HauptbahnhofHistorical Main Station
Ernst-August-Platz
Hanover,
30159
Neighborhood: City Centre
Nearest Train: HauptbahnhofPhone: +49 511 32 2704
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Video Guide Lifeline train: 640 trains stop at Hanover's train station every day. Lower Saxony's capital lies at the meeting point of the European north-south, east-west connections. The reunification has made the city's position on the continent even more central. In front of the building (built in 1880), on a monument, King Ernst August rides on a horse pointing the new arrivals the way to the inner city. The monarch, sometimes jokingly referred to as "The Stationmaster", looks down from his high horse onto the Bahnhofsstrasse, with its low pedestrian passages, named "Passerelle" by the beaurocratic city planners.




The area around the Hanover main train station is a great place to start your evening with fantastic...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from Maryland on Aug 09 2005