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Cologne/Bonn Airport station
Opened on 12 June 2004, Cologne/Bonn Airport station is a 420 m long tunnel station with four tracks, 18 m underground, where ICE, S-Bahn and regional trains serve Cologne/Bonn Airport.
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Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1922, Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is a terminus with 16 tracks and around 300,000 travellers daily; it is being rebuilt into an underground through station as part of the Stuttgart 21 project.
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Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1888, Frankfurt's Hauptbahnhof is one of Europe's largest terminus stations with 25 surface tracks and, with around 460,000 travellers daily, Germany's second-busiest long-distance station.
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North Rhine-Westphalia
With about 17.9 million inhabitants (2022 census), North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous German federal state, has its capital in Düsseldorf and covers around 34,100 km².
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Flixbus GmbH
Flixbus is a German transport company launched in 2013 and headquartered in Munich, which today operates the largest long-distance coach network in Europe and belongs to Flix SE.
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U2 (Nuremberg U-Bahn)
The U2 is a 13.2 km line of the Nuremberg U-Bahn with 16 stations; it opened on 28 January 1984 and has run from Röthenbach to the airport since 1999, driverless since 2010.
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U2 (Hamburg U-Bahn)
The U2 is a 24.5 km long line of the Hamburg U-Bahn with 25 stations; its first section was opened on 21 October 1913, and it runs from Niendorf Nord via the city centre to Mümmelmannsberg.
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Düsseldorf Airport station
Opened on 26 May 2000, Düsseldorf Airport station lies on the Cologne–Duisburg line and is one of the city's two long-distance stations, connected to the terminals by the automatic SkyTrain people mover.
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Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1915, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof is Europe's largest terminus station by area at 83,640 m², combining 23 platform tracks with the S-Bahn City Tunnel beneath the city centre.
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Munich Hauptbahnhof
First put into operation in 1839/1849, Munich Hauptbahnhof is one of Germany's most important hub stations with 32 surface tracks, two S-Bahn tunnel tracks and two U-Bahn stations, handling around 400,000 travellers daily.
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Administrative divisions of Germany
The administrative divisions of Germany follow the federal principle with the federation, 16 states and below them government regions, districts and municipalities.
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern lies on the Baltic Sea, has its capital in Schwerin, and covers around 23,300 km² with about 1.61 million inhabitants (2022 census).
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VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
The VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg, founded in 1959 and a subsidiary of the Städtische Werke Nürnberg, operates Nuremberg's three U-Bahn lines, the tram network and the bus lines.
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Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (hvv)
The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (hvv), founded in 1965 and one of the oldest transport associations in Germany, coordinates timetable, fares and ticketing of public local transport in Hamburg and the surrounding area.
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ICE 50 (Dresden – Wiesbaden)
ICE line 50 is the only east–west ICE line in central Germany and runs two-hourly from Dresden via Leipzig, Erfurt and Frankfurt am Main to Wiesbaden.
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U3 (Hamburg U-Bahn)
The U3 is the 20.7 km long ring line of the Hamburg U-Bahn with 25 stations; the first sections were opened in February 1912, and it operates as a ring between Barmbek and Barmbek with a branch line to Wandsbek-Gartenstadt.
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U4 (Munich U-Bahn)
At 9.2 km and 13 stations, the U4 is the shortest line of the Munich U-Bahn; it was opened in 1984 and runs from Westendstraße to Arabellapark.
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U6 (Berlin U-Bahn)
The U6 is a 19.9 km long line of the Berlin U-Bahn with 29 stations, opened on 30 January 1923, connecting Alt-Tegel in Tegel with Alt-Mariendorf in a north–south direction via Friedrichstraße and Tempelhof.
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U7 (Berlin U-Bahn)
With 31.8 km and 40 stations, the U7 is the longest line of the Berlin U-Bahn; it was opened on 19 April 1924 and connects Rathaus Spandau via Neukölln and Gropiusstadt with Rudow.
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Marienplatz station
Completed in 1971, Marienplatz station crosses the S-Bahn trunk line with lines U3/U6 beneath Marienplatz and, with peak transfers of around 24,400, is one of the most important nodes in the MVV network.
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Berlin (City State)
Berlin is the capital of Germany and at the same time a city state, covering around 892 km² with about 3.66 million inhabitants (2022 census).
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Long-distance coach Berlin – Munich (Flixbus)
The long-distance coach connection Berlin – Munich links the two largest cities of northern and southern Germany over around 585 km and is operated by Flixbus in about seven to nine hours.
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ICE 12 (Berlin – Basel/Interlaken)
ICE line 12 runs two-hourly from Berlin via Wolfsburg, Göttingen, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Frankfurt am Main and Karlsruhe to Basel, with individual trains continuing into Switzerland (Interlaken, Brig, Chur).
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U8 (Munich U-Bahn)
The U8 is a reinforcement line of the Munich U-Bahn, introduced as its own line number in 2013, which runs on Saturday afternoons only over 19 stations from Olympiazentrum to Neuperlach Zentrum.
