Berlin-Westend train station
| Berlin-Westend | |
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 Former reception building
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | BWES |
| IBNR | 8089111 |
| Price range | 4th |
| opening | November 15, 1877 December 17, 1993 |
| Conveyance | September 18, 1980 |
| Website URL | s-bahn-berlin.de |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | West end |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | Neo-renaissance |
| architect |
Heinrich Joseph Kayser , Karl von Großheim |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Berlin |
| Place / district | Charlottenburg |
| country | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 31 '5 " N , 13 ° 17' 4" E |
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| Railway stations in Berlin | |
The West Railway Station is a S-Bahn station in Berlin district of Charlottenburg the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf , close to the border with the eponymous district Westend area. The entire station area was put into operation in several steps from November 15, 1877 - initially as Charlottenburg-Westend - but has since been reduced to an S-Bahn platform and a pair of long-distance tracks. In 1980, as a result of the Reichsbahn strike, the entire facility was temporarily closed. In 1993 a platform of the Ringbahn was reopened for S-Bahn traffic. A restoration of the entire system is not planned.
Structure and history
The train station is located at the overpass of the Spandauer Damm over the Ringbahn . Initially, it was created for the traffic connection of the Westend villa colony . Between the first major expansion in 1884 and the turn of the century, the complex was in its largest state of expansion to date, with four platforms and several sweeping tracks. The four platforms were designated in the east-west direction with the letters A to D, the first three were also connected to each other via a tunnel.
In 1980 the train service on the West-Ring was stopped. After that, the station building was empty until 1988. Until 2001 it was used by the Karl Hofer Society as a studio and exhibition building (artist station). Then as an office building for various trades.
In 1993, platform C was reopened when the Südring was commissioned. For this purpose, two new access buildings in steel and glass construction were built from the Spandauer Damm bridge.
Both north and south of the platforms there is now a parking and turning facility .
Reception building
The listed reception building connects to the north of the former terminus of the suburban trains and has exits to Spandauer Damm and to the station forecourt east of the facility. It was designed in 1884 by the architects Kayser and von Großheim . The building, built in the neo-renaissance style, has no direct access to the platforms; passengers were either directed through the building to an open space east of the train station and via a pedestrian tunnel to the platforms, or they took direct access from Spandauer Damm to the individual platforms. Today only the latter access and exclusively to the ring platform is in operation. The building was extensively renovated in 1976 and 1985.
Platforms
Platform A served as the terminus of the Stadtbahn , whose suburban traffic was still routed to the Ringbahn in the early years of the line's existence. The tracks ended bluntly at the platform that was followed by the station building to the north. The platform was not electrified in 1928 and henceforth no longer needed. After 1945 it was demolished. There is now a footpath on the site.
Platform B was used by the Lehrter and Stadtbahn trains, which continued south of Westend on the Ringbahn. From the south there was the possibility for the circular railway trains to also drive to the platform, the same possibility was offered for the light rail trains that did not end at platform A. Behind the station, the B track continued onto the tracks of the Lehrter long-distance railway. After the electrification of the lines in 1928, the pair of tracks on the Lehrter line was no longer needed and was partially used by light rail trains. From now on, the Ringbahn and Stadtbahn used both platform B and the neighboring platform to the west. Behind it, a double-track sweeping system was built, which was necessary for the electric light rail trains should they not continue to the Nordring. Around 1944, the traffic on the platform ended, as the connecting curve from the city to the northern ring line was closed and there was no change of track between the two lines in front of Westend. The platform still exists to this day, but is orphaned and can no longer be used due to the larger width of the neighboring platform. Platform A, like platform B today, had a massive row of steel columns in a single-row design.
Platform C of the Ringbahn is the only one of the four platforms that is still in operation today. It was created together with the other platforms during the renovation in 1884 and is a little wider than the neighboring city platform. The construction of the platform and its adjoining track systems remained roughly unchanged until the reopening in 1993. The platform was then significantly widened so that the trains in the direction of Jungfernheide now border platforms C and B. In contrast to the two other suburban platforms, the roof of the platform consists of a two-row row of columns, as is common in Berlin train stations at the turn of the century. The platform is barrier-free accessible via two elevators . In the next few years, the construction of an additional access at the southern end of the platform in the direction of Sophie-Charlotten-Straße is planned; implementation is planned for 2020.
Platform D was on the long-distance train tracks of the line and served as a terminus for trains coming from the Wetzlarer Bahn onto the Ringbahn. However, since a direct connection from the Wetzlar to the Stadtbahn was established as early as 1882, the platform never achieved great importance. It was closed before the turn of the century and removed a short time later.
Connection
The S-Bahn station is served by the S41, S42 and S46 lines of the Berlin S-Bahn. There is a possibility to change to the bus lines of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe .
| line | course | Clock in the peak hours |
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Gesundbrunnen - Schönhauser Allee - Prenzlauer Allee - Greifswalder Strasse - Landsberger Allee - Storkower Strasse - Frankfurter Allee - Ostkreuz - Treptower Park - Sonnenallee - Neukölln - Hermannstrasse - Tempelhof - Südkreuz - Schöneberg - Innsbrucker Platz - Bundesplatz - Heidelberger Platz - Hohenzollerndamm - Halensee - Westkreuz - Messe Nord / ICC - Westend - Jungfernheide - Beusselstraße - Westhafen - Wedding - Gesundbrunnen | 5 min |
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Westend - Messe Nord / ICC - Westkreuz - Halensee - Hohenzollerndamm - Heidelberger Platz - Bundesplatz - Innsbrucker Platz - Schöneberg - Südkreuz - Tempelhof - Hermannstraße - Neukölln - Köllnische Heide - Baumschulenweg - Schöneweide - Schöneweide depot - Adlershof - Grünau - Eichwalde - Zeuthen - Wildau - Königs Wusterhausen | 20 min |
literature
- The Westend passenger station of the Berlin City and Ringbahn. In: Journal of Construction . Volume 37. Berlin 1887, col. 265–272, plates 32–34.
- Berlin S-Bahn Museum (ed.): Endless route. The Berlin Ringbahn . Verlag GVE, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89218-074-1 .
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- Berlin-Westend train station. In: stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Station price list 2020. In: Deutsche Bahn. Deutsche Bahn, January 1, 2020, accessed on July 11, 2020 .
- ^ A b Hainer Weißpflug: Westend S-Bahn station . In: Hans-Jürgen Mende , Kurt Wernicke (Hrsg.): Berliner Bezirkslexikon, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . Luisenstadt educational association . Haude and Spener / Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7759-0479-4 ( luise-berlin.de - as of October 7, 2009).
- ^ Architectural monuments Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- ↑ Small question: What are the priorities of the “infrastructure coalition” made up of the SPD and CDU? (PDF; 49 kB) Berlin House of Representatives, April 17, 2012, accessed on May 4, 2012 .
- ↑ Printed matter 17/18610. (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, June 10, 2016, accessed on June 28, 2016 .