Editing Hamburg (section)

=== Public transport ===
[[File:Bahnlinien im HVV.png|thumb|A map of the transit rail lines in Hamburg]] Public transport by rail, bus, and ship is organised by the ''[[Hamburger Verkehrsverbund]]'' ("Hamburg transit authority") (HVV). Tickets sold by one company are valid on all other HVV companies' services. The HVV was the first organisation of this kind worldwide.<ref>{{Citation |title=HVV – Mehr als ein Ziel – Historie |url=http://www.hvv.de/ueber-uns/historie/ |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Hamburger Verkehrsverbund |access-date=25 September 2008 |language=de |archive-date=17 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217044951/http://www.hvv.de/ueber-uns/historie/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

33 mass transit rail lines across the city are the backbone of public transport.<ref name="Zahlen {{!}} HVV-Verbundbericht">{{cite web|url=http://www.hvv-verbundbericht.de/zahlen/#zahlen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004525/http://www.hvv-verbundbericht.de/zahlen/#zahlen|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2017|title=Zahlen {{!}} HVV-Verbundbericht|website=www.hvv-verbundbericht.de|language=en-US|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> The [[Hamburg S-Bahn|S-Bahn]] (commuter train system) comprises six lines and the [[Hamburg U-Bahn|U-Bahn]] four lines – ''U-Bahn'' is short for ''Untergrundbahn'' (underground railway). Approximately {{convert|41|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of {{convert|101|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of the U-Bahn is underground; most is on embankments or viaduct or at ground level. Older residents still speak of the system as ''Hochbahn'' (elevated railway), also because the operating company of the subway is the ''[[Hamburger Hochbahn]]''. The [[AKN Eisenbahn|AKN railway]] connects satellite towns in Schleswig-Holstein to the city. On some routes regional trains of Germany's major railway company [[Deutsche Bahn|Deutsche Bahn AG]] and the regional ''[[metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft|metronom]]'' trains may be used with an HVV ticket. Regional trains stop at various stations within city limits such as the four larger stations, [[Hamburg Hauptbahnhof|Hauptbahnhof]], [[Hamburg Dammtor station|Dammtor]], [[Hamburg-Altona station|Altona]], and [[Hamburg-Harburg station|Harburg]], as well as Hamburg Hasselbrook and Hamburg Bergedorf. The [[Trams in Hamburg|tram system]] was opened in 1866 and shut down in 1978.<ref name=tramway-atlas-germany-1996>{{cite book|title=Tramway & Light Railway Atlas – Germany 1996|year=1995|publisher=[[Light Rail Transit Association]]|location=London|isbn=0-948106-18-2|page=262}}</ref>

Gaps in the rail network are filled by more than 669 bus routes, operated by single-deck two-, three- and four-axle diesel buses.<ref name="Zahlen {{!}} HVV-Verbundbericht"/> Hamburg has no trams or [[trolleybus]]es, but has hydrogen-fuelled buses. The buses run frequently during working hours, with buses on the [[Metrobus (Germany)|MetroBus]] routes running every ten minutes from 6 am to 9 pm. On special weekday night lines the intervals can be 30 minutes or more, while on normal days (Monday-Friday) normal buses stop running at night (some lines run 24 hours a day, every day of the year at least every half hour).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bus Hamburg |url=https://www.hamburg.de/bus/2310408/busse-in-hamburg/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=hamburg.de |language=de}}</ref>

There are eight ferry lines along the [[River Elbe]], operated by ''[[HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst|HADAG]]'', that fall under the aegis of the HVV. While mainly used by citizens and dock workers, they can also be used for sightseeing tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hvv-verbundbericht.de/zahlen/|title=Zahlen {{!}} HVV-Verbundbericht|website=www.hvv-verbundbericht.de|language=en-US|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004525/http://www.hvv-verbundbericht.de/zahlen/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:A321 final assembly (9351765668).jpg|thumb|An [[Airbus A321]] on [[Assembly line|final assembly line]] 3 in the [[Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder]] plant]]

The international airport serving Hamburg, [[Hamburg Airport|Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt]] ([[International Air Transport Association|IATA]]: HAM, [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]]: EDDH), is the fifth biggest and oldest airport in Germany, having been established in 1912 and located about {{convert|5|mi|0|abbr=off}} from the city centre. About 60 airlines provide service to 125 destination airports, including some long-distance destinations like [[Newark, New Jersey]] on [[United Airlines]], [[Dubai]] on [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]], and [[Tehran]] on [[Iran Air]]. Hamburg is a secondary hub for [[Lufthansa]], which is the largest carrier at the airport, and the airline also operates one of its biggest [[Lufthansa Technik]] maintenance facilities there. The second airport is located in [[Hamburg-Finkenwerder]], officially named [[Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport]] ([[International Air Transport Association|IATA]]: XFW, [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]]: EDHI). It is about {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} from the city centre and is a nonpublic airport for the [[Airbus Operations GmbH|Airbus]] plant. It is the second biggest Airbus plant, after [[Toulouse]], and the third biggest aviation manufacturing plant after [[Seattle]] and Toulouse; the plant houses the final assembly lines for [[Airbus A320 family|A318, A319, A320, A321]], and [[Airbus A380|A380]] aircraft.<ref>{{Citation |title=Airbus in Germany |url=http://www.airbus.com/company/worldwide-presence/airbus-in-germany/ |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Airbus |access-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123102122/http://www.airbus.com/company/worldwide-presence/airbus-in-germany/ |archive-date=23 January 2012 }}</ref>

;Public transportation statistics
The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Hamburg, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 58 min. 16% of public transit riders, ride for more than two hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 11 min, while 11% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 8.9&nbsp;km, while 21% travel for over 12&nbsp;km in a single direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Germany_Hamburg-3300|title=Hamburg Public Transportation Statistics|publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit|access-date=19 June 2017}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50x50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [[creativecommons:by/4.0/|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].</ref>