List of Deutsche Bahn station abbreviations

Deutsche Bahn and its precessors Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn and DRG use a system of letters to denote a station on their network. This is called the DS-100 code, named after the original papers laying out the system, the "DS 100, Abkürzungen der Betriebsstellen".

Description of the code

The code is set up as follows:
*X "YYYY" "Z"where X denotes the Bundesbahndirektion (BD) in West Germany or "Reichsbahndirektion" (Rbd) in East Germany and prior to 1949, and YYYY is the code of the station itself, which can be up to four letters. It is noteworthy that whilst some of the "Direktionen" have been merged into others, changed, or otherwise remodeled, their old codes remained in place. For example, most of the Northern areas of Germany still have the BD code A for "Altona" (now a part of Hamburg), even though the BD Altona has long been out of existence.Further information can be added by an extra letter after the station identifier, for example HB is the code for Bremen Hauptbahnhof, (BD Hanover (H), station code B) whilst HB X is the code for the Bremen maintenance works, which are considered a subdivision of Bremen Hauptbahnhof and hence do not have their own code.Special codes are also used to identify border points, special tariff points for ships et cetera.

Listing of BD/RbD codes

* A – Altona
* B – Berlin
* D – Dresden
* E – Essen
* F – Frankfurt
* H – Hannover
* K – Köln
* L – Halle (Saale)
* N – Nürnberg
* M – München
* R – Karlsruhe
* S – Saarbrücken
* T – Stuttgart
* U – Erfurt
* W – Schwerin

Station codes

BD Hannover

*HA – Altenbeken
*HACH – Achim
*HAHM – Ahlem
*HALF – Alfeld (Leine)
*HALT – Ahlten
*HAUR – Aurich Bf
*HAW – Bremen-Sebaldsbrück Werkbf Hp Hp
*HB – Bremen Hbf Bf
*HB F – Bremen Hbf Abstellgruppe Fernverkehr Bft
*HB X – Bremen Werk Bft
*HBAW – Bremen-Sebaldsbrück Wbf Bf
*HBB – Bremen-Burg Bf
*HBDE – Bünde (Westf) Bf
*HBDG – Bad Driburg (Westf) Bf
*HBGD – Burgdorf Bf
*HBGH – Barsinghausen Bf
*HBGM – Bad Gandersheim Hp
*HBH – Bremerhaven Hbf Bf
*HBHA – Bad Harzburg Bf
*HBHLA – Bremerhaven-Lehe Abstellbahnhof Bft
*HBHS – Bremerhaven Seehafen Bf
*HBKB – Bückeburg Bf
*HBKE – Brake (Unterweser) Bf
*HBOM – Bohmte Bf
*HBS – Braunschweig Hbf Bf
*HBTH – Bad Bentheim Bf
*HBUA – Schöningen Braunschweigische-Kohlen-Bw Awanst
*HBV – Bremen-Vegesack Bf
*HBVW – Salzgitter-Beddingen VW Anst
*HBZ – Bremen Zollausschluß Bf
*HBZN – Hannover Betriebszentrale NL Nord BZ
*HC – Celle Pbf Bf
*HCLP – Cloppenburg Bf
*HCOP – Coppenbrügge Hp
*HCZ – Clausthal-Zellerfeld Bush
*HD – Delmenhorst Bf
*HDIP – Diepholz Bf
*HDVD – Dörverden Bf
*HE – Emden Hbf Bf
*HEA – Emden Außenhafen Bf
*HEB – Einbeck-Salzderhelden Bf
*HEBF – Einbeck Feierabend Anst
*HEBG – Eichenberg Bf
*HEDA – Oldenburg (Oldb) Edeka Awanst
*HELZ – Elze (Han) Bf
*HEMB – Rheine Emsbrücke Üst
*HEMP – Empelde Hp
*HESD – Eschede Bf
*HESN – Essen (Oldb) Bf
*HEVW – Emden Hbf Volkswagenwerk Bft
*HFAH – Nordenham-Friedrich-August-Hütte Anst
*HFAL – Bad Fallingbostel Bf
*HFVW – Fallersleben Volkswagenwerk Anst
*HG – Göttingen Bf
*HGA – Bremen Gabelung Abzw
*HGAA – Braunschweig Gabelung Abzw
*HGBW – Großburgwedel Bf
*HGI – Gifhorn Bf
*HGS – Goslar Bf
*HH – Hannover Hbf Bf
*HH H – Hannover Herschelstraße Bft
*HH P – Hannover Hbf Pferdeturm Bft
*HH X – Hannover Leinhausen Werk Bft
*HHAE – Hämelerwald Bf
*HHI – Hildesheim Hbf Bf
*HHLM – Helmstedt Bf
*HHM – Hameln Bf
*HHML – Hannover Messe/Laatzen Bft
*HHMLB – Hannover Messe/Laatzen Terminal B Bft
*HHX – Höxter Bf
*HI – Ibbenbüren Bf
*HJ – Jever Hp
*HK – Kreiensen Bf
*HKWA – Hannover Karl-Wiechert-Allee Bf
*HL – Löhne (Westf) Pbf Bf
*HLEE – Leer (Ostfriesl) Bf
*HLER – Lehrte Bf
*HLGF – Hannover Flughafen Bf
*HLGM – Langenhagen Mitte Hp
*HLGO – Langeoog Slst
*HLI – Hannover-Linden
*HLIG – Lingen (Ems)
*HLOX – Loxstedt
*HLTA – Letter
*HM – Minden (Westf) Bf
*HMDD – Bad Münder (Deister) Bf
*HMS – Munster (Örtze) Bf
*HN – Northeim (Han) Bf
*HNBG – Nienburg (Weser) Bf
*HNDM – Norddeich Mole Hp Bft
*HNN – Norden Bf
*HNO – Nordenham Bf
*HO – Osnabrück Hbf Bf
*HOLD – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf Bf
*HOSS – Osterholz-Scharmbeck Bf
*HP – Peine Bf
*HPTA – Porta Westfalica Bf
*HQ – Quakenbrück Bf
*HR – Rheine Bf
*HS – Seelze Pbf Bf
*HSB – Salzgitter Bad Bf
*HSHN – Salzgitter Hütte Nord Bf
*HSHS – Salzgitter Hütte Süd Bf
*HSL – Salzgitter-Lebenstedt Hp
*HSO – Soltau (Han) Bf
*HSR – Seelze Rbf Bf
*HST – Salzgitter-Thiede Hp
*HSWI – Salzgitter-Watenstedt (IKEA) Awanst
*HSYK – Syke Bf
*HSZK – Salzgitter Schacht Konrad 1 Bf
*HU – Uelzen Pbf Bf
*HV – Verden (Aller) Bf
*HVLO – Vlotho Bf
*HVOL – Voldagsen
*HW – Wilhelmshaven
*HWAR – Warburg (Westf)
*HWG – Wangerooge
*HWOB – Wolfsburg
*HWOL – Wolfenbüttel
*HWSD – Westerstede (Oldb)
*HWSR – Walsrode
*HWUN – Wunstorf
*HXB – Bad Bentheim Grenze
*HXE – Eichenberg (Tarifgr)
*HXH – Helmstedt (Tarifgr)
*HXL – Laarwald Grenze
*HXWE – Weener Grenze
*HZWI – Bad Zwischenahn