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is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Hanover in Lower Saxony , Germany . HISTORY The first station on the current site, a temporary building serving the line to Lehrte , was erected in 1843 . From 1845 to 1847 , a more permanent station, one of the first through stations, was built on the same site. After tearing down the old buildings in 1875 , today's station was constructed from 1876 to 1879 , further extended by an additional station hall in 1910 . The station was badly damaged during World War II and underwent extensive remodeling, finished in 1948 . By 1963 , the rails were electrified and in 1973 construction of the Hanover-Würzburg High-speed Rail Line began. The station building itself underwent extensive remodeling in the 1970s during the construction of the Hanover Stadtbahn system, opening in 1976 and 1979 and including a passenger tunnel underneath the station, connecting the inner city district around Kröpcke to the Stadtbahn station at Raschplatz . In 1991 , regular InterCityExpress services began calling at the station, it being the northern point of Germany's first dedicated high speed train line. The station underwent remodeling again for the Expo 2000 , construction finishing on 1 May 2000. The station was equipped with a shopping centre, lifts to all platforms and new signage according to the current DB Corporate Design . The passenger subway underneath the station is being remodeled since late 2004 and is scheduled to re-open in May 2006, going to be seemlessly integrated into the station's shopping centre. OPERATIONAL USAGE |
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