Berlin Alexanderplatz station

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Berlin Alexanderplatz
Architectural information
Opened	1882
Location	Berlin
State	Berlin
Country	Germany
Local authority	Mitte
Operations
DS100 code	BALE
Station code	0053
Type	Bf
Category	2
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany
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Berlin Alexanderplatz is a railway station in the Mitte district of Berlin's city centre. It is one of the busiest transportation hubs in the Berlin area. The station is named for the Alexanderplatz square on which it is located, immediately beneath the Fernsehturm and the World clock.

Likewise other long-distance stations, Alexanderplatz is also a shopping centre for selling merchandise to voyagers. Due to its importance and central location, it is a site where tourists regularly change.

[edit] Overview

Four Regional-Express and Regionalbahn lines as well as the S-Bahn rapid transit lines S3, S5, S7 and S75 call at the overground station. The adjacent underground station is one of the largest on the Berlin U-Bahn network, with the lines U2, U5 and U8 calling. The station is also served by four tram lines, two of which run continuously, as well as five bus lines during the day, one of which runs continuously and three night bus lines.

[edit] History

Alexanderplatz station opened on 7 February 1882 on the Berlin Stadtbahn viaduct from Charlottenburg to Ostbahnhof (then named Schlesischer Bahnhof). In 1926 the station hall spanning two platforms with four tracks was rebuilt in its present plain style. Heavily damaged in World War II, train service at the station was already resumed on 4 November 1945, while the reconstruction of the hall continued until 1951.

The first U-Bahn station of the present U2 line designed by Alfred Grenander entered service on 1 July 1913; then the eastern terminus of Berlin's second line from Potsdamer Platz via Spittelmarkt. The platforms of the U8 and the U5 opened on 18 April 1930 and 21 December 1930 respectively, also built according to Grenander's conception, but in a distinct Modern style. Alexanderplatz thereby became beside Nollendorfplatz station the second major hub of the Berlin U-Bahn network.

[edit] Gallery

U2 platforms, looking to the north

U2 platforms

U5 platforms

Flexity Berlin tram at Alexanderplatz

Preceding station		Berlin S-Bahn		Following station
Hackescher Markt toward Spandau		S3		Jannowitzbrücke toward Erkner
Hackescher Markt toward Westkreuz		S5		Jannowitzbrücke toward Strausberg Nord
Hackescher Markt toward Potsdam Hbf		S7		Jannowitzbrücke toward Ahrensfelde
Hackescher Markt toward Spandau		S75		Jannowitzbrücke toward Wartenberg
Preceding station		Berlin U-Bahn		Following station
Klosterstraße toward Ruhleben		U2		Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz toward Pankow
Terminus		U5		Schillingstraße toward Hönow
Weinmeisterstraße toward Wittenau		U8		Jannowitzbrücke toward Hermannstraße

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Coordinates: 52°31′17″N 13°24′43″E / 52.52139°N 13.41194°E / 52.52139; 13.41194