List of busiest railway stations in Germany

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Germany, with all stations being considered as major stations or hubs, and are also classified as either Category 1 or Category 2 stations.

An asterisk (*) indicates that the station only has rapid transit/commuter rail services.

Rank Station Annual
entries/exits
(millions) 		Number of
platforms 		City State Image
1 Hamburg Hbf 196.0[1] 12 Hamburg Hamburg
2 Frankfurt(Main)Hbf 179.9[1] 29 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
3 München Hbf 150.7[1] 34 Munich Bavaria
4 Berlin Hbf 120.1[1] 14 Berlin Berlin
5 Köln Hbf 116.1[1] 11 Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
6 Berlin Friedrichstraße 95.6[1] 8 Berlin Berlin
7 Hannover Hbf 95.3[1] 12 Hannover Lower Saxony
8 Stuttgart Hbf 93.1[1] 17 Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg
9 Düsseldorf Hbf 91.3[1] 20 Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
10 Berlin Ostkreuz 91.3[1] 12 Berlin Berlin
11 Nürnberg Hbf 76.7[1] 21 Nuremberg Bavaria
12 Berlin-Gesundbrunnen 74.1[1] 10 Berlin Berlin
13 Berlin Südkreuz 65.3[1] 10 Berlin Berlin
14 München Ostbf 63.5[1] 14 Munich Bavaria
15 München Marienplatz 59.5[1] 2 Munich Bavaria
16 Essen Hbf 55.5[1] 13 Essen North Rhine-Westphalia
17 Berlin Alexanderplatz 55.5[1] 6 Berlin Berlin
18 Bremen Hbf 53.7[1] 9 Bremen Bremen
19 München-Pasing 50.7[1] 9 Munich Bavaria
20 Hamburg-Altona 50.4[1] 12 Hamburg Hamburg
21 Leipzig Hbf 49.3[1] 21 Leipzig Saxony
22 Duisburg Hbf 47.5[1] 12 Duisburg North Rhine-Westphalia
23 Berlin Zoologischer Garten 47.4[2] 6 Berlin Berlin
24 Dortmund Hbf 54.7[3] 16 Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia
25 Mannheim Hbf 43.1[1] 9 Mannheim Baden-Württemberg
26 Braunschweig Hbf 40.4 [2] 8 Braunschweig Niedersachsen
27 Berlin Ostbahnhof 36.5[2] 9 Berlin Berlin
27 Stuttgart Stadtmitte 36.1[1] 2 Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg
28 Frankfurt(M)Konstabler Wache* 35.8[1] 7 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
29 Frankfurt(M)Hauptwache* 35.0[1] 6 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
30 München Karlsplatz* 32.0 4 Munich Bavaria
31 Berlin Warschauer Straße* 31.0[4] 4 Berlin Berlin
32 Berlin-Lichtenberg 31.0[2] 8 Berlin Berlin
33 Hamburg Harburg 29.2[1] 12 Hamburg Hamburg
34 Köln Messe/Deutz 29.2[5] 10 Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
35 Mainz Hbf 27.4[1] 9 Mainz Rhineland-Palatinate
36 Freiburg(Breisgau)Hbf 26.6[1] 10 Freiburg Baden-Württemberg
37 Hamburg Jungfernstieg 26.6[1] 2 Hamburg Hamburg
38 Karlsruhe Hbf 26.3[1] 16 Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg
39 Potsdam Hbf 25.6[1] 6 Potsdam Brandenburg
40 Dresden Hbf 24.5[1] 16 Dresden Saxony
41 Münster(Westf)Hbf 23.7 9 Münster North Rhine-Westphalia
42 Munich Rosenheimer Platz station* 20.3 [6] 2 Munich Bavaria
43 Frankfurt(Main)Flughfn 19.3[1] 29 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
44 Augsburg Hbf 18.3 [7] 12 Augsburg Bavaria
45 Pforzheim Hbf 18.3 7 Pforzheim Baden-Württemberg
46 Tübingen Hbf 18.3 [8] 7 Tübingen Baden-Württemberg
47 Würzburg Hbf 18.3 [9] 11 Würzburg Bavaria
48 Wiesbaden Hbf 16.8[1] 10 Wiesbaden Hesse
49 Erfurt Hbf 16.8[1] 10 Erfurt Thuringia
50 Munich Isartor station* 16.8 2 Munich Bavaria
51 Berlin Spandau 16.4[10] 6 Berlin Berlin
52 Heidelberg Hbf 15.3 9 Heidelberg Baden-Württemberg
53 Halle(S)Hbf 14.6[1] 13 Halle (Saale) Saxony-Anhalt
54 Bielefeld Hbf 14.6 [11] 8 Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
55 Koblenz Hbf 14.6 10 Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
56 Lübeck Hbf 12.4[1] 9 Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein
57 Frankfurt South station 11.9 [12] 9 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
58 Magdeburg Hbf 11.7[1] 10 Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt
59 Darmstadt Hbf 11.0 [13] 11 Darmstadt Hesse
60 Hagen Hbf 11.0 16 Hagen North Rhine-Westphalia
61 Ulm Hbf 10.6 [14] 12 Ulm Baden-Württemberg
62 Saarbrücken Hbf 10.0 [15] 10 Saarbrücken Saarland
63 Berlin Schönhauser Allee station* 9.5 [16] 2 Berlin Berlin
64 Munich Laim station* 9.3 [6] 2 Munich Bavaria
65 Kiel Hbf 9.1 8 Kiel Schleswig-Holstein
66 Frankfurt Höchst station 8.2 [17] 7 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
67 Gießen station 7.3 [18] 11 Gießen Hesse
68 Fulda station 7.3 [19] 10 Fulda Hesse
69 Hanau Hbf 7.3 [20] 11 Hanau Hesse
70 Solingen Hbf 7.3 5 Solingen North Rhine-Westphalia
71 Hamburg Airport station* 7.3 [21] 1 Hamburg Hamburg
72 Munich Hackerbrücke station* 6.2 2 Munich Bavaria
73 Gelsenkirchen Hbf 4.6 6 Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia
74 Schwerin Hbf 4.4 4 Schwerin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
75 Worms Hbf 3.7 [22] 8 Worms Rhineland-Palatinate
76 Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen station* <3.7 5 Schönefeld Brandenburg
77 Jena West 2.6[1] 2 Jena Thuringia
78 Gera Hbf 1.8[1] 6 Gera Thuringia
79 Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof <1.8 [23] 5 Eberswalde Brandenburg
80 Angermünde station <1.8 [24] 5 Angermünde Brandenburg
81 Jena Paradies 1.3 2 Jena Thuringia

The following table shows the cities with the most passenger entries/exits for all major stations within the city combined. This only includes major stations with official statistics (usually either Category 1 or Category 2 stations). Stations of these categories without data are not included (e.g. Berlin Potsdamer Platz station, Berlin-Wannsee station, Hamburg Dammtor station, Frankfurt (Main) Süd station). Other stations (category 3 and lower) are not included for comparability reasons either.

Rank City Annual
entries/
exits
(millions) 		Stations
1 Berlin 577.7 Hauptbahnhof, Friedrichstraße, Zoologischer Garten, Gesundbrunnen, Berlin Südkreuz, Ostbahnhof, Lichtenberg, Berlin Ostkreuz, Berlin Spandau
2 Hamburg 275.6 Hauptbahnhof, Altona, Hamburg Harburg
3 Munich 264.9 Hauptbahnhof, München Ost, Pasing
4 Frankfurt am Main 179.9 Hauptbahnhof
5 Cologne 145.3 Hauptbahnhof, Köln Messe/Deutz

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