 The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn as part of the Hanover S-Bahn.It was designed in 1996 for the Expo line by Studio Hansjörg Göritz as the winning scheme in a design competition for the entire system of which this one remained as the network's single implementation, connecting the airport to the World Expo 2000 fairgrounds.Its design was showcased in the exhibition La Rinascimento della Stazione [The Rebirth of Train Stations] at the 1996 Venice Architecture Biennale.