- Owner
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG , Verkehrsgesellschaft Norderstedt
- Locale
- Hamburg , Norderstedt , Ahrensburg , Großhansdorf
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 664,380 (2017)
- Annual ridership
- 242.5 million (2017)
- Website
- www.hochbahn.de
- Began operation
- 15 February 1912 ; 114 years ago ( 1912-02-15 )
- Operator s
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG
- Number of vehicles
- 245 trains , 861 cars
- Train length
- ~120 metres (390 ft)
- Headway
- 5 minutes (rush hour 3 min)
- System length
- 106.4 km (66.1 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ), ( standard gauge )
- Electrification
- 750 V DC Third rail
- Top speed
- 80 km/h (50 mph)