Cyclists

Out and about by bike with hvv

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.

Parking your bike and continuing with public transport

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.

From Bike+Ride to the new brand Radkultur Hamburg. Hamburg is setting an example here for cycling as a sustainable mobility solution which has an important part to play in the mobility transformation.

And there are plans to make riding your bike in Hamburg even more attractive:

Parking places: something like 28,000 parking places for bikes are planned to be available by 2025. Many of them will be under a roof, equipped with parking racks or secure parking places. You can send enquiries or renting a parking space for your bike to Radkultur Hamburg (in German), formerly P+R-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH.
Integrated bike repair stations: punctures or other breakdowns can be fixed in no time at all here.
Velo routes: we are already on track to expand the existing bike (velo) routes

The metropolitan area around Hamburg is not only a desirable place to live, it also offers the ideal conditions for combining riding your bike and public transport. With something like 7,000 parking places at 40 locations, you have a wide range of options.

A place in the dry at the roofed-over bike parking facilities
And in view of the growing number of E-bikes, of course we are on the ball: the number of charging points is constantly being added to.
Convenience and security are ensured with bicycle lockers or bike garages.

To find out more about secure bike parking facilities, please get in touch with your local town or municipal council.

A whole new range of options – book a parking space for your bike by smartphone

Now you can use the hvv switch App to book a parking space in advance for your bike or a deposit box (complete with a practical charging point) for your helmet, your e-bike battery or other small items at Bad Oldesloe, Elmshorn and Schwarzenbek stations. A display with the available capacity and navigation details of how to find it when you get there are shown on an interactive map. And of course you can view the details of facilities and prices any time you want.

And this is how it works:

Just download the App for iOS or Android, make a one-off registration with hvv switch and record an existing PayPal account, a credit or debit card (Amex, Visa or Mastercard) or a SEPA direct debit as your means of payment. Are you already a customer at hvv switch? Then you can naturally get started straight away!

The menu gives you two options to make your booking:

Select the "Beta functions“ area in the menu on your smartphone. The feature is explained there in detail and you can go directly to the B+R facility.
Alternatively, you can use the connection search. If you use the filter “By bike to your departure station” and there is a B+R facility within a reasonable distance near you, the relevant connection and suitable routes via a bookable B+R facility to your station will be suggested. When you get there, you don’t need to look around for a place to leave your bike any more, just park it in your space, lock it and off you go. And by the way: you can also park your cargo bike here in the dry.

Bike on board our services

Please always show consideration to other passengers. It goes without saying that you can only take your bike on board if there is sufficient room available. You must hold it steady while the train is moving and be aware in the rapid transit trains what side the doors will open at the next station, so that all passengers can get on and off unobstructed.

Rapid transit trains and buses

It is permitted to take bikes on the U-, S-, A-Bahn trains and many bus lines free of charge at the following times:

Mon-Fri till 6 am, from 9 am till 4 pm and from 6 pm till close of services
Sat, Sun, on public holidays and on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve all day up to close of services
During the Hamburg summer school holidays all day (only on U, S, A trains)

Please check here whether you can take your bike on board the bus line you have chosen.

You can take your bike on board this bus line at off-peak times.

On the RE/RB regional trains

To take a bike on an RB/RE train in the hvv area, you will need to buy a day bicycle ticket RB/RE for 3.50 € . Then you can take your bike with you as often as you like on the RB and RE regional trains all day on the day printed on the ticket.

On the Elbe river ferries

You can take your bike on board the Elbe river ferries on hvv services free of charge without time restrictions every day.

N.B. On the ferry from Blankenese to Cranz, the Lower Elbe Tariff applies. This means that you can take your bike on board all day, but a charge applies.

Bike hire

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).

We’ll take you there

In and around Hamburg