Ahrensfelde station

Ahrensfelde station
Operations
Category 4 [1]
Type Through station
Platforms in use 2
Daily entry/exit < 50,000 (2006)[2]
DS100 code BAHR
Station code 28
Construction and location
Opened 1 May 1898
Location Ahrensfelde
State Berlin
Country Germany
Home page www.bahnhof.de
Route information
List of railway stations in the Berlin area

Ahrensfelde station is a station serving regional and S-Bahn services in the Berlin borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf. It is located on the border of Berlin just outside the municipality of Ahrensfelde, which is in the state of Brandenburg. The station has three platform edges, one side platform for the S-Bahn and a central platform for Regionalbahn and S-Bahn services.

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History

The station was opened simultaneously with the Wriezen Railway on 1 May 1898, but over the years was never in the municipality of Ahrensfelde. Initially the station premises were in the Gutsbezirk (a rural district owned and controlled by a landlord) of Falkenberg, which under the Greater Berlin Act became part of the district of Weissensee. In 1979, it became part of the new borough of Marzahn and, in 2001, Marzahn was absorbed into Marzahn-Hellersdorf.

In the time of the Third Reich, it was proposed that the S-Bahn station be extended on the line to Werneuchen. This was prevented by the outbreak of the Second World War. The only part of the plan to be implemented was the inclusion of the station in the suburban fare zone in 1938.

Regional trains, originally starting at Lichtenberg, were cut back to start at Ahrensfelde with the commissioning of the S-Bahn to Ahrensfelde on 30 December 1982. Since 1993, the regional trains have continued to Lichtenberg.

Transport links

In addition to Regionalbahn service OE 25 of Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn, the station is served by line S 7 of the Berlin S-Bahn and several bus lines operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe and other regional bus companies.

Notes

  1. ^ "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "Bahnhofsentwicklungsprogramm Berlin. Aktueller Stand und Konzeption 2006" (in German) (PDF). November 2006. p. 18. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/publikationen__broschueren/ub__personenbahnhoefe/bek__berlin.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2011. 

External links

Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station
S7 Terminus