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The Hanover S-Bahn (in German language: S-Bahn Hannover) is an S-Bahn network operated by Transdev Hannover in the area of Hanover in the German state capital of Lower Saxony. It went operational shortly before Expo 2000 and is focused on the Hanover region, and also connects with adjacent districts (Celle, Hameln-Pyrmont, Hildesheim, Nienburg and Schaumburg), and into the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Minden station, Paderborn). The S-Bahn is an evolution of a suburban railway.
The S-Bahn has ten services in Hanover. It is distinguished from the Hannover Stadtbahn, which emerged from the Hannover tram network. In addition, there are other rail passenger services in the region composed of Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services. It is mainly operated with Class 424 electric multiple units.
The S5 line is in service 24/7 from Hannover Hauptbahnhof (central station) to Hannover Flughafen.
Construction began with the new Hannover-Karl-Wiechert-Allee station on the Hannover–Braunschweig railway, which provides a connection to the Hannover Stadtbahn; the first pile for it was driven in 1993.
Two additional S-Bahn tracks were built on the western route from the Hauptbahnhof towards Wunstorf as far as Seelze from 1994, with services starting in 1997. In Leinhausen an extensive flying junction was built; this separates regional and long distance traffic running to and from the north and west. The S-Bahn runs over the old freight tracks in Hainholz and through the former main freight yard. This included the new Hannover-Nordstadt S-Bahn station, which replaced the existing suburban station of Hannover-Hainholz.
Two additional tracks were laid for the S-Bahn on the Heath Railway to Langenhagen. On this line, Hannover-Herrenhausen station was replaced by the new S-Bahn station at Hannover-Ledeburg. The route was also electrified as far as Bennemühlen and in addition was double track as far as Bissendorf. Hannover-Langenhagen Airport was connected by a local service for the first time, via the former goods track. From 1995, this line was electrified and extended through a tunnel to the airport's Terminal C, which was then under construction.
In the east the line was extended as a single track as far as the previously established station at Karl-Wiechert-Allee and operations on it started in 1999. Two additional S-Bahn tracks were then added almost to Ahlten station, continuing to Lehrte as a single track; being brought into service in June 2000. This extension was part of the German Unity transport projects ( Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit).
To the south an additional track was built, starting in 1996, between Hannover-Bismarckstrasse and the northern end of Hannover-Wülfel station to serve the completely reorganised Hannover Messe/Laatzen station.
On the Deister Railway a long section of double track was built between Lemmie and Egestorf to the west of the Weetzen level crossing in order to avoid delays due to conflicting train movements.
Stations were rebuilt where necessary to make them fully accessible for the disabled. Most construction projects were completed in time for Expo 2000, so since then Hanover has had an extensive network. For time and cost reasons, the conversion of some stations was not started before the Expo. The implementation of these modifications is still partly unfinished.
After the end of the Expo there were changes so that normal operation started on the route network. The network was extended via the Deister Railway to Barsinghausen, Bad Nenndorf and Haste and also via Springe to Hamelin station. It was later extended to Bad Pyrmont and to Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia. Exceptionally, the service on the section from Bad Pyrmont to Paderborn, which is the furthest from Hannover, is less frequent and resembles a Regionalbahn service. All other routes, nearer the city, benefit from a full S-Bahn service.
On 14 December 2008 the S-Bahn was extended to replace three former Regionalbahn and Regional-Express services to Hildesheim and Celle. As a result, Hannover Messe/Laatzen station was included in the regular S-Bahn network.
In November 2018, French operator Transdev was awarded the contract, worth about €1.5 billion, to operate the S-Bahn from December 2021 until June 2034.
