Berlin-Hermsdorf train station

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Berlin-Hermsdorf
Reception building at the northeast entrance, 2007
Reception building at the northeast entrance, 2007
Data
Operating point type Breakpoint
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation BHED
IBNR 8089064
Price range 4th
opening July 10, 1877
Website URL s-bahn-berlin.de
Profile on Bahnhof.de Berlin-Hermsdorf
Architectural data
architect Karl Cornelius
location
City / municipality Berlin
Place / district Hermsdorf
country Berlin
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 37 '4 "  N , 13 ° 18' 25"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 37 '4 "  N , 13 ° 18' 25"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Berlin
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The Berlin-Hermsdorf station is a station of the Berlin S-Bahn on the northern line . It is located in the center of the Hermsdorf district ( Reinickendorf district ). The next train station north is Frohnau , the next train station to the south is Waidmannslust .

The station has an entrance at both ends, each in the form of a pedestrian underpass with entrances on both sides. The northeast entrance is the main entrance with the reception building. This is located on Bahnhofplatz, where there are bus stops, bicycle parking spaces, a taxi station and a P&R car park in the immediate vicinity . Another P&R parking lot has been set up on the former route of the long-distance railway tracks. The northwest exit leads to Max-Beckmann-Platz, the southwest exit to Fellbacher Platz. Both places are on Heinsestraße, the shopping street in the Hermsdorf district. The southern pedestrian underpass joins Glienicker Straße in the east. Two elevators in the northern pedestrian tunnel enable barrier-free access to the platform.

history

The station was opened on July 10, 1877 under the name Hermsdorf (Mark) as a ground level stop for the northern line. Initially, only long-distance trains used the single-track route. On October 1, 1891, the Berlin  - Oranienburg section , on which Hermsdorf was located, was included in the scope of the Berlin suburban tariff. In the same year, the said section also received the second track. Individual long-distance trains continued to stop in Hermsdorf after 1891. The increasing occupancy of the route by the slower suburban trains proved in the long run to be an obstacle to the joint operation of long-distance, freight and suburban trains. Since most of the suburban trains ended in Hermsdorf, the decision was made in 1908 to expand the northern line to Hermsdorf with four tracks. Mixed operation was still planned between Hermsdorf and Oranienburg. The work began in the same year, associated with the elevation of the line to remove the level crossings. From 1910, the new pair of suburban tracks west of the long-distance and freight tracks could be used; from April 26, 1912, four tracks were available between Schönholz-Reinickendorf and Hermsdorf. Work in Hermsdorf dragged on until April 25, 1913. Since the station in Hermsdorf was to be moved further north in order to be able to better develop the villa area, the old platform had to be used first.

The (formerly western) platform looking towards Frohnau, 2012

After completion, the station had two central platforms for suburban traffic and a three-track sweeping system connected to the north for intermittent trains. The tracks for local freight traffic were built to the east. During construction, the Transport Committee demanded that the suburban tracks be continued to Oranienburg, which was continued until the summer of 1912, initially to Frohnau , where another villa colony was built.

In 1918 the Prussian government decided to electrify Berlin's three northern routes - the Stettiner , Kremmen and Nordbahn - the latter to Hermsdorf. Initially, AC operation via overhead lines was given preference. In 1922, however, the Free State decided in favor of direct current operation via the side busbar . In addition, the electrical operation should be expanded to Oranienburg. After the Stettiner Bahn started electrical operation on August 8, 1924 - today's S-Bahn - the northern line followed on the Gesundbrunnen  - Hermsdorf - Birkenwerder section on June 5, 1925. The remaining section to Oranienburg followed on October 6 Year. Since the suburban trains were scheduled to run at least as far as Birkenwerder, there was no longer any need for the second platform in Hermsdorf. In 1934 it was demolished, the sweeping system remained. As the Berlin city limits extended beyond Frohnau on October 1, 1920 as a result of the Greater Berlin Act , the name Berlin-Hermsdorf was renamed in 1937/1938 .

In the 1940s the construction of one of the first German relay interlockings was planned for Hermsdorf station. The signal box developed by the Pintsch company in cooperation with the Reichsbahn was intended to replace the previous mechanical safety technology and to enable the systems to be secured purely electrically using K44 relays. A similar VES signal box was planned for Birkenwerder station at the same time . The signal boxes never went into operation, and no information is available about the exact progress of the work.

In June 1945 the Wilhelmsruh  - Birkenwerder section was reduced to one track each for long-distance and S-Bahn traffic. Since there were no alternative routes along the route, the trains could initially only run every hour. It was not until 1948 that the cycle could be compressed to 20 minutes with two additional crossroads in Waidmannslust and Hohen Neuendorf , in addition to the existing alternative in Frohnau. On May 18, 1952, the Deutsche Reichsbahn stopped long-distance traffic on the Northern Railway within West Berlin. After 1946, the Hst signal box went into operation at the Südkopf. Between 1962 and 1967, the Rbd Berlin took the signal boxes out of operation and downgraded the operating point to a breakpoint . The sweeping system, which was rebuilt on two tracks, was dismantled by 1982.

With the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961, the S-Bahn trains ended in Frohnau. Despite the shrinking passenger numbers as a result of the S-Bahn boycott that began shortly afterwards, operations along the northern line were maintained and continued after the Reichsbahn strike in 1980 . With the takeover of the operating rights to the S-Bahn by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) on January 9, 1984, the line was closed; At this point in time, the BVG had no concept for a renovation. Due to protests of the local population, the short-term restart took place on October 1st, 1984. From the end of 1985, the overdue renovation took place with partial full closure of the route. On December 22, 1986, the last section from Wittenau (northern line) via Hermsdorf to Frohnau went into double-track operation. When it was restarted, a small relay interlocking went into operation, making Hermsdorf a block point in the direction of Waidmannslust . The freight yard remained out of service after the work was completed.

