postgres The Hamburger Hochbahn AG operates around 115–117 bus lines in Hamburg within the hvv, divided into MetroBus, SchnellBus, EilBus and night bus, complemented by city and regional buses of other operators. /en/concepts/busnetz-hamburg.html line_opened 1921 line_operator Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HOCHBAHN) line_owner Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg concept_busnetz_hamburg concept busnetz-hamburg

The Hamburger Hochbahn AG operates around 115–117 bus lines in Hamburg within the hvv, divided into MetroBus, SchnellBus, EilBus and night bus, complemented by city and regional buses of other operators.

published category-transit tag-bus wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_Hochbahn abgerufen 2026-10-28 hochbahn https://www.hochbahn.de/resource/blob/100676/2b745ce5ce1ba0b522aac649ccaa0297/integrated-green-finance-allocation-and-impact-report-hochbahn-2021-2023-data.pdf abgerufen 2026-10-28 hvv https://www.wcrp-climate.org/images/documents/WCRP_Implementation_Plan/Hamburg_Workshop_2020/hvv-public-transport-2018-data.pdf abgerufen 2026-10-28 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 user:admin 4 ## Overview With around 700 bus lines in the entire hvv area, the Hamburg bus network is one of the densest in Germany; the Hamburger Hochbahn alone operates 117 of these lines (as of 2023) with around 1,460 stops in the city of Hamburg. The Hochbahn carries around 1.3 million passengers daily (bus and U-Bahn combined) and provides about half of all local transport services in the hvv. ## Operator The operator is [[organization_hamburger_hochbahn|Hamburger Hochbahn AG]] (HOCHBAHN), owned by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; in addition to the buses it also operates four U-Bahn lines. In the city area and surrounding region, city and regional buses of other companies also run on behalf of the hvv. ## History On 31 October 1839, the Hamburg–Altona line ran as the city's first horse-drawn omnibus line. The age of the motor bus began on 5 December 1921, when the Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HOCHBAHN) opened a first trial line between Schlump and Landwehr; on 1 December 1924, the first permanently established omnibus line from Eppendorfer Baum via Dammtor and Stephansplatz to Rathausmarkt entered service. Today, with around 1,100 buses, the HOCHBAHN operates one of the largest city bus networks in Germany and is converting it step by step to electric buses. ## Line classes - MetroBus (lines 1–27): around 25 basic lines on the most important urban corridors, dense frequency during the day, connections to rapid transit and regional services - SchnellBus (lines 31–49): around 10 direct lines with few intermediate stops from the surrounding area and city outskirts to the centre, for a surcharge - EilBus (E40–E86): express lines to rapid transit stations, mainly during rush hour - Night bus (lines 600–688): on weekday nights (Sun–Thu) every 30–60 minutes, the meeting point of all night lines is the Rathausmarkt; at weekends, continuous night services complement U-Bahn and S-Bahn - City and regional buses: numbers from 100, connections into the surrounding area ## Major hubs - Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof (ZOB) Hamburg at the Hauptbahnhof - Rathausmarkt (central night transport hub) - Bahnhof Altona - Bahnhof Harburg - Krayenkamp/Landungsbrücken (connection to Elbe ferries) ## Further information network_lines: 117 bus lines of the Hochbahn (2023); MetroBus 1–27, SchnellBus 31–49, EilBus E40–E86, NachtBus 600–688; network_area: Hamburg and hvv surrounding area; network_status: In operation /concepts/busnetz-hamburg.html en zh en bus_network tag-bus bus 公交巴士 巴士线路与运营机构。 40 4 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 当前版本 true /en/concepts/busnetz-hamburg/at/4.html en zh en concept_kind Concept kind Bus network line_opened Opened 1921 line_operator Operator Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HOCHBAHN) line_owner Owner Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg