Bike and public transport are a great combination. Whether you park your bike at a station, take it on board our services or hire a StadtRAD – you can find all you need to know here.
Cyclists
There are facilities to park your bike at almost all rapid transit and regional rail stations across the entire hvv network (fare rings A-H) as well as at the ferry terminal in Finkenwerder, most of them roofed over. At some stations you can rent a place at a secured bicycle parking space for a small fee.
Please always be considerate of other passengers. You can only take your bicycle with you if space allows. You can find further details in our FAQs on bicycle transport (only in German).
Rapid Transit / Buses / Ferries
Bicycles can be taken free of charge on underground U-Bahn, S-Bahn, and A-Bahn trains, as well as on buses and ferries.
However, the following peak hours are excluded on U-Bahn, S-Bahn, and A-Bahn trains:
- Monday to Friday: 6:00 – 9:00 am and 4:00 – 6:00 pm
- These restrictions do not apply on public holidays, as well as on 24 and 31 December, or during the Hamburg summer holidays.
For safety reasons (motorway usage), bicycles cannot be transported on certain sections of the following bus routes:
X30 | Felix-Jud-Ring (Mitte) - Bf. Harburg |
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X33 | Salomon-Petri-Ring - Witzhave, Oher Weg |
X80 | Lehfeld - Geesthacht, Besenhorst |
X82 | Lehfeld - Geesthacht, Besenhorst |
4400 | Lehfeld - Rönne, Brücke |
7650 | Bf. Bad Segeberg (ZOB) - Geschendorf, Schottenkroog (West) |
8800 | Lehfeld - Geesthacht, Besenhorst |
A11 | U Niendorf Markt - A Ellerau (Bahnstraße) |
Note: On route X87, bicycles can only be transported in the luggage compartment.
Regional Trains
To transport a bicycle on regional trains within the hvv network, you must purchase a Bicycle Day Ticket (RB/RE) for 3.50 € . This ticket allows unlimited bicycle transport within the hvv fare zones A – F (595.16 KB) in Regional Express (RE) and Regionalbahn (RB) trains for the entire day of validity.
Tip: If your journey extends beyond the hvv area or starts from outside the hvv network, the following bicycle tickets are also valid for the section within the hvv:
- Schleswig-Holstein fare
- Niedersachsen fare
- Deutsche Bahn (DB) fare
StadtRAD makes you spontaneously and individually mobile. With StadtRAD you can get to know Hamburg and Lüneburg in a very special way. Some 3,700 bikes and 45 cargo pedelecs are waiting for you at 301 hire stations in Hamburg and Lüneburg – 24/7!
You can find out how to register, what free apps are available, how you can hire or return bikes and what costs are involved on the StadtRAD website:
www.stadtradhamburg.de/en
www.stadtradlueneburg.de/en
Why not just try it out and get rolling!
Our tip: with the bike routing function in our timetable information you can get your planned route displayed in the map view. And this is how it works: just call up our timetable information, enter "Start and Destination", then click on the small bike symbol and your bike route will be displayed in the map view.
Do you have any more questions? Then we will be glad to help with our FAQ (in German).