Berlin Bornholmer Straße station
Bornholmer Straße | |
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Pankow, Berlin, Berlin Germany |
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| Station code | 0791 |
| DS100 code | BBOS |
| Category | 4 |
Berlin Bornholmer Straße (German: Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße) is a railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn and the M13 and 50 lines of the Berlin Straßenbahn.
History
The station opened on October 1, 1935, at the junction of the Nordbahn line from Berlin to Stralsund with the railway line to Szczecin where the eponymous street named after Bornholm Island crossed the tracks. As Bornholmer Straße station lay right at the Berlin Wall it was closed on August 13, 1961, turning it into one of Berlin's ghost stations, passed by eastern and western S-Bahn trains without stopping. After German reunification Bornholmer Straße was reopened on December 22, 1990.
Though the station was closed the bridge (Bösebrücke) spanning over the tracks was the site of the Bornholmer Straße border crossing between Prenzlauer Berg and the West Berlin borough of Wedding established in 1961. In the evening of November 9, 1989, thousands of East Berliners and GDR citizens assembled at the bridge demanding entry to West Berlin. At 9.20 p.m. local guards were the first to open a checkpoint and allow people passing through freely to West Berlin, where they were greeted enthusiastically. The event marked the commencement of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
External links
- Station information (German)
- Bornholmer Straße border crossing (German)
| Preceding station | Berlin S-Bahn | Following station | ||
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Gesundbrunnen
toward Wannsee | S1 | toward Oranienburg |
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Gesundbrunnen
toward Blankenfelde | S2 | Pankow
toward Bernau |
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Gesundbrunnen
toward Teltow Stadt | S25 | toward Hennigsdorf |
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toward Zeuthen | S8 | Pankow
toward Birkenwerder |
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Pankow
Terminus | S9 | toward Flughafen Schönefeld |
Coordinates: 52°33′16″N 13°23′53″E / 52.55444°N 13.39806°E