{{Short description|German local public transport company}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = HADAG <br><small>Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG</small> | logo = 250px | type = AG | genre = | foundation = 1888 | founder = | location_city = Hamburg | location_country = Germany | location = | locations = | area_served = Hamburg | services = Public transport | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = € 1.5 m | assets = | equity = | owner = Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (100%) | num_employees = 75 +15 trainees | parent = Hamburger Hochbahn AG | divisions = | subsid = HADAG Verkehrsdienste | homepage = [http://www.hadag.de/english/ www.hadag.de] | footnotes = | intl = }} 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 passenger 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== thumb|left|275px|HADAG passengers on board a {{nowrap|'Große Hafenrundfahrt'}}<ref>Long Harbour Tour</ref> (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).<ref name=holtge>{{Citation |title=Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland |volume=11: Hamburg |series=Band |language=German |pages=353–360 |first1=Dieter |last1=Höltge |first2=Michael |last2=Kochems |publisher=EisenbahnKurier |location=Freiburg |year=2008 |isbn=978-3-88255-392-5 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Citation |title=Seit 115 Jahren bringt die HADAG die Pendler sicher über die Elbe |url=http://www.hadag.de/presse/115-Jahre-HADAG.pdf |author=Staff |publisher=HADAG |date=2002-04-10 |accessdate=2009-04-05 |language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222133454/http://www.hadag.de/presse/115-Jahre-HADAG.pdf |archivedate=2012-02-22 }}</ref>
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.<ref name=holtge/> 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.<ref>{{citation |title=Schneller nach Helgoland |url=http://www.zeit.de/1983/23/Schneller-nach-Helgoland |publisher=Die Zeit |last=Leissner |first=Hella |language=German |date=1983-06-03 |accessdate=2009-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316214905/http://www.zeit.de/1983/23/Schneller-nach-Helgoland |archivedate=2012-03-16 }}</ref> Until 1983, the HADAG owned the cruise ship MS Astor.<ref name=holtge/>
==Operations== {{Infobox Water transit | name = HADAG <br><small>Seetouristik und Fährdienst</small> | logo = 250px | image = | image_size = | locale = Hamburg, Germany | waterway = Elbe | transit_type = | began_operation = | ended_operation = | system_length = 26.3 km<ref name=facts>{{cite web|title=HVV Zahlenspiegel 2013|url=http://www.hvv.de/pdf/aktuelles/zahlenspiegel/hvv_zahlenspiegel_2013.pdf|page=2|website=hvv.de|publisher=Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg|language=German|accessdate=27 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318112456/http://www.hvv.de/pdf/aktuelles/zahlenspiegel/hvv_zahlenspiegel_2013.pdf|archivedate=18 March 2015}}</ref> | lines = 8<ref name=facts/> | vessels = 23 ferries with diesel drive<ref name=facts/> | terminals = 21 landing bridges<ref name=facts/> | ridership = 10.6 mio. passengers p. a. (2013)<ref name=facts/> | marks = | operator = | owner = | website = [http://www.hadag.de/english/ www.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.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.hvv.de/en/about-us/public-transport-operators/ |title=Public transport operators co-operating in the HVV partnership |accessdate=2009-03-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331210501/http://www.hvv.de/en/about-us/public-transport-operators/ |archivedate=2009-03-31 }}</ref> thumb|249x249px|Ferry ''Tollerort'': one of the typical flat-iron-shaped ferries (May 2022)
=== Scheduled harbour ferries === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Line ! Route |- | {{ric|HADAG|61}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 2) – Altona (Fischmarkt) – {{ill|Dockland (Hamburg)|de|Dockland|lt=Dockland}} – Waltershof – {{ill|Neuhof (Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg)|de|lt=Neuhof}} <br /><small>''(mo. to fr.)''</small> |- | {{ric|HADAG|62}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 3) – Altona (Fischmarkt) – {{ill|Dockland (Hamburg)|de|Dockland|lt=Dockland}} – {{ill|Neumühlen|de}} / {{ill|Övelgönne|de}} – (Bubendey-Ufer) – Finkenwerder |- | {{ric|HADAG|64}} | Finkenwerder – Rüschpark – Teufelsbrück |- | {{ric|HADAG|68}} | Teufelsbrück – Airbus Hamburg<br/><small>''(mo. to fr., sometimes from St. Pauli Landungsbrücken)''</small> |- | {{ric|HADAG|72}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – (Arningstraße) – Elbphilharmonie |- | {{ric|HADAG|73}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – {{ill|Theater im Hafen|de|Theater im Hafen Hamburg}} – Norderelbstraße – Argentinienbrücke – Ernst-August-Schleuse (Wilhelmsburg)<br /><small>''(mo. to fr.)''