page_title: Lübeck Hauptbahnhof
section_title: Traffic
hierarchical_section_title: Lübeck Hauptbahnhof / Traffic
caption_attribution_description: English: Platforms 6 and 7 at Lübeck Hauptbahnhof viewed from the top of the stairs above the platforms
context_page_description: Lübeck Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station serving the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is a through station at the western edge of the city centre. With around 31,000 travelers and visitors each day, Lübeck Hbf is the busiest of all the railway stations in Schleswig-Holstein. It is classified by the Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.
  The present station building was built in 1908 by the Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn. At that time, the LBE operated most of the railway connections around Lübeck, including the express trains. The station building was designed by Fritz Klingholz, and replaced the previous, outdated building.
  Lübeck Hbf is a Reiterbahnhof, or station with a reception building laid out as a bridge "riding" over the tracks. Its reception building spans a total of 10 tracks with four platforms. A special feature is its wide wooden steps leading down to the platforms. The station was recently modernised and completely electrified, and is now fully connected with Germany's electric railway network.
context_section_description: At one stage, six railway lines radiated from Lübeck Hbf. Of those six lines, only the Lübeck-Segeberger Eisenbahn, opened in 1916 to Bad Segeberg, has been closed.  That closure, as far as passenger traffic is concerned, took place in 1964.
  The following railways lead to Lübeck Hbf:
  Hamburg–Bad Oldesloe–Reinfeld–Lübeck (Lübeck–Hamburg railway); opened in 1865 by the Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn (LBE), now part of Kursbuchstrecken (KBS) 104 and 140.
  Lüneburg–Büchen–Lübeck (Lübeck–Lüneburg railway); opened in 1851 by the LBE, today KBS 145.
  Bad Kleinen–Lübeck (Lübeck-Bad Kleinen railway); opened in 1870 by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway (MFFE), today KBS 150.
  Lübeck-Travemünde-Strand–Lübeck (Lübeck–Lübeck-Travemünde Strand railway); opened in 1882 by the LBE, today part of KBS 140.
  Puttgarden–Lübeck and Neustadt–Lübeck (Vogelfluglinie); opened in 1925 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG), today KBS 141.
  Kiel–Eutin–Bad Schwartau–Lübeck (Kiel–Lübeck railway), opened in 1873 by the Eutin-Lübecker Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (ELE), today part of KBS 140.
  Currently, international connections exist between Lübeck Hbf and Szczecin in Poland via Bad Kleinen, Neubrandenburg, and Pasewalk, operated by Regional-Express  trains. Due to their long itineraries, these trains have the character of Heckeneilzug services. Additionally, Lübeck is an Intercity station. Once daily, an Intercity train to Puttgarden stops at Lübeck, and later in the day the return service to Frankfurt am Main also stops there.
  Some of the long-distance travellers at Lübeck Hbf take a train to Lübeck-Travemünde Skandinavienkai, to connect with one of the ferries to Sweden or Finland.
  The majority of the passenger train traffic to and from Lübeck Hbf is carried by commuter trains on the line between Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and Lübeck, operated by DB Regio. During peak hours, trains on this line are timed at 30-minute intervals.  On all other lines that operate to Lübeck Hauptbahnhof, trains generally operate at hourly intervals.
  Since the December 2008 timetable change, Lübeck has had its first direct ICE connection via Hannover with Munich.
caption: Platforms 6 and 7 in 2015
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