HADAG

HADAG
Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG
Company typeAG
IndustryInland passenger water transport
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Founded1888
Headquarters
Hamburg
,
Germany
Area served
Hamburg
ServicesPublic transport
€ 1.5 m
OwnerFree and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (100%)
Number of employees
75 +15 trainees
ParentHamburger Hochbahn AG
SubsidiariesHADAG Verkehrsdienste
Websitewww.hadag.de

The HADAG (full name HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG, literally "HADAG Sea-tourism and Ferry service") is a local public transport company in Hamburg, Germany. It owns and operates passengers ferries across the Elbe River, overseen by and integrated into the network of Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). In 2013, 10.6 million passenger journeys were made on the HADAG network.

In the 1950s the company operated ferries from Hamburg to England, and in the 1980s, the cruise ship MS Astor.

History

HADAG passengers on board a 'Große Hafenrundfahrt'[1] (21 August 1938)

The Hafen-Dampfschifffahrt AG (HADAG) was founded on 8 August 1888, and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg granted the concession to operate ferries in the Port of Hamburg. In 1897, the HADAG owned 47 ferries and took over the smaller Jollenführer Dampfer GmbH. With opening of the Elbe tunnel in 1911, the HADAG line Landungsbrücken — Steinwerder lost 259,000 passengers p.a..

In 1918, with the end of the concession, the HADAG wanted to rise the fare price. The city of Hamburg refused and the company was in danger of liquidation. On 23 October 1918, the city of Hamburg acquired the HADAG. Later it became a subsidiary for the Hamburger Hochbahn (HHA).[2] In 1928 the HHA and HADAG established a shared fare for the trains, trams, and buses of the HHA and the ferries of the HADAG.[3]

In the 1950s, the HADAG operated a ferry to England and to the islands Heligoland and Sylt. In 1966, the last steam ferries were taken out of service.[2] In 1982, HADAG closed the ferry line from Landungsbrücken to the Heligoland island, and started a line from Cuxhaven, with a combined fare with Deutsche Bundesbahn, in 1983.[4] Until 1983, the HADAG owned the cruise ship MS Astor.[2]

Operations

HADAG
Seetouristik und Fährdienst
LocaleHamburg, Germany
WaterwayElbe
System length26.3 km[5]
No. of lines8[5]
No. of vessels23 ferries with diesel drive[5]
No. of terminals21 landing bridges[5]
Daily ridership10.6 mio. passengers p. a. (2013)[5]
Websitewww.hadag.de

The HADAG runs public transport ferries and pleasure boats on the rivers Elbe and Alster. The public transport is supervised by the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund.[6]

Ferry Tollerort: one of the typical flat-iron-shaped ferries (May 2022)

Scheduled harbour ferries

Line Route
61
 St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 2) – Altona (Fischmarkt) – Dockland [de] – Waltershof – Neuhof [de]
(mo. to fr.)
62
 St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 3) – Altona (Fischmarkt) – Dockland [de] – Neumühlen [de] / Övelgönne [de] – (Bubendey-Ufer) – Finkenwerder
64
 Finkenwerder – Rüschpark – Teufelsbrück
68
 Teufelsbrück – Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder
(mo. to fr., sometimes from St. Pauli Landungsbrücken)
72
 St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – (Arningstraße) – Elbphilharmonie
73
 St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – Theater im Hafen [de] – Norderelbstraße – Argentinienbrücke – Ernst-August-Schleuse (Wilhelmsburg)
(mo. to fr.)
75
 St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – Steinwerder
(mo. to fr.)
HBL
 Blankenese – Neuenfelde, Este-Sperrwerk – Cranz
Lines of HADAG ferries in the Port of Hamburg

Non-scheduled harbour cruises

Line Route
St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – Theater im Hafen [de]
(only at theater shows, not in HVV)
St. Pauli Landungsbrücken – (HafenCity – Köhlbrand – Waltershofer Hafen (Container Terminal Burchardkai))
(Harbour tour with no stops, not in HVV)
EH
 St. Pauli Landungsbrücken – Neumühlen – Teufelsbrück – Blankenese – Willkomm-Höft (Wedel) – Blankenese – Teufelsbrück – Elbphilharmonie – St. Pauli Landungsbrücken
("EH" for Elb-Hüpfer or Elbe Hopper, weekends and bank holidays only, not in HVV)

See also

References

  1. ^ Long Harbour Tour
  2. ^ a b c Höltge, Dieter; Kochems, Michael (2008), Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland, Band (in German), vol. 11: Hamburg, Freiburg: EisenbahnKurier, pp. 353–360, ISBN 978-3-88255-392-5
  3. ^ Staff (2002-04-10), Seit 115 Jahren bringt die HADAG die Pendler sicher über die Elbe (PDF) (in German), HADAG, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22, retrieved 2009-04-05
  4. ^ Leissner, Hella (1983-06-03), Schneller nach Helgoland (in German), Die Zeit, archived from the original on 2012-03-16, retrieved 2009-04-05
  5. ^ a b c d e "HVV Zahlenspiegel 2013" (PDF). hvv.de (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. ^ Public transport operators co-operating in the HVV partnership, archived from the original on 2009-03-31, retrieved 2009-03-26
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