</small> |- | {{ric|HADAG|75}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – Steinwerder<br /><small>''(mo. to fr.)''</small> |- | {{ric|HADAG|HBL}} | Blankenese – Neuenfelde, Este-Sperrwerk – Cranz<br /><small>''(currently suspended<ref>{{cite web |title=Suspension of the HBEL line |url=https://hadag.de/en/routes/hbel/ |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>)''</small> |} [[File:HADAG Hafenfähren.svg|thumb|left|650px|Lines of HADAG ferries in the Port of Hamburg]] {{Clear}}
=== Non-scheduled harbour cruises === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Line ! Route |- | {{ric|HADAG|<nowiki/>}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Brücke 1) – {{ill|Theater im Hafen|de|Theater im Hafen Hamburg}}<br /><small>''(only at theater shows, not in HVV)''</small> |- | {{ric|HADAG|<nowiki/>}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken – (HafenCity – Köhlbrand – Waltershofer Hafen (Container Terminal Burchardkai))<br /><small>''(Harbour tour with no stops, not in HVV)''</small> |- | {{ric|HADAG|EH}} | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken – Neumühlen – Teufelsbrück – Blankenese – Willkomm-Höft (Wedel) – Blankenese – Teufelsbrück – Elbphilharmonie – St. Pauli Landungsbrücken<br /><small>''("EH" for Elb-Hüpfer or Elbe Hopper, weekends and bank holidays only, not in HVV)''</small> |}
== Accidents and Incidents ==
* On the 19 April 2012, a group of 8 Kurdistan Workers' Party supporters briefly hijacked the ferry Elbmeile on the Elbe river with 60 passengers onboard before being arrested by police. There were no injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geiselnahme in Hamburg: PKK-Anhänger kapern Hafen-Fähre mit 60 Personen - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article106205377/PKK-Anhaenger-kapern-Hafen-Faehre-mit-60-Personen.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=DIE WELT |language=de}}</ref> * On the 9 February 2019, the container ship Ever Given brushed against the ferry Finkenwerder which was moored at the pier in Blankenese. The much smaller ferry, at the time without passengers onboard, was seriously damaged.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-02-09 |title=Containerfrachter rammt Fähre auf der Elbe |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/hamburg-frachter-rammt-faehre-auf-der-elbe-a-1252468.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}</ref> * On the 17 February 2022, during a storm, a large wave burst one of the passenger deck windows onboard the ferry Tollerort. Three people were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-18 |title=Fenster von Elbfähre zerschmettert: "Ich hatte Todesangst" |url=https://hamburg.t-online.de/region/hamburg/news/id_91689110/sturmtief-ylenia-passagierin-von-hamburger-elbfaehre-erzaehlt.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=t-online - Hamburg |language=de}}</ref> * On the early morning of 20 January 2025, the ferry Övelgönne collided with a barge and tugboat in fog. The accident tore open a side of the passenger deck. 12 people were injured, one of them seriously.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NDR |title=Elf Verletzte auf Hamburger Hafenfähre nach Kollision - Debatte über Ausbildung der Schiffsführer |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Nach-Unfall-mit-Faehre-in-Hamburg-Kritik-an-Schiffsfuehrer-Ausbildung,hafenfaehre120.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=www.ndr.de |language=de}}</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Hamburg}} * Transport in Hamburg * List of rivers of Hamburg
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|HADAG}} *[http://bilder-hamburg.info/index.php/Hafenfaehren Pictures of the ferries Hadag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825212405/http://bilder-hamburg.info/index.php/Hafenfaehren |date=2014-08-25 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090404113828/http://www.hadag.de/e_index.php Website] {{in lang|de|en}} * {{PM20|FID=co/010522|TEXT=Documents and clippings about|NAME=}}
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