Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station
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Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
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| Location | Badstraße 1-3 Mitte, Berlin Germany |
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| Platforms | 5 |
| Tracks | 10 |
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| Station code | 0528 |
| DS100 code | BGS |
| IBNR | 11102 |
| Category | 1 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
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| Opened | 1 January 1872 |
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| 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.
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History
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 July 10, 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 August 8, 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.
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 U8, was not opened until April 18, 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.
After World War II and the division of Berlin, long-distance train service diminished and was finally discontinued on May 18, 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 September 17, 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 May 26, 2006.
Despite its station category 1 the station has 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]
Train services
National and Regional services
The station is served by the following service(s):
- 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) Frankfurt (Main) - Erfurt - Halle - Berlin - Eberswalde - Stralsund - Binz
- Regional Express (RE 3) Stralsund - Greifswald - Pasewalk - Angermünde - Berlin - Elsterwerda
- Regional Express (RE 3) Schwedt - Angermünde - Berlin - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
- Regional Express (RE 5) Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- Regional Express (RE 5) Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Falkenberg (Elster)
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| ICE28 | Intercity-Express | Gesundbrunnen - Berlin Hbf - Südkreuz - Halle (Saale) Hbf - Naumburg (Saale) Hbf - Jena Paradies - Nürnberg Hbf - München Hbf (- Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Innsbruck Hbf) | ICE 1 | 6x per day (continues to Innsbruck 1x per day) |
| IRE25 | Regional Express | Gesundbrunnen - Berlin Hbf - Potsdamer Platz - Berlin Südkreuz - Magdeburg Hbf | 1x per day | |
| NE27 | Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn | Gesundbrunnen – Schönerlinde – Schönwalde – Basdorf – Klosterfelde | 1x per day |
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towards Stralsund Hbf
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ICE 28 |
towards Munich Hbf
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towards Rostock Hbf
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ICE 28 |
towards Munich Hbf
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toward Ostseebad Binz Hbf
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EuroCity |
toward Prague
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towards Ostseebad Binz
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IC 50 |
towards Frankfurt Airport
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| RE 3 |
toward Elsterwerda Hbf
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| RE 5 |
toward Wittenberg or Falkenberg
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| Terminus | RE |
toward Magdeburg Hbf
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toward Klosterfelde
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RE | Terminus |
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:
- S1 (Oranienburg - Frohnau - Wittenau - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Schönenberg - Rathaus Steglitz - Wannsee)
- S2 (Bernau - Karow - Pankow - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Südkreuz - Blankenfelde)
- S25 (Hennigsdorf - Tegel - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Südkreuz - Teltow Stadt)
- S41 (Ring Clockwise) (Gesundbrunnen - Ostkreuz - Treptower Park - Hermannstraße - Südkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Westkreuz - Westend - Gesundbrunnen)
- S42 (Ring Anti-clockwise) (Gesundbrunnen - Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Hermannstraße - Treptower Park - Ostkreuz - Gesundbrunnen)
- U8 (Wittenau - Osloer Straße - Gesundbrunnen - Alexanderplatz - Hermannstraße)
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toward Wannsee
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S1 |
toward Oranienburg
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toward Blankenfelde
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S2 |
toward Bernau
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toward Teltow Stadt
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S25 |
toward Hennigsdorf
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One-way operation
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S41 |
toward Ringbahn (clockwise)
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One-way operation
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S42 |
toward Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
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| Preceding station | Berlin U-Bahn | Following station | ||
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towards Wittenau
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U8 |
towards Hermannstraße
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References
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Berlin S-& U-Bahn network map
- S-Bahn station information (German)
- Long distance/Regional station information
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Long-distance stations in Berlin
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