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Berlin Gesundbrunnen station

Coordinates: 52°32′55″N 13°23′22″E / 52.54861°N 13.38944°E / 52.54861; 13.38944
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Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
Deutsche Bahn
Bf
General information
LocationBadstraße 1-3
Mitte, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°32′55″N 13°23′22″E / 52.54861°N 13.38944°E / 52.54861; 13.38944
Platforms5
Tracks10
Other information
Station code0528
DS100 codeBGS
IBNR11102
Category1
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 January 1872
Passengers
105,000

Berlin-Gesundbrunnen is a railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the Gesundbrunnen district, part of the central Mitte borough, as an interconnection point between the northern Ringbahn and Nord-Süd Tunnel lines of the Berlin S-Bahn, as well as a regional and long distance station of the Deutsche Bahn network. The station is operated by the DB Station&Service subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG and is classified as a Category 1 station, one of 21[1] in Germany and four in Berlin, the others being Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Südkreuz and Berlin Ostbahnhof.

History

Rebuilt Gesundbrunnen station in 1898

When the Berlin–Stettin railway was opened in 1842, the tracks ran farther northwestwards with a hazardous level crossing on Badstrasse. Nearby Gesundbrunnen station was inaugurated on 1 January 1872 with the northern Ringbahn line; it became an important railway hub with the opening of the Berlin Northern Railway to Neubrandenburg; the junction was finished on 10 July 1877. From 1 May 1897, it also offered access to the Berlin–Stettin line, whose original tracks were shifted southwards to meet the parallel Ringbahn here.

On 8 August 1924 Gesundbrunnen was one of the first stations to become part of the Berlin S-Bahn system when third rail trains ran from Stettiner Bahnhof to Bernau. After the opening of the Nord-Süd Tunnel in 1939, trains ran from Gesundbrunnen via Humboldthain station and Stettiner Bahnhof directly to Anhalter Bahnhof in the south.

U-Bahn platform

Plans for an access of Gesundbrunnen station to the Berlin U-Bahn network were already developed by the AEG electric company prior to World War I. Nevertheless, the present-day station, located on the Template:BVG lines, was not opened until 18 April 1930. Designed in a New Objectivity style according to plans by Alfred Grenander with a separate reception building, the U-Bahn platform crossed deep beneath the railway tracks and served as an air-raid shelter during the bombing of Berlin in World War II.

New Entrance building

After World War II and the division of Berlin, long-distance train service diminished and was finally discontinued on 18 May 1952. The S-Bahn system was also affected by the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, when the network was partitioned into an eastern and western half. After German reunification in 1990, Gesundbrunnen was rebuilt extensively - it did delay the reopening of the rapid transit link to Berlin Schönhauser Allee station until 17 September 2001. In the Pilzkonzept master plan the station was modernized as Berlin's northern long-distance train station and during 2005 there were discussions to rename the station to Nordkreuz (North Cross) reflecting the names of the other connection stations on the Ringbahn namely Ostkreuz (East Cross), Südkreuz (South Cross) and Westkreuz (West Cross). The rename did not occur however and the work on the railway hub was completed on 26 May 2006.

Despite its station category 1 the station had no representative entrance building - the old entrance building had been demolished and it had never been replaced giving the new station a peculiar appearance. The area designated for the entrance building is left as a public open space (Hanne-Sobek-Platz). The planning was stopped not only by financial cuts but also due to the existence of the nearby Gesundbrunnen-Center shopping center that was opened in 1997 offering 25000 square meters of shopping facilities plus a direct connection to the railway station. The planning was resumed during 2010 and the construction work on a new entrance building is due to begin by the end of 2011, with the 3300 square meters projected to cost a total of 7.4 million euros.[2] The new entrance building opened in autumn 2015.

Train services

National and Regional services

The station is served by the following service(s):[3]

  • Intercity Express services (ICE 10) (Bonn -) Köln - Wuppertal - Hamm - Hannover - Berlin
  • Intercity Express services (ICE 10) (Köln/Bonn Airport -) Düsseldorf - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Hannover - Berlin
  • Intercity-Express service (ICE 28) (Stralsund - Eberswalde -) Berlin - Halle - Jena - Nuremberg - Munich
  • Intercity-Express service (ICE 28) Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Leipzig - Jena - Nuremberg - Munich
  • Intercity service (EC 27) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Dresden - Prague
  • Intercity service (IC 50) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Frankfurt (Main)
  • Regional services RE 3 Stralsund - Greifswald - Pasewalk - Angermünde - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog - Falkenberg - Elsterwerda
  • Regional services RE 3 Schwedt - Angermünde - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt Wittenberg
  • Regional services RE 5 Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt Wittenberg
  • Regional services RE 5 Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Wunsdorf-Waldstadt - Elsterwerda
  • Regional services RE 6 Berlin – Hennigsdorf – Neuruppin – Wittstock – Pritzwalk – Wittenberge
  • Local services RB 27 Berlin - Karow - Basdorf - Groß Schönebeck / Wensickendorf (- Schmachtenhagen)
  • Local services RB 66 Berlin - Bernau - Eberswalde - Angermunde - Szczecin
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S- and U-Bahn services

Gesundbrunnen is a station on Berlin S-Bahn and Berlin U-Bahn networks. The station is served by the following services:

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One-way operation
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One-way operation
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References

  1. ^ "Bahnhofskategorieliste 2015" (PDF). DB Station&Service AG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-09-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Grünes Licht für Bahnhof Gesundbrunnen". Deutsche Bahn. 2011-02-08. press release.
  3. ^ Timetables for Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Template:De icon

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