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Legienstraße station

U2 · U4

lines
Yes
interchange
AB
fare zone
Intermediate
position

Legienstraße station in detail

Legienstraße U-Bahn station in Hamburg — U2 line

Legienstraße is one of the 93 stations of the Hamburg U-Bahn. As well as the U2, the U4 calls here — Legienstraße is therefore one of the interchange stations of the Hamburg U-Bahn.

Changing lines costs nothing extra: your ticket covers the whole journey in one direction, even if you switch lines.

On an ordinary weekday the hvv timetable has 532 trains calling here, the first at 04:16 and the last at 00:46. The ride to Hauptbahnhof takes 12 minutes from here with no interchange.

First and last train from Legienstraße

U2towards Mümmelmannsberg
DayFirst trainLast trainDepartures
Mon–Thu04:5600:36206
Fri04:56runs all night217
Sat04:56runs all night193
Sun04:5600:36117
Frequency in this direction
Time bandMon–ThuFriSatSun
07:00–09:005 min5 min10 min10 min
10:00–15:005 min5 min5 min10 min
16:00–18:305 min5 min5 min10 min
21:00–23:005–10 min5–10 min5–10 min10 min
01:00–04:00 (night service)–20 min20 min–
U2towards Niendorf Nord
DayFirst trainLast trainDepartures
Mon–Thu04:1600:26207
Fri04:16runs all night219
Sat04:46runs all night193
Sun04:4600:26117
Frequency in this direction
Time bandMon–ThuFriSatSun
07:00–09:005 min5 min10 min10 min
10:00–15:005 min5 min5 min10 min
16:00–18:305 min5 min5 min10 min
21:00–23:0010 min10 min10 min10 min
01:00–04:00 (night service)–20 min20 min–
U4towards Billstedt
DayFirst trainLast trainDepartures
Mon–Thu05:0600:4660
Fri05:0604:4660
Sat05:0604:4669
Sun05:0600:465
Frequency in this direction
Time bandMon–ThuFriSatSun
07:00–09:0010 min10 min––
10:00–15:00––10 min–
16:00–18:3010 min10 min10 min–
21:00–23:0010 min10 min10 min–
U4towards Elbbrücken
DayFirst trainLast trainDepartures
Mon–Thu04:3600:1659
Fri04:3600:3659
Sat04:1600:3670
Sun04:1600:165
Frequency in this direction
Time bandMon–ThuFriSatSun
07:00–09:0010 min10 min––
10:00–15:00––10 min–
16:00–18:3010 min10 min10 min–
21:00–23:0010 min10 min10 min–

On Friday and Saturday nights the U-Bahn calls here right through — there is no gap between the last train and the first. Times from the official hvv timetable data (GTFS, Hamburg Transparency Portal, dl-de/by-2.0), timetable period 30 July to 12 December 2026.

What is around Legienstraße?

Timotheuskirche
4 min walk
Church, about 298 m from the station exit, according to OpenStreetMap.

Connections at Legienstraße

According to the hvv timetable, these are the lines that call at Legienstraße besides the U-Bahn. Interchanging is included in your ticket — inside the Hamburg AB zone you do not need a second fare.

Bus
31161

Services at Legienstraße

Step-free access
step-free
A lift on every platform, a (partly) raised platform for level boarding and a tactile guidance system.
To Hauptbahnhof
12 min
Direct ride, no interchange, from the hvv timetable.
To Jungfernstieg
14 min
Direct ride, no interchange, from the hvv timetable.
Ticket machines
hvv machines at the entrance or on the platform — card, contactless or cash
hvv app
Buy tickets digitally — around 7% cheaper in the app and online shop than at the machine
Passenger information
Digital next-train displays with the waiting time to the next train and live service alerts
Tip

On Friday and Saturday nights the U-Bahn runs right through here. There is no night surcharge: the normal HVV fare applies.

Frequently asked questions about Legienstraße

On a normal weekday the first train from Legienstraße leaves towards Mümmelmannsberg: 04:56 · towards Niendorf Nord: 04:16 · towards Billstedt: 05:06 · towards Elbbrücken: 04:36. The last train leaves towards Mümmelmannsberg: 00:36 · towards Niendorf Nord: 00:26 · towards Billstedt: 00:46 · towards Elbbrücken: 00:16. On Friday and Saturday nights the U-Bahn runs through here, so there is no break in service. The times come from the official hvv timetable data (GTFS, Hamburg Transparency Portal, dl-de/by-2.0), timetable period 30 July to 12 December 2026.

During the weekday morning peak (07:00–09:00) from Legienstraße: U2 towards Mümmelmannsberg: every 5 min; U2 towards Niendorf Nord: every 5 min; U4 towards Billstedt: every 10 min; U4 towards Elbbrücken: every 10 min. Evenings and weekends are thinner — the table above breaks down every time band separately.

Besides the U-Bahn, Legienstraße is served by: Bus 31, 161. Interchanging is included in your ticket — inside the Hamburg AB zone you do not need a second fare.

HOCHBAHN status: step-free. A lift on every platform, a (partly) raised platform for level boarding and a tactile guidance system. Of the 93 U-Bahn stops, 89 are step-free today; the U1, U2 and U4 are fully converted. Whether an individual lift is out of order right now is shown by the hvv lift service.

Legienstraße is an interchange station on the Hamburg U-Bahn: lines U2 and U4 call here. You change within the station and it is included in your ticket — across the whole Hamburg AB fare zone you never need a second ticket to switch line. You can work out any connection with the route planner.

You barely need a printed timetable in Hamburg: at peak times trains run about every 3–5 Min., around ca. 5 Min. during the day, roughly every 10 Min. in the evening and every 10–20 Min. je nach Linie on the round-the-clock nights. So you simply walk down to the platform — the next train is coming soon.

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