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Plärrer station
Opened on 20 September 1980, Plärrer U-Bahn station is the only station at which all three Nuremberg U-Bahn lines U1, U2 and U3 stop, with around 55,900 passengers daily.
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ICE 18 (Hamburg – Berlin – Munich)
ICE line 18 runs two-hourly from Hamburg-Altona via Berlin, Halle and Erfurt to Munich; between Hamburg and Berlin it forms an hourly service with line 23.
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U6 (Munich U-Bahn)
The U6 is the oldest line of the Munich U-Bahn and, at 27.4 km, has the longest route of the network; the network was opened with it in 1971, and it serves 26 stations from Garching-Forschungszentrum to Klinikum Großhadern.
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Berlin central bus station (ZOB am Funkturm)
The Berlin central bus station (ZOB am Funkturm), in operation since 1966, with 35 bus bays, around 55 regular bus companies and some six million passengers a year, is Berlin's most important long-distance bus terminal.
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U2 (Munich U-Bahn)
The U2 is the longest line of the Munich U-Bahn; it was opened in 1980, is 24.4 km long, serves 27 stations and runs from Feldmoching in the north to Messestadt Ost in the east.
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Frankfurt Airport regional station
Opened on 14 March 1972, the Frankfurt Airport regional station is Germany's second airport station, with three tracks beneath Terminal 1 and over 40,000 people boarding, alighting or transferring daily (2017).
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Munich Airport station
Munich Airport station went into operation on 7 March 1992 and, as a tunnel station beneath the terminal, is the terminus of S-Bahn lines S1 and S8; a long-distance station has not yet been realised.
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Berlin Brandenburg Airport station
Berlin Brandenburg Airport station lies as a tunnel station directly beneath the BER terminal, went into operation on 31 October 2020 and offers six tracks for long-distance, regional and S-Bahn traffic.
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Munich central bus station (Hackerbrücke)
Opened on 11 September 2009, the Munich central bus station (ZOB) at the Hackerbrücke has 29 bus bays and is the state capital's central long-distance bus hub, at the same time a shopping centre.
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Hamburg central bus station (ZOB)
Opened in 2003, the Hamburg central bus station (also “Bus Port Hamburg”) lies directly south-east of the Hauptbahnhof and records around 38,800 departures a year with an estimated three million passengers.
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Odeonsplatz station
Opened on 19 October 1971, Odeonsplatz U-Bahn station is, alongside the Hauptbahnhof and Sendlinger Tor, a crossing station of Munich's trunk lines where U3, U4, U5 and U6 meet.
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Jungfernstieg station
Jungfernstieg station, whose first platform opened in 1931 with the “KellJung” line, is a three-level tunnel station beneath the Binnenalster with U1, U2, U4 and the City S-Bahn lines S1–S3.
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Nollendorfplatz station
Opened in 1902, Nollendorfplatz U-Bahn station is the only Berlin station served by all four small-profile lines U1, U2, U3 and U4, with a listed elevated station featuring a reconstructed dome.
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Alexanderplatz station
Opened in 1882, Alexanderplatz station links regional and S-Bahn traffic on the Stadtbahn with Berlin's largest U-Bahn station, where lines U2, U5 and U8 cross.
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Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Completed in 1898, Dresden Hauptbahnhof is a combined through and terminus station on a viaduct with 16 tracks and around 64,500 travellers daily; the central hall was renovated by Norman Foster in 2006.
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Frankfurt Airport long-distance station
Opened on 30 May 1999, the Frankfurt Airport long-distance station is Germany's largest airport station with around 23,000 travellers daily and four tracks at two directional platforms beneath the Squaire building.
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Hanover Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1843 (today's building 1879), Hanover Hauptbahnhof is a central crossing station with 12 platform tracks, around 280,000 travellers daily and 750 trains per day, and the hub of the Hanover S-Bahn.
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Nuremberg Hauptbahnhof
Nuremberg Hauptbahnhof (first opened 1844, today's building 1906) has 22 platform tracks, making it Europe's most track-rich through station, with around 200,000 travellers daily and a hub of ICE, U-Bahn and S-Bahn traffic.
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Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1891, Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is a through station with 16 platform tracks and around 270,000 travellers daily (2017), and one of the state capital's two long-distance stations.
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Cologne Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1859, Cologne Hauptbahnhof lies right next to the cathedral, has 11 tracks and, with around 350,000 travellers daily, is one of Germany's busiest stations.
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Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1906, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is Germany's busiest long-distance station with around 550,000 travellers per day (2018) and the second-largest in Europe after Paris Gare du Nord.
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Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 2006 as Europe's largest crossing station, Berlin Hauptbahnhof is Berlin's central railway hub with 14 platform tracks on two levels and around 329,000 travellers and visitors per day (2019).
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Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt lies in the centre of eastern Germany, has its capital in Magdeburg, and covers around 20,460 km² with about 2.18 million inhabitants (2022 census).