (HA) 2.249 00,000 Seebek 2.955 00,000 Osterbek U1 to Hauptbahnhof Süd 3.247 00,000 Wandsbek-Gartenstadt (WK)  U1 to Farmsen ( Walddörferbahn )

The U3 line of the Hamburg subway runs as a ring line through the center of the city. The service takes place in both directions of the ring, so both from Wandsbek-Gartenstadt via Barmbek and the ring back to Barmbek and in the opposite direction.

The identification color of the line is yellow .

course

U3 before the line swap in 2009

In total, the trains on the U3 line stop at stations 26 times, with Barmbek approaching twice. Most of the route runs as an elevated railway , on dams or in a cut. Only nine stops, between Schlump and Landungsbrücken and between Rathaus and Uhlandstrasse , are in tunnels. Of the total of 20.681 kilometers, only 5.113 kilometers run in the tunnel.

The course as a complete ring line has existed again since June 29, 2009, when the eastern branches of the U2 and U3 lines were swapped in the course of a reorganization of the underground network . The U3 previously ran from the Berliner Tor stop on the branch of today's U2 via Billstedt to Mümmelmannsberg . The previously existing continuous routing of trains on the ring route was given up on January 2, 1967 with the commissioning of the first section of the Billstedt route to Horner Rennbahn. Since then, the lines that were valid until summer 2009 existed as lines U2 and U3.

business

6-car train DT3-E in front of the Baumall stop (Elbphilharmonie)

For a complete journey on the 20.681-kilometer route, the subway takes between 44 and 45 minutes, depending on the direction of travel (2019 timetable). This results in an average speed of around 28 km / h. A maximum of 70 kilometers per hour can be driven on the U3. The maximum permissible speed between the Barmbek and Saarlandstrasse stations and between Schlump and Mundsburg is 60 kilometers per hour.

Clocking

The U3 trains generally run every 5 minutes during main traffic times (HVZ), every 5 minutes during secondary traffic times (NVZ) and every 10 minutes during late hours (SVZ) from 9 p.m. and on Sunday mornings .

During rush hour, the elevated railway runs additional amplifier trains. On the ring line, the train sequence is compressed to a 2.5-minute cycle. Furthermore, on Friday and Saturday evenings, the 5-minute cycle is extended to around midnight on this section.

On the nights from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday and before public holidays, continuous night -time operation of the rapid transit railways is offered every 20 minutes on the entire route of the U3 line, in the ring section every 10 minutes.

Since November 1, 2017, the intervals on the ring section of the U3 have been further compressed in the evening and night hours. The trains then run every five minutes until around 11 p.m. on Monday through Thursday evenings.

The symmetry time of the U3 is a few seconds after the minute x1.

line	Rush Hour Monday-Friday	Off-peak hours Monday – Friday	Saturday	Sunday and holiday	Off-peak hours Mon – Sat from 8 p.m.	Off-peak hours Sa until 10 a.m., Sun until 12 p.m. and from 8 p.m.	Off-peak hours Sun-Thu from 11pm	Night Fri / Sat and Sat / Sun as well as on the nights before public holidays
ring	02/3 min 05 min	05 min	05 min	05 min	05 min	010 min	010 min	010 min
Barmbek - Wandsbek garden city	05 min	05 min	010 min	010 min	010 min	010 min	020 min	020 min

Vehicle types

For the underground traffic of the U3 mainly trains of the type DT5 are used. They have been running on this line as scheduled since July 2013 and gradually replaced the DT3E trains that had been running until then , which were still used sporadically in 2018.

Trains of types DT3 and DT5 can be used with a maximum of six cars, especially on the Saarlandstrasse - Kellinghusenstrasse - Landungsbrücken - Berliner Tor section. The platform length of 90 meters on this section is not sufficient for longer formations. The type DT4 can only be used as a short pull (pull from a unit with a length of 60 meters).

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  A DT3E train leaves the Baumall station (Elbphilharmonie) in the direction of the Landungsbrücken.

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  A new DT5 train in the direction of Hauptbahnhof-Süd stops at Baumall station.

history

Construction of today's U3 in Harvestehude, 1909

The ring line was built between 1906 and 1912, at that time it was already 17.48672 kilometers long and served 23 stops. In 1906, work began on the Kuhmühlenteich at what is now the Uhlandstrasse subway station. Siemens & Halske acquired the concession and founded Hamburger Hochbahn AG in 1911 . The first, and thus the oldest, section of the route went from the town hall via the main train station to Barmbek and was inaugurated on February 15, 1912. Ongoing operations began on March 1, 1912. The section from Barmbek to Kellinghusenstrasse was inaugurated on May 10, 1912, the section from Kellinghusenstrasse to Millerntor (today St. Pauli) followed on May 25, 1912. The ring was closed on May 29, 1912 June 1912. The subway cars were originally painted beige in the upper half and lemon yellow (3rd class) or wine red (2nd class) in the lower half. Because they were susceptible to dirt, the wagons were painted dark green from 1914 onwards with yellow (3rd class) and red (2nd class) areas below the windows. After the abolition of the classes in 1920, the red surfaces were painted yellow and the interior of the cars was also adapted.

The 3.194 km long line branch from Barmbek to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt is part of the 28.050 km long Walddörferbahn to Volksdorf, Ohlstedt and Großhansdorf, which opened between September 12, 1918 and February 1, 1925. The rest of the line from Wandsbek-Gartenstadt has been operated by today's U1 line since the Wandsbek subway was completed on August 4, 1963. The Habichtstraße stop was only opened later on June 23, 1930 because of the lack of development.

See also

• Hamburger Hochbahn
• History of the Hamburger Hochbahn
• Hamburg Transport Association

Movies

• Hochbahn celebrates 100 years of the underground. Shown in: NDR, news item from February 15, 2012 (historical film material from the early days of the underground).
• The north story. U-Bahn with a view - the U 3 ring line in Hamburg. Shown in: NDR from August 28, 2015, 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

Web links

Commons : Subway Line 3  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The new line U3 ( Memento from June 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (opening of the stops in 1912, route of the new line U3 after line swap)
• Irene Altenmüller: February 15, 1912: Hamburg gets going (pictures of the construction of the subway on NDR.de)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The art of the right pace. In: Hamburger Wochenblatt. April 2, 2014, information page of the elevated railway - April 2014.
2. ↑ Deutsche Bauzeitung, Volume 46, No. 71 of September 4, 1912, page 614, Figure 29
3. ↑ Christian Hanke: It all started in Barmbek. 100 years of the subway in Hamburg. In: Hamburger Wochenblatt. February 22, 2012, pp. 1 and 3.
4. ↑ Book: The history of the Hamburger Hochbahn. Working group Blickpunkt Straßenbahn eV, 1989–1999.