Berlin Savignyplatz station

Savignyplatz
Bf
Island platform
General information
Location	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°30′19″N 13°19′8″E
Line(s)	Stadtbahn
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	5523
DS100 code	BSAV
IBNR	8089037
Category	4
Fare zone	Berlin A
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 August 1896
Services
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Location Savignyplatz Location within Berlin

Berlin Savignyplatz is a railway station on the Berlin Stadtbahn line in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines Template:SBB lines, Template:SBB lines, Template:SBB lines, and Template:SBB lines. It is the newest of the stations on the Stadtbahn. The island platform, which is covered by a gable roof supported by cast iron columns, and the open entrance hall have monument protection. It has two entrances, one from a pedestrian zone connecting from the park of Savigny Platz via the street of Else-Ury-Bogen and a second from Schlüterstraße.

History

Savignyplatz station about 1900

The station was built in 1895/1896 on typical arches of the Berlin Stadtbahn in the middle of the then new residential area around Savigny Platz (named after the jurist Friedrich Carl von Savigny) between the stations of Zoologischer Garten (Zoo) and Charlottenburg. The opening took place on 1 August 1896.

In 1934, the station’s two stairwells with their nameplates and the entrance rooms were modernised. At the same time the railway arches in this area were given a dark brick facade.

Between 1986 and 1989, the section between Zoo and Savigny Platz was extensively renovated and the superstructure was completely rebuilt. The platforms and entrance structures were largely rebuilt on the historical design. Since then a 100-metre-long gallery, called Weltenbaum II ("World Tree II"), has been located on the firewall of the western platform. This gallery was created under the guidance of the artist Ben Wagin as a warning against the destruction of the environment. 18 different artists, among them Joseph Beuys, took part in the gallery.

Class 481 in Savignyplatz station

References

• Berliner S-Bahn-Museum (2002). Die Stadtbahn. Eine Baugeschichte von 1875 bis heute (in German). Berlin: GVE. ISBN 3-89218-046-6.

External links

• "Berlin Savignyplatz station" (in German). Stadtschnellbahn Berlin. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
• "Map of the local area" (PDF, 33 kB). BVG. Retrieved 5 January 2015.