page_title: Berlin–Hamburg Railway
section_title: Platform security
hierarchical_section_title: Berlin–Hamburg Railway / Technical equipment and special features / Platform security
caption_attribution_description: English: Platform barriers at the station of Paulinenaue (Berlin-Hamburg high-speed track) Deutsch: Reisenden-Sperrgitter im Bahnhof Paulinenaue (Schnellfahrstrecke Berlin-Hamburg)
context_page_description: The Berlin–Hamburg Railway is a roughly 286 km long railway line for passenger, long-distance and goods trains. It was the first high-speed line upgraded in Germany to be capable of handling train speeds of over 200 km/h. This line also has the fastest journey times between two German cities with average speeds of around 190 km/h.
  The line was built by the Berlin-Hamburg Railway Company, work starting on 6 May 1844, and was taken into service on 15 December 1846. It was then the longest trunk route in the German states, and ran from Berlin's Hamburg station, via Spandau, Neustadt, Wittenberge, Ludwigslust, Büchen and along the already existing 15.6-kilometre route of the Hamburg-Bergedorf Railway to the Berlin station in Hamburg.
context_section_description: Since trains can pass station platforms at speeds of more than 200 km/h, for the first time in Germany passenger safety fences were installed along 33 platform edges at 21 stations. Each is a 4.8-metre (16 ft) long and 1.2-metre (4 ft) high barrier with a 1.2 metre wide gate that opens to give access to the platform. Bilingual (German and English) signs tell passengers to leave the platform edge. On the opposite side of the fence passengers are warned not to enter the platform before a train has passed by or comes to a halt.
caption: Locking barrier in Paulinenaue station
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