Train from Berlin to Hamburg

Hi all

Im looking into booking a train from Berlin to Hamburg but im not sure which station I should depart from. I%26#39;ll be flying into Schoenefeld airport and then trying to catch a train as soon as possible to Hamburg as I am pushed for time. The Train station options im am given on the Bahn website is as follows:

Hbf

Spandau

Ostbanhof

Sudkreuz

Gesundbrunnen

Freidrichstr

Lichtenberg

Zoologischer Garten

Alexanderplatz

Hautbanhof (S)

Ostkreuz

Also whenever I leave departure point as simply %26quot;Berlin%26quot; it comes up as %26quot;Berlin tief%26quot; im not sure what this means

Could someone tell me which station is closest/easiest to get to from airport. Also how long roughly would it take to travel from airport to station.

Thanks for your help

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Hbf is the main station (Hauptbahnhof). It looks like there are hourly direct Intercity Express trains to Hamburg. Tief is the lower level. Some of the other stations are closer to Schoenefeld but you%26#39;d have to change at the HBF anyway, so nothing to be gained there.

Some of the local experts can tell you the best way from the airport to the station. There%26#39;s a train but I don%26#39;t know if it goes directly to the Hbf. Taxi might be your best bet if you%26#39;re pressed for time.

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%26gt; Could someone tell me which station is closest/easiest to get to from airport.

Schönefeld Airport station

flughafen-berlin.de/EN/…OeffentlicheSXF.html

DB timetable

http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

From: SXF

To: Hamburg

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Thanks for your help, I%26#39;ll be booking the train from the airport which will save me a lot of hassle

Thanks again