| Minden station - Bückeburg - Kirchhorsten - Stadthagen - Lindhorst - Haste (Han) - Wunstorf station - Dedensen-Gümmer - Seelze station - Letter - Leinhausen - Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Bismarckstraße - Linden/Fischerhof - Bornum - Empelde station - Ronnenberg - Weetzen station - Lemmie station - Wennigsen - Egestorf station - Kirchdorf - Barsinghausen - Winninghausen - Bantorf station - Bad Nenndorf - Haste (Han) | 60 | Hanover–Minden Hanover–Altenbeken Deister Railway | Train number change in H-Hbf 30 minute service interval combined with S 2 between Wunstorf and Haste | |
| Nienburg station - Linsburg - Hagen (Han) - Eilvese - Neustadt am Rübenberge - Poggenhagen - Wunstorf station - Dedensen-Gümmer - Seelze station - Letter - Leinhausen - Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Bismarckstraße - Linden/Fischerhof - Bornum - Empelde station - Ronnenberg - Weetzen station - Lemmie station - Wennigsen - Egestorf station - Kirchdorf - Barsinghausen - Winninghausen - Bantorf station - Bad Nenndorf - Haste (Han) | 60 | Bremen–Hannover Hanover–Altenbeken Deister Railway | 30 minute service interval combined with S 1 between Wunstorf and Haste On Sundays, Nienburg–Hanover only | |
| Hannover Hbf - Kleefeld - Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Anderten-Misburg - Ahlten station - Lehrte station - Sehnde station - Algermissen - Harsum station - Hildesheim Hbf | 60 | Lehrte–Nordstemmen Hanover–Braunschweig | 30 minute service interval in combination with S 7 between Lehrte and Hanover | |
| Bennemühlen - Mellendorf - Bissendorf - Langenhagen-Kaltenweide - Langenhagen Pferdemarkt - Langenhagen Mitte - Vinnhorst - Ledeburg - Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Bismarckstraße - Messe/Laatzen - Rethen station - Sarstedt station - Barnten station - Emmerke station - Hildesheim Hbf | 30 (60) | Lehrte–Nordstemmen Hanoverian Southern Railway Heath Railway | 1x per hour Bennemühlen–Hildesheim, 1x per hour Bennemühlen–Hannover | |
| Flughafen - Langenhagen Pferdemarkt - Langenhagen Mitte - Vinnhorst - Ledeburg - Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Bismarckstraße - Linden/Fischerhof - Weetzen station - Holtensen/Linderte - Bennigsen - Völksen/Eldagsen - Springe station - Bad Münder - Hamelin station - Emmerthal - Bad Pyrmont - Lügde - Schieder station - Steinheim - Altenbeken - Paderborn Hbf | 30 (60) | Hamm–Warburg Hannover–Altenbeken Hanover–Hamburg Langenhagen Pferdemarkt–Flughafen | 1x per hour Hannover Airport–Paderborn, 1x per hour Hannover Airport–Hameln | |
| Hannover Hbf - Bismarckstraße - Linden/Fischerhof - Springe station - Hamelin station | 60 | Hannover–Altenbeken Hannover–Minden | HVZ sprinter line, stops only at a few stations Mon-Fri seven train pairs dailyhttp://www.s-bahn-hannover.de/s_hannover/view/mdb/s_hannover/fahrplan/2016-2017/mdb_239514_s5_s51_hannover_flughafen_paderborn_ab_11_12_2016.pdf | |
| Hannover Hbf - Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Aligse station - Burgdorf station - Otze station - Ehlershausen - Celle station | 60 | Lehrte–Celle Hannover–Brunswick | Does not stop at H-Kleefeld, H-Anderten/Misburg, Ahlten | |
| Hannover Hbf - Kleefeld - Karl-Wiechert-Allee - Anderten-Misburg - Ahlten station - Lehrte station - Aligse station - Burgdorf station - Otze station - Ehlershausen - Celle station | 60 | Lehrte–Celle Hanover–Brunswick | Every 30 minutes combined with S 3 (Lehrte – Hanover) Every 30 minutes combined with S 6 (Celle – Aligse) | |
| Flughafen - Langenhagen Mitte - Nordstadt - Hannover Hbf - Bismarckstraße - Messe/Laatzen | Hannover–Hamburg Hanoverian Southern Railway | As required for Fair traffic |
In addition there are six vehicles of class 425 (425 150–425 155), which were retrofitted with adjustable steps to allow access to lower platforms, without sacrificing barrier-free access to high platforms. On the S 5 to Paderborn these vehicles are coupled with the class 424 vehicles and run from Hameln uncoupled to Paderborn. In this section, there are lower platforms.
In 2008, 13 vehicles of class 425.2 were procured (425 271–425 283), for the new and upgraded lines to Hildesheim and Celle as it was decided not to produce a new batch of class 424 vehicles.
Upon taking control of S-Bahn operations in 2021, Transdev plans to operate 64 Stadler Rail EMUs on the network, primarily newbuild Stadler FLIRT units, and 13 class 425 EMUs on the network.
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