Anyone who has closely followed our recent announcement about the future of [i]The Bus[/i] DLC – Hamburg City might have already spotted a small hint in the news image about what’s to come:
[b]In [i]The Bus[/i] DLC – Hamburg City, Line 7 heads north![/b]
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The map is being expanded, and work on it is already in full swing.
The new route will run from the Barmbek U- and S-Bahn station further north. The roundabout there could already be seen in the announcement image. North of the roundabout, several lines run further into the north, and one of them – Line 7 – is now being built.
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Line 7 will end in Steilshoop. This district, part of the Wandsbek borough, has many faces. On one hand, from the late 1960s onwards, high-rise housing was built here for more than 20,000 people; on the other, it is also a green oasis with parks, abundant trees, sports facilities, and allotment gardens.
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Here, too, Hamburg lives up to its reputation as a very green city.
The journey on Line 7 takes you through the more urban Barmbek area, past shops, restaurants, residential areas, and commercial zones, towards Steilshooper Allee. After a short stretch there, the bus turns east into Gustav-Seitz-Weg. It then passes through a roundabout from which parts of the Steilshoop shopping center can be seen, and continues into Gründgensstraße, named after German actor Gustav Gründgens.
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Shortly before Borchertring, the bus reaches its terminus, also called Borchertring. There, the bus has its own loop with a layover area, providing enough space to turn around before starting the return trip to Barmbek.
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