Berlin Südkreuz
Berlin Südkreuz | |
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 Berlin Südkreuz | |
| Other names | Berlin Papestraße (1898-2006) |
| Location |
General-Pape-Straße, 10829, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°28′32″N 13°21′52″E / 52.47556°N 13.36444°ECoordinates: 52°28′32″N 13°21′52″E / 52.47556°N 13.36444°E |
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| Station code | 4859 |
| DS100 code | BPAP[1] |
| Category | 1[2] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Key dates | |
| 1990s–2006 | Rebuilt as Südkreuz |
Berlin Südkreuz (English: Berlin South Cross) is a railway station in the German capital Berlin. The station was originally opened in 1898 and is an interchange station. The Berlin Ringbahn line of the Berlin S-Bahn metro railway is situated on the upper level and connects to the east and west, whilst the Anhalter Bahn and Dresdner Bahn intercity railway routes reach the station on the lower, north-south level. The station was extensively rebuilt between the late 1990s and 2006, and was renamed Berlin Südkreuz on 28 May 2006.
History
The station's original name (Berlin Papestraße) originates from the nearby General-Pape-Straße, which is named after the Prussian general Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape. The Ringbahn platform opened as an island platform on 1 December 1901.[3]
The original Papestrasse station building, constructed from 1898-1901 was demolished, although a corner of the building, incorporating a clock tower, has been preserved as part of the new station.[4]
Becoming Südkreuz
The station played a vital part in Deutsche Bahn's new concept for long-distance services in Berlin; it was deemed necessary to have a long-distance station in southern Berlin for the new north-south axis, so it was decided to rebuild Papestraße and rename the station to Südkreuz, giving the station a more intuitive name like the Ostkreuz (East Cross) and Westkreuz (West Cross) stations on the Berlin Stadtbahn. Construction, however, was severely delayed due to unexpected difficulties and NIMBY complaints of residents living near the long-disused north-south lines. Instead of opening in 2000 as scheduled, the station only opened on 28 May 2006, together with the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) in the center of Berlin. It is now used as a terminal station for ICE trains to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, and sees a number of north-south services heading to and from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, plus EuroCity services to Austria, the Czech republic and Slovakia via Dresden Hauptbahnhof.
Train services
The station is serves by the following service(s):[5]
- Intercity Express services (ICE 28) (Stralsund - Eberswalde -) Berlin - Halle - Jena - Nuremberg - Munich
- Intercity Express services (ICE 28) Hamburg - Berlin – Leipzig - Jena - Nürnberg - Munich (- Innsbruck)
- Intercity services (EC 27) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Dresden - Prague
- Intercity services (EC 27) Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Brno - Bratislava - Budapest
- Intercity services (IC 28) Berlin – Leipzig - Saalfeld - Nürnberg - Augsburg - Munich
- Intercity services (IC 50) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Fulda - Frankfurt
- Regional services RE 3 Stralsund - Greifswald - Pasewalk - Angermünde - Berlin - Elsterwerda
- Regional services RE 3 Schwedt - Angermünde - Berlin - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
- Regional services RE 4 Rathenow - Wustermark - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog
- Regional services RE 5 Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- Regional services RE 5 Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Falkenberg
- Local services RB 19 Berlin - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport - Lübben - Senftenberg
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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Berlin Hbf towards Stralsund Hbf | ICE 28 | towards Munich Hbf |
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Berlin Hbf | ICE 28 | towards Munich Hbf |
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Berlin Hbf | EuroCity | Elsterwerda toward Budapest |
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Berlin Hbf toward Ostseebad Binz Hbf | EuroCity | Elsterwerda toward Prague |
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Berlin Hbf toward Westerland (Sylt) | EuroCity | Terminus |
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Berlin Hbf towards Ostseebad Binz | IC 50 | towards Frankfurt Airport |
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Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Stralsund or Schwedt | RE 3 | Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost toward Elsterwerda |
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Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Rostock or Stralsund | RE 5 | Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost toward Wittenberg or Falkenberg |
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Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Berlin Gesundbrunnen | RB | Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen toward Senftenberg |
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| Preceding station | Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn | Following station | ||
Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Rathenow | RE 4 | Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost toward Jüterbog |
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| Preceding station | Berlin S-Bahn | Following station | ||
Priesterweg
toward Blankenfelde | S2 | toward Bernau |
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Priesterweg
toward Teltow Stadt | S25 | toward Hennigsdorf |
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Tempelhof
One-way operation | S41 | Schöneberg
toward Ringbahn (clockwise) |
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Schöneberg
One-way operation | S42 | Tempelhof
toward Ringbahn (counter-clockwise) |
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Schöneberg
toward Hermannstraße | S45 | Tempelhof
toward Flughafen Schönefeld |
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Schöneberg
toward Westend | S46 | Tempelhof
toward Königs Wusterhausen |
References
- ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 edition ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ Kuhlmann, B. Bahnknoten Berlin - Die Entwicklung des Berliner Eisenbahnnetzes seit 1838. Berlin, Verlag GVE, 2006.
- ↑ Preuss, E. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Stuttgart, Transpress, 2006.
- ↑ Timetables for Berlin Südkreuz station (German)
External links
Media related to Berlin Südkreuz station at Wikimedia Commons
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