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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | rail transport  |
| Predecessor | Elmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloe railway |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Northern Germany |
| Services | Transportation Public transport |
| Owner | Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Quickborn Sülfeld |
Number of employees | 292 |
| Subsidiaries | SHB Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn nordbahn Güterkraftverkehr Hamburg-Holstein |
| Website | www.akn.de (in German) |
AKN Eisenbahn GmbH operates railway lines, commuter trains and freight trains in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Its headquarters is in Kaltenkirchen. It is a member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV), which organises public transport in and around Hamburg.
AKN is an abbreviation for Altona - Kaltenkirchen - Neumünster, its first railway line.