# List of busiest railway stations in Germany

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Germany, with all stations being considered as major stations or hubs, and are also classified as either Category 1 or Category 2 stations.
An asterisk (*) indicates that the station only has rapid transit/commuter rail services.
| Rank | Station | Annual entries/exits (millions) | Number of platforms | City | State |
| 1 | Hamburg Hbf | 196.0 | 12 | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| 2 | Frankfurt(Main)Hbf | 179.9 | 29 | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse |
| 3 | München Hbf | 150.7 | 34 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 4 | Berlin Hbf | 120.1 | 14 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 5 | Köln Hbf | 116.1 | 11 | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 6 | Berlin Friedrichstraße | 95.6 | 8 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 7 | Hannover Hbf | 95.3 | 12 | Hannover | Lower Saxony |
| 8 | Stuttgart Hbf | 93.1 | 17 | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg |
| 9 | Düsseldorf Hbf | 91.3 | 20 | Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 10 | Berlin Ostkreuz | 91.3 | 12 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 11 | Nürnberg Hbf | 76.7 | 21 | Nuremberg | Bavaria |
| 12 | Berlin-Gesundbrunnen | 74.1 | 10 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 13 | Berlin Südkreuz | 65.3 | 10 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 14 | München Ostbf | 63.5 | 14 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 15 | München Marienplatz | 59.5 | 2 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 16 | Essen Hbf | 55.5 | 13 | Essen | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 17 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | 55.5 | 6 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 18 | Bremen Hbf | 53.7 | 9 | Bremen | Bremen |
| 19 | München-Pasing | 50.7 | 9 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 20 | Hamburg-Altona | 50.4 | 12 | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| 21 | Leipzig Hbf | 49.3 | 21 | Leipzig | Saxony |
| 22 | Duisburg Hbf | 47.5 | 12 | Duisburg | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 23 | Berlin Zoologischer Garten | 47.4 | 6 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 24 | Dortmund Hbf | 54.7 | 16 | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 25 | Mannheim Hbf | 43.1 | 9 | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg |
| 26 | Braunschweig Hbf | 40.4 | 8 | Braunschweig | Niedersachsen |
| 27 | Berlin Ostbahnhof | 36.5 | 9 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 27 | Stuttgart Stadtmitte | 36.1 | 2 | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg |
| 28 | Frankfurt(M)Konstabler Wache* | 35.8 | 7 | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse |
| 29 | Frankfurt(M)Hauptwache* | 35.0 | 6 | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse |
| 30 | München Karlsplatz* | 32.0 | 4 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 31 | Berlin Warschauer Straße* | 31.0 | 4 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 32 | Berlin-Lichtenberg | 31.0 | 8 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 33 | Hamburg Harburg | 29.2 | 12 | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| 34 | Köln Messe/Deutz | 29.2 | 10 | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 35 | Mainz Hbf | 27.4 | 9 | Mainz | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 36 | Freiburg(Breisgau)Hbf | 26.6 | 10 | Freiburg | Baden-Württemberg |
| 37 | Hamburg Jungfernstieg | 26.6 | 2 | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| 38 | Karlsruhe Hbf | 26.3 | 16 | Karlsruhe | Baden-Württemberg |
| 39 | Potsdam Hbf | 25.6 | 6 | Potsdam | Brandenburg |
| 40 | Dresden Hbf | 24.5 | 16 | Dresden | Saxony |
