Berlin Storkower Straße station

Storkower Straße
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Platform view
General information
Location	Storkower Straße, Fennpfuhl Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße, Prenzlauer Berg Pankow, Berlin, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°31′26″N 13°27′52″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Ringbahn
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	S-Bahn Berlin
Connections	156 240
Other information
Station code	6042
DS100 code	BSTO
IBNR	8089041
Category	4
Fare zone	VBB: Berlin A/5555
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	4 May 1881 (1881-05-04)
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station Landsberger Allee One-way operation S41 Frankfurter Allee Ringbahn (clockwise) Landsberger Allee Ringbahn (counter-clockwise) S42 Frankfurter Allee One-way operation Landsberger Allee towards Birkenwerder S8 Frankfurter Allee towards Wildau Landsberger Allee towards Waidmannslust S85 Frankfurter Allee towards Grünau
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Storkower Straße is a railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg locality of Berlin, close to the locality's border with Fennpfuhl. Located at the Ringbahn it is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42, S8 and S85.

History

The station was opened in 1881 under the name of Zentralviehhof, as the vast area south of the station then was the site of Berlin's central slaughterhouse that received animals by rail here. An over 400-metre (0.25 mi) long pedestrian bridge (called the Langer Jammer, i.e. "Long Misery") crossed the processing plant connecting the station with the Friedrichshain residential areas.

The northern entrance to the station on Storkower Straße

The station was renamed in the 1970s, while in 1991 the slaughterhouse finally closed. The notorious bridge except for about 150 m (490 ft) above the tracks was demolished in 2002. The remaining portion of the bridge, which stretches from Storkower Straße north of the station to Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße south of the station, was renovated and now serves as the only entrance and exit to the station.