Great, big and easy to get around. 1st time here and glad it easy to navigate around without…read moreasking for help (with I normally do since language barrier). Plenty to shops, restaurants, stores within the station.

This is a big train station and is super lively! There's plenty of cafes and food shops on the main…read morecorridor where the trains are. There is a top floor, where they have a convenience store, a McDonald's, another fast casual restaurant, and other stores. This one of the better train stations in Germany! I'm biased since I love the vibe of the city of Hamburg . . . it gives Berlin vibes!

I love everything about trains. I love waiting for the train, I love taking the train, I love the…read moresound trains make when they go by, pull in and out of the station and the whiz of a breeze going through an empty train tunnel. This said, you'll understand how much I hate Altona Bahnhof. It is smelly. It is dirty. It is disorienting. It has dangerous-looking beggar-punks hanging out at exits. When here, I am constantly conscious about the possibility of getting mugged. The main level has about 10 different exits, some of which lead in different directions, some of which lead to the same place. Signs leading to trains are confusing. Finding the toilet requires a treasure map. This is really quite a shame since Altona is a really nice part of the city and the specific area in which this station is situated is a lovely shopping district. They should really shape up this station and give it a makeover to fit the rest of the area

Now that I live in Altona, I no longer get confused by the underground maze that is Altona bahnhof…read more However, I distinctly remember the confusion of my first trips to here. I think the confusion comes from the vast underground sprawl. It basically extends a long way in every direction but with no real corridors or form, just lots of stalls and columns. At one end of the station is a McDonalds and Lidl, which while convenient, are generally blighted by a bunch of semi-menacing looking bums and punks. The mainline Deutsche Bahn station upstairs is much cleaner and easier to navigate. Apparently they want to tear it down though because the tracks don't go through the station, so all trains have to pull in and then back out, doubling back on themselves.

very handy for getting to the northern part of the city centre and the uni quarter. the 4 and 5…read morebuses go from here every 4 mins during the day. some good cafes and a McCafe.

Unbelievable but true: probably the most expensive train station in Germany. Buy your beverages…read moreat the KKiosk at the nearby bus terminal instead.

My very first train station so I didn't know exactly what to expect. The Information desk employees…read morewere slightly rude but they did direct us to which train we needed. The ticket office employees were much nicer and quite a bit more helpful. Every door in the station is open so it's quite a bit chilly and you have to pay 1€ to use the restroom. There are quite a few cafés to choose from if you need to wait.