| Berlin-Grunewald | |
|---|---|
| Operations | |
| Category | 4 |
| Type | Hp |
| DS100 code | BGD |
| Station code | 0541 |
| Construction and location | |
| Location | Berlin |
| State | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Local authority | Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf |
| Route information | |
| List of railway stations in the Berlin area | |
Berlin-Grunewald is a railway station in the Grunewald district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn line S7 and, replacing the S7 on Friday and Saturday nights, the line S5.
The station opened on August 1, 1879 on the Wetzlarer Bahn from Berlin to Blankenheim and Wetzlar, the southwestern continuation of the Stadtbahn. It was originally named Hundekehle after a nearby lake and received its current name on October 15, 1884, when the former Grunewald station reopened under the name of Halensee. The entrance hall modelled on a castle gate was finished in 1899. Berlin-Grunewald was connected to the S-Bahn network on June 11, 1928.
Starting on October 18, 1941 the adjacent goods station until February 1945 was one of the major sites of deportation of the Berlin Jews. The trains left mainly for the ghettos of Litzmannstadt and Warsaw, from 1942 directly for the Auschwitz and Theresienstadt concentration camps. On October 18, 1991 a monument was inaugurated at the ramp leading to the former freight yard. The Deutsche Bahn had a memorial established on January 27, 1998 at the historic track 17 ("Gleis 17"), where most of the deportation trains departed.
| Preceding station | Berlin S-Bahn | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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toward Potsdam Hbf
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S5 (night) |
toward Strausberg Nord
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| S7 |
toward Ahrensfelde
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