News from the S-Bahn: Diebsteich opening is delayed again!

News from the S-Bahn: Diebsteich opening is delayed again!

The S-Bahn station Diebsteich in Hamburg, which has been blocked since October 2022, will not be put back into operation as planned at the end of January 2024. According to the latest information, commissioning has now been moved to in early 2025. Originally, the reopening for August 2024 was aimed at, such as Welt reported.

According to this, the theses should begin on January 7, 2024, the tracks are connected to the new platform in the last construction phase, and the route between Stellingen and Altona/Holstenstrasse will be closed from January 7th to 30th, 2024. However, the construction work is delayed by the lack of acceptance examiners, who are highly specialized experts who have undergone extensive training of seven to ten years. These delays are related to the increased need for acceptance examiners due to increased construction activities of Deutsche Bahn (DB), which mean that no examiners are currently available, such as German Train reported.

required acceptance processes and underlying projects

A three-week blocking break was planned for the restart of the Diebsteich S-Bahn station, during which the tracks should be connected to the new platform. Intense exams and acceptance processes by specially trained acceptance testers are prescribed. The DB apologizes to the affected passengers of the S-Bahn Hamburg for the inconvenience that arise from the extended waiting times.

The conversions already completed at the station will be implemented to the Diebsteich as part of the relocation of the Hamburg-Altona long-distance and regional train station, which is expected to go into operation in 2027. Despite the shift in the commissioning of the S-Bahn station, the work for the long-distance and regional train station is unaffected by these delays.

Until the final commissioning of the S-Bahn station, passengers must use alternative modes of transport. It is expected that replacement traffic with bus line 180 until the opening will be maintained. During the main traffic times, four buses are currently available every ten minutes, and the passengers between Pinneberg and Altona have to adjust to a travel time extension of up to 20 minutes, since the S-Bahn lines S3 and S5 sometimes only run down to a limited extent.