Priesterweg station

Berlin Priesterweg
Junction station
Station building
Location	Schöneberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°27′36″N 13°21′23″E / 52.4601°N 13.3563°E / 52.4601; 13.3563Coordinates: 52°27′36″N 13°21′23″E / 52.4601°N 13.3563°E / 52.4601; 13.3563
Line(s)	Anhalt Suburban Line Berlin–Dresden railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Architect	Günther Lüttich[1]
Architectural style	Expressionism
Other information
Station code	5036
DS100 code	BPRS[2]
IBNR	8089034
Category	4[3]
History
Opened	7 October 1928
Services
Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station Attilastraße toward Blankenfelde S2 Südkreuz toward Bernau Südende toward Teltow Stadt S25 Südkreuz toward Hennigsdorf

Priesterweg station is on the Anhalt Suburban Line in the district of Schöneberg in the Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It is served by Berlin S-Bahn lines S2 and S25.

Location

The station is located in the district of Schöneberg in Tempelhof-Schöneberg. The Berlin city center lies 8 km to the northeast. It fronts on to the streets of Priesterweg and Prellerweg to the west. Located east of the station on former rail yards is the Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände (South Grounds Nature Park). Southwest is the Insulaner (literally “islanders”, which was derived from the name of a cabaret program broadcast on Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor during the Berlin Blockade), a hill formed of rubble created by Second World War bombing raids, which the Wilhelm-Foerster Observatory is located on. Südkreuz station is located about 1.8 kilometres to the north, Attilastraße station is about 1.3 km to the south and Südende station is about 1.4 km to the south. The station is located in the Berlin B fare zone of the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg.

History

The station was opened on 7 October 1928. There were initially two island platforms. Electrification on the current S-Bahn system commenced on 2 July 1929. Before that time, there were electrical test operations using a 550 V DC system. Since 15 May 1939, the station has been served exclusively by electric powered S-Bahn trains. A second entrance was built and the entire station was modernised. Rail services were abandoned towards the end of the Second World War in April 1945.

The station was reopened for steam-powered trains on 8 June 1945. Electrical operations were resumed on 16 August 1945.

Following the takeover of the S-Bahn by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG, Berlin Transportation Company) on 9 January 1984, the route to Lichterfelde Süd was shut down. Trains ran only on the outer tracks. In May 1990, platform A was taken out of service and trains stopped at platform B only. Platform A was demolished and rebuilt a little further south; it was put back into service on 29 June 1992. After that, platform B was similarly rebuilt. The old entrance and the station building have been preserved, but they now lie at the northern end of the platform. A new southern entrance to platform A was opened on 3 August 1993. The newly built platform B eventually went into operation on 6 December 1993. Since then, the station has been partly covered. A new southern entrance for platform B was completed in January 1995.

The platforms in May 2014

Dynamic destination indicator in May 2014

Connections

The station is served by Berlin S-Bahn lines S2 and S25. There are interchanges with the following bus routes operated by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe.

See also

• List of railway stations in Berlin

Notes

References

• Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler, Wolfgang Kramer (1998). Berlins S-Bahnhöfe. Ein dreiviertel Jahrhundert (in German). Berlin: Be.bra. pp. 235–236. ISBN 3-930863-25-1. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Berlin Priesterweg station.

• "Heritage listing of Berlin Priesterweg station" (in German). Government of Berlin. Retrieved 16 May 2015. 
• "Berlin Priesterweg" (in German). stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de. Retrieved 16 May 2015.