Alsteranleger Fährdamm , in 1857 took the first steam-powered ship at the time the line operating on the Alster and the opening out Känälen . At the beginning only a line between the mill Kamper ferry in Uhlenhorst , the winter Fährhaus and Jungfernstieg . Distributed on this plug were still more piers . In 1890 the range was supplemented by a line through the tributary channel to Barmbek . Around 1900, sailed around 30 Alsterdampfer the Alster and the adjacent channels . The Hamburg elevated railway took over the operation of the 1919 Alster waterways . By metro and trams and buses , line service on the Alster was unattractive. In the late 1930s , only three lines were in operation . In the 2nd World War shipping has ceased operations. Since 1946, the line of traffic on the waterways again regular transport . With the establishment of the Hamburg - transport network in 1965 the lines were integrated into the normal passenger range . The mid- 1950s , the first coffee trips offered on the Alster and later came to the canal tours . In 1977, the Alster waterways was spun off into a subsidiary of the Alster Touristik GmbH . This took over the fleet and began to specialize in trips and tours . In 1984, then the regular service was transformed into a cruise line . Term between new modern ships joined our fleet . A fuel-cell -powered ship and a solar-powered boat are now traveling on the Alster .