| 41 | Münster(Westf)Hbf | 23.7 | 9 | Münster | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 42 | Munich Rosenheimer Platz station* | 20.3 | 2 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 43 | Frankfurt(Main)Flughfn | 19.3 | 29 | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse |
| 44 | Augsburg Hbf | 18.3 | 12 | Augsburg | Bavaria |
| 45 | Pforzheim Hbf | 18.3 | 7 | Pforzheim | Baden-Württemberg |
| 46 | Tübingen Hbf | 18.3 | 7 | Tübingen | Baden-Württemberg |
| 47 | Würzburg Hbf | 18.3 | 11 | Würzburg | Bavaria |
| 48 | Wiesbaden Hbf | 16.8 | 10 | Wiesbaden | Hesse |
| 49 | Erfurt Hbf | 16.8 | 10 | Erfurt | Thuringia |
| 50 | Munich Isartor station* | 16.8 | 2 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 51 | Berlin Spandau | 16.4 | 6 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 52 | Heidelberg Hbf | 15.3 | 9 | Heidelberg | Baden-Württemberg |
| 53 | Halle(S)Hbf | 14.6 | 13 | Halle (Saale) | Saxony-Anhalt |
| 54 | Bielefeld Hbf | 14.6 | 8 | Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 55 | Koblenz Hbf | 14.6 | 10 | Koblenz | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 56 | Lübeck Hbf | 12.4 | 9 | Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 57 | Frankfurt South station | 11.9 | 9 | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse |
| 58 | Magdeburg Hbf | 11.7 | 10 | Magdeburg | Saxony-Anhalt |
| 59 | Darmstadt Hbf | 11.0 | 11 | Darmstadt | Hesse |
| 60 | Hagen Hbf | 11.0 | 16 | Hagen | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 61 | Ulm Hbf | 10.6 | 12 | Ulm | Baden-Württemberg |
| 62 | Saarbrücken Hbf | 10.0 | 10 | Saarbrücken | Saarland |
| 63 | Berlin Schönhauser Allee station* | 9.5 | 2 | Berlin | Berlin |
| 64 | Munich Laim station* | 9.3 | 2 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 65 | Kiel Hbf | 9.1 | 8 | Kiel | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 66 | Frankfurt Höchst station | 8.2 | 7 | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse |
| 67 | Gießen station | 7.3 | 11 | Gießen | Hesse |
| 68 | Fulda station | 7.3 | 10 | Fulda | Hesse |
| 69 | Hanau Hbf | 7.3 | 11 | Hanau | Hesse |
| 70 | Solingen Hbf | 7.3 | 5 | Solingen | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 71 | Hamburg Airport station* | 7.3 | 1 | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| 72 | Munich Hackerbrücke station* | 6.2 | 2 | Munich | Bavaria |
| 73 | Gelsenkirchen Hbf | 4.6 | 6 | Gelsenkirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 74 | Schwerin Hbf | 4.4 | 4 | Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| 75 | Worms Hbf | 3.7 | 8 | Worms | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 76 | Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen station* | <3.7 | 5 | Schönefeld | Brandenburg |
| 77 | Jena West | 2.6 | 2 | Jena | Thuringia |
| 78 | Gera Hbf | 1.8 | 6 | Gera | Thuringia |
| 79 | Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof | <1.8 | 5 | Eberswalde | Brandenburg |
| 80 | Angermünde station | <1.8 | 5 | Angermünde | Brandenburg |
| 81 | Jena Paradies | 1.3 | 2 | Jena | Thuringia |
The following table shows the cities with the most passenger entries/exits for all major stations within the city combined. This only includes major stations with official statistics (usually either Category 1 or Category 2 stations). Stations of these categories without data are not included (e.g. Berlin Potsdamer Platz station, Berlin-Wannsee station, Hamburg Dammtor station, Frankfurt (Main) Süd station). Other stations (category 3 and lower) are not included for comparability reasons either.
| Rank | City | Annual entries/ exits (millions) | Stations |
| 1 | Berlin | 577.7 | Hauptbahnhof, Friedrichstraße, Zoologischer Garten, Gesundbrunnen, Berlin Südkreuz, Ostbahnhof, Lichtenberg, Berlin Ostkreuz, Berlin Spandau |
| 2 | Hamburg | 275.6 | Hauptbahnhof, Altona, Hamburg Harburg |
| 3 | Munich | 264.9 | Hauptbahnhof, München Ost, Pasing |
| 4 | Frankfurt am Main | 179.9 | Hauptbahnhof |
| 5 | Cologne | 145.3 | Hauptbahnhof, Köln Messe/Deutz |