Railway infrastructure in Hamburg-Eidelstedt

Cross-section of the trough station Client: AKN Eisenbahn AG Construction-costs: approx. 20 mill. € Services: concept, detailed engineering, design, tendering, supervision Period: June 2000 January 2004 Cooperation: ICB Hamburg, ICB Berlin Architektur und Stadtplanung, Braunschweig

The suburban line Hamburg Kaltenkirchen (AKN Eisenbahn AG) will be extended to a 2 track line partially built in a trough structure. The new station Eidelstedt Centre is constructed as a subway station.

Sellhorn provided detailed engineering and structural design for all structures of a 2.6 km long sector including:

• 600 m long rail trough, covered by 3 bridges
  
• 120 m long subway railway station
  
• 3 road bridges with different span und widths
  
• railway centre above the station
  
• extension of railway bridge
  
• about 900 m long sound barriers.

South entrance

In addition Sellhorn coordinated architectural and landscape design, the planning and installation of all technical facilities and the security devices.

The works have been completed early 2004 after 2.5 years. During this period the railway operation and the road traffic continued.