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Hannover-hauptbahnhof
Hannover Hauptbahnhof

Hannover Hauptbahnhof (German: for Hanover main station) is the main railway station of Hanover, Germany. It is the most important transportation service in the city. Each day, 250,000 people use the station.

It is served by local, regional and long-distance trains. It has 12 tracks on 6 platforms.

Ernst-August-Denkmal in Hannover
King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover

The statue in front of the main building is showing king Ernest Augustus I of Hanover riding a horse.

Images for kids

  • Central station Hanover 1850

    Central station in about 1850 (steel engraving)

  • Ernst-August-Platz Hannover Germany 1900

    The Hauptbahnhof about 1900

  • Bahnhofstunnel IMG 2990

    The underpass created by the raising of the tracks over the old Celler Heerstraße (looking northeast towards Raschplatz)

  • US-luftbild hannover bahnhof 1945

    Destroyed station in 1945

  • Hannover HBF rück

    View from Raschplatz of the back of the station

  • Passaralle Hannover Bahnhof

    Niki-de-Saint-Phalle-Promenade on the first basement level beneath the station

  • Hannover-Hbf Aufgang-zu-Gleisen-7-und-8 LWS95

    Up to platform 7/8

  • Hannover Hauptbahnhof - Tunnelhaltestelle der Stadtbahn (6841892956)

    Stadtbahn station platform


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