S4 building is delayed: First trains only in 2028-Hamburg in turmoil!

S4 building is delayed: First trains only in 2028-Hamburg in turmoil!

The residents in Hamburg can look forward to comprehensive changes to rail traffic, even if the progress in the S4 infrastructure is still bumpy. According to reports, including from Buschhüter , the partial commissioning to Rahlstedt is on the brink in December 2027. A crucial point is the planning approval section 2, which includes the route from Luetkenallee to the national border. Construction work is planned during the total blocking of the connection between Lübeck and Hamburg in the second half of 2027 before the first trains can drive.

But not everything runs according to plan. A DB Infrago proposal stipulates to move the general renovation of the long -distance railway by one year to 2028. The planning approval decision for section 2 is expected in the second half of 2025, and it is expected that it will be sued against this at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig.

full closure 2027

A complete blocking of the Hamburg-Lübeck railway line is planned for July to December 2027. This was confirmed by ndr . During this time, the trains are diverted via Mölln and Büchen. New tracks and train stations are being renovated during the closure, and digital control technology is also used. Another exciting innovation are the transparent noise protection walls that are installed at different points - there has been no such thing in Germany yet.

The first sections of the new S-Bahn line S4 between Hamburg-Altona and Bad Oldesloe are then to go into operation. The S4 will replace the RB81 and run every 10 minutes. The construction work has already started in Wandsbek: more than three kilometers of new tracks have been laid, and noise protection walls are currently being set up.

financing and progress

The total construction costs of the S4 amount to around 1.85 billion euros, with the federal government paying around 84 percent of the costs. In 2018, this ambitious project received the classification of the "urgent needs" of the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan. A financing agreement between the federal government, train, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein was signed at the end of 2019, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place in May 2021.

The S4 success stands and falls with an elaborate coordination of the construction work and the legal challenges. According to However, the construction of the new S-Bahn line is at a good course. In other cities in Germany, it is currently also being used to improve the S-Bahn systems, which shows that Hamburg is on the right track to make its transport network more efficient.