| Berlin Zoologischer Garten | |
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| Operations | |
| Category | 2 |
| Type | Bf |
| DS100 code | BZOO |
| Station code | 0533 |
| Construction and location | |
| Opened | 1882 |
| Location | Berlin |
| State | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Local authority | Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf |
| Hardenbergplatz 10623 Berlin |
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| Route information | |
| List of railway stations in the Berlin area | |
Berlin Zoologischer Garten station (German: Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten, shortened to Berlin Zoo or colloquially Bahnhof Zoo) was the central transport facility in West Berlin during the division of the city, and thereafter for the western central area of Berlin until opening of the new Berlin Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) on 28 May 2006. Situated within the Charlottenburg district on Hardenbergplatz, adjacent to the Berlin Zoo, it is also an interchange with the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn, which uses the Stadtbahn viaduct, along with RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn trains.
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Hardenbergplatz, named after Karl August von Hardenberg, is Berlin's largest city bus terminal and night bus service centre. It is also used by long-distance buses/coaches, however the "ZOB", Berlin's central intercity bus terminal, is located on Messedamm in Westend, not far from the Funkturm.
Zoologischer Garten is also a Berlin U-Bahn station and S-Bahn station located at the Berlin Zoologischer Garten terminal, serving the U2, U9, S3, S5, S7, S75. This station was visited by U2 in the 1990. The band wrote the song "Zoo Station" while they were recording Achtung Baby in Berlin.
The Bahnhof Zoo was originally a Stadtbahn station, opened on 7 February 1882. On March 11, 1902 the first Berlin U-Bahn line, today the U2, was opened under ground. Between 1934 and 1940 the station was rebuilt, and the track installations were expanded. After the final closure of the Anhalter Bahnhof in 1952, Bahnhof Zoo remained the only long-distance train station within West Berlin, operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany. On 28 August 1961, two weeks after the erection of the Berlin Wall, the new U-Bahn Line 9 was opened below the U2, connecting the station with the transportation network in the north-south direction.[1]
The fact that with only two platforms and four tracks for long-distance trains the station was still the most important in West Berlin was another unnatural phenomenon of the divided city. After reunification, despite the outcry from nearby Kurfürstendamm retailers and local politicians, the station dramatically lost its importance following the launching of the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof on 28 May 2006, with long-distance services now passing through the station without stopping. An exception is the famous Sibirjak departing from Bahnhof Zoo for the Novosibirsk Trans-Siberian railway station. Periodically the EuroNight Paris-Berlin stops here.
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| DB station code: | BZOO |
| Number of platforms | 2 main line passenger 1 S-Bahn |
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toward Wismar
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RE 2 |
toward Cottbus
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| Preceding station | Vogtlandbahn | Following station | ||
| Terminus | VX Vogtland-Express |
toward Adorf
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| Preceding station | Berlin S-Bahn | Following station | ||
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toward Spandau
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S3 |
toward Erkner
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toward Westkreuz
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S5 |
toward Strausberg Nord
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toward Potsdam Hbf
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S7 |
toward Ahrensfelde
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toward Spandau
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S75 |
toward Wartenberg
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toward Ruhleben
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U2 |
toward Pankow
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toward Rathaus Steglitz
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U9 |
toward Osloer Straße
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