Berlin Potsdamer Platz station

Berlin Potsdamer Platz
Operations
Category	4
Type	Hp long distance Bf S-Bahn
DS100 code	BPOF long distance BPOP S-Bahn
Station code	5016
Construction and location
Location	Berlin
State	Berlin
Country	Germany
Potsdamer Platz 10785 Berlin
Route information
Nord-Süd-Tunnel, North–South mainline
List of railway stations in the Berlin area

U-Bahn entrance

Berlin Potsdamer Platz is a railway station in Berlin. It is completely underground and situated underneath the Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin. Regional and S-Bahn services call at the station.

S-Bahn Platform

Regional-Express or Deutsche Bahn platform

History

Main article: Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof

The first station at Potsdamer Platz was the Potsdamer Bahnhof terminus, which was closed on 27 September 1945 due to war damage. The S-Bahn station, situated in the Nord-Süd-Tunnel, was situated directly under the Berlin Wall and became a ghost station between 1961 and 1989.

The station was extensively remodeled and rebuilt in the 1990s.

Platform of the subway

U-Bahn

The station also has the U2 line of the Berlin U-Bahn calling at a subterranean platform. It was build by the great architect A.Grenander in 1902. But after 5 years another platform opened just 180m to the southwest at Leipziger Platz. Until 1923 the station was known also under the name Leipziger Platz. From then the name was Potsdamer Platz.

For a brief time during 1991, the site was served by Kemperplatz station, slightly to the north-west and on the M-Bahn. Following reunification, the M-Bahn was removed to allow U-Bahn U2 to be reinstated.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• intercity service (InterConnex) Warnemünde - Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Leipzig
• regional express (RE 3) Stralsund - Greifswald - Pasewalk - Angermünde - Berlin - Elsterwerda
• regional express (RE 3) Schwedt - Angermünde - Berlin - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
• regional express (RE 4) Rathenow - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog
• regional express (RE 5) Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt Wittenberg
• regional express (RE 5) Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Falkenberg (Elster)

Service	Train Type	Route	Material	Frequency
IRE25		Berlin-Gesundbrunnen - Berlin Hbf - Potsdamer Platz - Berlin Südkreuz - Magdeburg Hbf

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Berlin Hbf toward Warnemünde		InterConnex		Leipzig Hbf Terminus
Berlin Hbf toward Stralsund or Schwedt		RE 3		Berlin Südkreuz toward Elsterwerda
Berlin Hbf toward Rathenow		RE 4		Berlin Südkreuz toward Jüterbog
Berlin Hbf toward Rostock or Stralsund		RE 5		Berlin Südkreuz toward Wittenberg or Falkenberg
Berlin Hbf toward Berlin-Gesundbrunnen		RE		Berlin Südkreuz toward Magdeburg Hbf
Preceding station		Berlin S-Bahn		Following station
Anhalter Bahnhof toward Wannsee		S1		Brandenburger Tor toward Oranienburg
Anhalter Bahnhof toward Blankenfelde		S2		Brandenburger Tor toward Bernau
Anhalter Bahnhof toward Teltow Stadt		S25		Brandenburger Tor toward Hennigsdorf
Preceding station		Berlin U-Bahn		Following station
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park toward Ruhleben		U2		Mohrenstraße toward Pankow

Trivia

The long-distance station is, strictly speaking, not a station but just a stop, as it lacks the points required to be classified as a station under German law.

External links

Media related to Berlin Potsdamer Platz station at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information (S-Bahn) (German)