Travel and Transit Information for Hamburg

Getting There:

By Air The Hamburg Airport (+49 40 5075 x0 / http://www.ham.airport.de) is located 8.5 kilometers northwest of the center of Hamburg and services the following airlines: Air Baltic (+49 1805 24 7225; http://www.airbaltic.com)

Air Berlin (+49 1805 73 7800; http://www.airberlin.com)

Air France (+49 1805 83 0830; http://www.airfrance.com)

Air Malta (+49 69 920 3522; http://www.airmalta.com)

British Airways (+49 1805 26 6522; http://www.britishairways.com)

Continental Airlines (+49 1803 21 2610; http://www.continental.com)

Delta Air Lines (+49 1803 33 7880; http://www.delta.com)

Finnair (+49 1803 34 6624; http://www.finnair.com)

KLM (+49 1805 21 4201; http://www.klm.com)

Lufthansa (+49 1803 80 3803; http://www.lufthansa.de)

Qantas Airways (+49 1805 25 0620; http://www.qantas.com.au)

TAP Portugal ( +351 707 205 700/ http://www.flytap.com )

Turkish Airlines (+49 40 5075 2824; http://www.turkishairlines.com)

United Airlines (+49 69 5007 0387; http://www.unitedairlines.com)

Buses are available to and from Hamburg Airport via Routes 172, 26, 606, 292, 39, 114, 23, 292, 34 and there is an Airport Express service to Central Station.

The TravelPorter (+49 40 3179 4453; http://www.travelporter.de) offers direct door-to-door service.

Taxis are located in front of all terminals and the trip to the city centre is about 30 minutes and costs approximately 20 EUR.

Rental Car companies include: Budget (+49 1805 24 4388; http://www.budget.de) Europcar (+49 40 5 2018 x0; http://www.europcar.de) Hertz (+49 6196 937 x0; http://www.hertz.de) Sixt (+49 180 525 2525; http://www.e-sixt.de)

By Train Hamburg is accessible by train and has five train stations: Altona, Dammtor, Bergedorf, Harburg and the main Hamburg station. InterCity and InterCity Express trains stop at all stations. See http://www.bahn.de for more information.

Rail passes: If your visit to Hamburg is only part of a larger trip, it may be cheaper to buy a rail pass than point-to-point tickets. For non-European Union citizens, there is a range of passes available, depending on whether you are visiting only Germany or also visiting other countries in Europe. Information about the different passes and train travel in Europe can be found on http://www.europrail.net or http://www.eurail.com. For EU citizens, it's cheaper to buy a pass (an Interrail pass) in your own country, so call your local train station for more information.

By Bus Buses connect with Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Prague and Copenhagen, and parts of Eastern Europe.

By Car Hamburg is easily reachable by car via motorways A7 (Nord-Südtangente), A1 (Bremen-Lübeck), A24 (Berlin-Hamburg) and A23 (from Heide.

Getting Around:

Public Transportation The Hamburg Transport Authority (+49 40 32 5775 x0; http://www.hvv.de) offers public transportation via underground trains (U-Bahn), metro trains (S-Bahn) and night buses. Special tickets are available including the Hamburg Card and the Power Pass.

By Car Driving throughout the city is fairly easy, however parking can be expensive. Utilizing public transportation is advised.