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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser, Rail transport in Hamburg, Roads in Hamburg, Streets in Hamburg, Hamburg S-Bahn, Bundesautobahn 1, Hamburg U-Bahn, Bundesautobahn 7, Hamburg Airport, European route E45, Reeperbahn, Alster Northern Railway, Hapag-Lloyd, Bundesstrasse 5, Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, Port of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 4, European route E22, AKN Eisenbahn, HADAG Seetouristik und Fahrdienst, Elbe Tunnel, Landungsbrucken, Hamburger Hochbahn, Dessauer Ufer, Neu Wulmstorf station, Hafenstrasse, Buxtehude station, Kohlbrand Bridge, Bundesstrasse 75, Bundesautobahn 24, Grosse Freiheit, Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf station, Bundesautobahn 23, Bundesautobahn 252, Bundesautobahn 26, Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport, Ritterhude station, Bundesstrasse 73, Bremervorde station, European route E26, Apensen station, Bundesautobahn 253, Bundesautobahn 255, Bundesautobahn 261, Hesedorf station, Sellstedt station, Bargstedt station, Frelsdorf station, Heinschenwalde station, Oerel station, Brest-Aspe station, Wehdel station, Harsefeld station, Geestenseth station, Ruschwedel station, Kutenholz station. Excerpt: The Hamburg S-Bahn is a railway network for public rapid mass transit in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area. The network has operated since 1907 as an electric rapid transit system, under the direction of the contemporary state railway company and is member of Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, Hamburg's transport association. On an average working day the S-Bahn transports about 590,000 passengers; in 2010 a total of about 221 million people used the S-Bahn. The Hamburg S-Bahn is the only rapid transit railway in Germany that uses both direct current (1,200 Volts) suppl