Useful Words and Abreviations:

• HVV = Hamburger Verkehrsverbund = network of means of transportation in Hamburg
• DB = Deutsche Bahn = german railway network
• U-Bahn = underground
• S-Bahn = identical with U-Bahn but covers broader areas. Tickets for bus and U-Bahn are also valid in U-Bahn
• Hamburg Grossbereich = is the zone where the 2,50 Euro ticket and most part of the cards mentioned above are valid. On a plan you will identify this through a grey ring. It covers all important places where you will want to visit .
• Haltestelle = station. Please notify that in buses, the stop stations have to be signalised
• Einzelkarte= one-way ticket
• Richtung = Direction
• Kurzzug = short train (some underground trains are shorter and stop in marked regions. If it is indicated that it is a short train look after the black/white line on the wall near the line.
• Wechsel = change
• Umleitung = redirection