knowledge Overview
Line U3 is the ring line (Circle Line) of the Hamburg U-Bahn. It is 20.7 kilometres long and serves 25 stations. The line runs from Wandsbek-Gartenstadt via Barmbek into the ring, which leads through the city centre back to Barmbek. The first sections of the ring were opened in February 1912 – making them among the oldest sections of the Hamburg U-Bahn. After the line swap of 2009, the U3 is once again a ring line with a branch line to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt.
Operator
The operator is the Hamburger Hochbahn AG.
History
The ring line was built from 1906 to 1912; its first section went into operation in February 1912 between Rathaus, Hauptbahnhof and Barmbek – making the U3 the oldest line of the network. With the opening of the line to Horner Rennbahn on 2 January 1967 and its continuation to Billstedt, the U3 no longer ran as a ring but as a diameter line until 2009. In the line swap of 2009, the eastern sections of the U2 and U3 beyond the Berliner Tor were exchanged; since then the U3 has again been a ring line with a branch to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt.
Stations
Stations in operating direction (ring line from Barmbek via the city centre back to Barmbek, connection to the branch line to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt):
Ring (Barmbek – Barmbek):
- Barmbek
- Saarlandstraße
- Borgweg
- Sierichstraße
- Kellinghusenstraße
- Eppendorfer Baum
- Hoheluftbrücke
- Schlump
- Sternschanze
- Feldstraße
- St. Pauli
- Landungsbrücken
- Baumwall
- Rödingsmarkt
- Rathaus
- Mönckebergstraße
- Hauptbahnhof Süd
- Berliner Tor
- Lübecker Straße
- Uhlandstraße
- Mundsburg
- Hamburger Straße
- Dehnhaide
- Barmbek
Branch line to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt:
- Barmbek
- Habichtstraße
- Wandsbek-Gartenstadt