After German reunification , S-Bahn traffic across the Berlin city limits to Oranienburg was resumed on May 31, 1992. In October 2011 the section Schönholz  - Frohnau was connected to the electronic signal box Waidmannslust and the signal box Hf was taken out of service. With the activation of the eStw, the train control was also switched from the mechanical driving lock to the ZBS . Since December 2014, train handling has been carried out by the driver using the driver's cab monitor (ZAT-FM), previously the station was manned by a local supervisor .

Other plants

Umformerwerk, 2007

The former Hermsdorf converter plant is located north of the station. The listed building was designed by Richard Brademann and erected between 1922 and 1925. Immediately to the south of this, the control computer building for the Waidmannslust electronic interlocking was built in 2011 . To the east of the Gleistrasse is the site of the former Hermsdorf freight yard. This is no longer in operation today and has largely been cleared. A retirement and nursing home was built on part of the area along Ulmenstrasse in 2018–2019. From platform B, which was closed in 1933, to the east of today's platform, the stairs have been preserved. The northern exit now serves as access to the P&R car park .

Connection

In addition to the S-Bahn line S1, the bus lines  326 and N25 of the BVG and the lines 806 and 809 of the Oberhavel Verkehrsgesellschaft stop at the station forecourt.

line course
Berlin S1.svg Oranienburg  - Lehnitz  - Borgsdorf  - Birkenwerder  - Hohen Neuendorf  - Frohnau  - Hermsdorf  - Waidmannslust  - Wittenau (Wilhelmsruher dam)  - Wilhelmsruh  - Schönholz  - Wollankstraße  - Bornholmer Strasse  - Gesundbrunnen  - Humboldt Park  - North Station  - Oranienburgerstraße  - Friedrichstrasse  - Brandenburg Gate  - Potsdamer Platz  - pickup Train station  - Yorckstraße (Großgörschenstraße)  - Julius-Leber-Brücke  - Schöneberg  - Friedenau  - Feuerbachstraße  - Steglitz town hall  - Botanical Garden  - Lichterfelde West  - Sundgauer Straße  - Zehlendorf  - Mexikoplatz  - Schlachtensee  - Nikolassee  - Wannsee

literature

  • Michael Bayer: The Berlin-Schönholz and Berlin-Hermsdorf freight stations and their sidings . Self-published, ISBN 978-3-9820299-4-8 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Berlin-Hermsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Station price list 2020. In: Deutsche Bahn. Deutsche Bahn, January 1, 2020, accessed on July 10, 2020 .
  2. ^ Bernhard Strowitzki: S-Bahn Berlin. Story (s) for on the go . 2nd Edition. Verlag GVE, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89218-073-3 , p. 111-113 .
  3. ^ Reinhard Demps: On suburban tracks to Oranienburg. To the history of a suburban line . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . No. 6 , 2000, pp. 150-156 .
  4. ^ Bernhard Strowitzki: S-Bahn Berlin. Story (s) for on the go . 2nd Edition. Verlag GVE, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89218-073-3 , p. 113-116 .
  5. ^ Bernhard Strowitzki: S-Bahn Berlin. Story (s) for on the go . 2nd Edition. Verlag GVE, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89218-073-3 , p. 116-117 .
  6. ^ Steffen Buhr: The K44 signal box. In: blocksignal.de. December 4, 2004, accessed February 23, 2019 .
  7. ^ Bernhard Strowitzki: S-Bahn Berlin. Story (s) for on the go . 2nd Edition. Verlag GVE, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89218-073-3 , p. 118-121 .
  8. ↑ a b c Michael Günther: Electric to Oranienburg for 75 years. Time travel on a historic S-Bahn route . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . No. 6 , 2000, pp. 157-166 .
  9. ^ Reichsbahndirektion Berlin (Ed.): Track plan Bf Berlin-Hermsdorf . ( blocksignal.de - around 1946).
  10. ^ Reichsbahndirektion Berlin (Ed.): Track plan Bf Berlin-Hermsdorf . 1962 ( blocksignal.de ).
  11. ^ Reichsbahndirektion Berlin (Ed.): Track plan Bf Berlin-Hermsdorf . 1967 ( sporenplan.nl ).
  12. ^ Reichsbahndirektion Berlin (Ed.): Track plan Bf Berlin-Hermsdorf . March 31, 1982 ( biuub.de ).
  13. ^ Holger Kötting: List of German signal boxes. Entries Beo – Bk. In: stellwerke.de. October 26, 2015, accessed February 23, 2019 .
  14. ^ Christoph Lindner: Wai signal box. In: fahrdienstleiter.cl. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  15. ^ Bernhard Strowitzki: S-Bahn Berlin. Story (s) for on the go . 2nd Edition. Verlag GVE, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89218-073-3 , p. 122-124 .
  16. ↑ Christoph Lindner: Decommissioning Stw Wai and Foh. In: fahrdienstleiter.cl. October 20, 2011, accessed February 23, 2019 .
  17. ↑ S-Bahn line renovation in the north of Berlin is entering the final construction phase. In: sbahn.berlin. S-Bahn Berlin, October 21, 2011, accessed on February 23, 2019 .
  18. ↑ News in brief - S-Bahn . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . No. 2 , February 2015, p. 30 .