Berlin-Koepenick train station

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Berlin-Koepenick
South entrance to the station
South entrance to the station
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation BKP Fernbahn
BKPK S-Bahn
IBNR 8089069
Price range 4th
opening October 23, 1842
Website URL s-bahn-berlin.de
Profile on Bahnhof.de Berlin-Koepenick
Architectural data
architect Karl Cornelius ,
Waldemar Suadicani
location
City / municipality Berlin
Place / district Koepenick
country Berlin
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 27 '31 "  N , 13 ° 34' 51"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '31 "  N , 13 ° 34' 51"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Berlin
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The Berlin-Köpenick station is an S-Bahn station in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick . The double-track through station on Stellingdamm , Bahnhofstrasse and Elcknerplatz is on the Lower Silesian-Märkische Railway .

Immediately to the east of the S-Bahn station is the Berlin-Köpenick freight station .

history

Opening until the 1930s

The stop was opened with the opening of the Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) section on October 23, 1842. The station was then about one kilometer from the then independent town of Cöpenick. As a connection between the city and the train station, what is still known today as Bahnhofstrasse was created.

Between 1899 and 1902, the station facilities were fundamentally redesigned to cope with the increasing traffic. The route north of the long-distance tracks was given its own pair of suburban tracks. The entire system was relocated to an embankment so that the crossing streets would cross the street level . The station itself received a new reception building, which was built by the architects Karl Cornelius and Waldemar Suadicani on behalf of the Royal Railway Directorate Berlin . Since then, the station has continued to have a central platform built in Berlin, a three-track turning system to the east for the suburban trains and a goods loading point along the long-distance tracks.

The horse-drawn tram , which has been running from the station towards the city center of Cöpenick since 1883 , was converted to electrical operation in 1903.

On June 11, 1928, the suburban traffic was converted to the electrical system still used today, with a side busbar and 750 volts DC. Since initially there were not enough trains available for electrical operation, mixed operation was run until March 20, 1929. Along with the electrification, extensive work was carried out, including adapting the signaling technology and increasing the platform edges from 760 to 960 millimeters. A substation was also built to the west of the station . This electric suburban traffic has been known as the S-Bahn since December 1, 1930 .

1930s to the post-war period

The Germania plans of the National Socialists envisaged the expansion of the line to six tracks to Köpenick, since a long-distance S-Bahn (similar to today's RE trains ) was to run between Köpenick and Ostkreuz , which would cover the almost ten kilometers long route without stopping should. In addition, a direct connection for long-distance trains from the Südring to the Silesian Railway was planned, which was to lead out at Köpenick station. All in all, the station would have had to be expanded to include up to eight platform edges if these projects were to be implemented. However, due to the Second World War, the project never got beyond the planning stage.

After the end of the war, numerous lines were dismantled by the Soviet military administration for reparation purposes. In the Berlin area this usually resulted in the dismantling of a long-distance and an S-Bahn track. However, since the Lower Silesian-Märkische Bahn was the most important rail route in the direction of the Soviet Union , both S-Bahn tracks were dismantled instead of one long-distance track. Three years later, however, electrical operation, initially single-track, was resumed; in January 1948 to Köpenick, in November of the same year to Erkner . The second track was re-established along the Köpenick section in 1957.

After 1990

Platform of the S-Bahn station, 2005
Main hall

On October 10, 2003, there was a serious accident at the Bahnhofstrasse underpass in which a bridge pillar was torn from its anchorage. Since there was initially a risk of collapse, traffic was rerouted accordingly. The accident gave rise to a renewed discussion about the renovation or even renewal of the bridge, as it represents a bottleneck . Alternatively, however, a diversion route via the streets Am Bahndamm and Hämmerlingstrasse is also being considered.

In spring 2013, dynamic train destination displays were installed in the station.

Since the end of 2015, the S-Bahn station has been controlled by an electronic signal box, in the course of which it was equipped with the ZBS electronic train control system . The two S-Bahn sidings, which are assigned to the freight yard and initially continued to be served by the Kp mechanical signal box , were excluded from this.

In April 2020, an electronic signal box for the long-distance railway went into operation. This replaces the signal boxes Kp, Ko and Sst and is a prerequisite for the subsequent renovation of the freight yard, including the construction of a regional platform.

future

The traffic urban development plan provides for the construction of a regional platform in Köpenick in the coming years . This will then replace the Karlshorst regional train station , which was closed in December 2017. The latter was set up as a provisional long-distance train stop after the Wall was built.

The regional platform will have an east and a west entrance. In addition, the S-Bahn platform is to be expanded to include an east entrance and an additional west entrance to the west of Bahnhofstrasse.

This building was originally planned by Deutsche Bahn until 2007. After financial difficulties and the resulting temporary shutdown for the Köpenick regional train station, the plans could be resumed in 2011 after Berlin State Secretary Maria Krautzberger had promised the State of Berlin to assume the costs after a parliamentary request. From the perspective of the time, the station should be completed by 2015 and have two S-Bahn and two regional train tracks. For this purpose, meter-high noise barriers are planned to protect the residents from the threat of noise pollution. The entrance at Elcknerplatz is to be provided with a glass facade. In contrast, in the current urban development plan for transport , funding by the federal government is sought. In April 2012, the Berlin State Secretary for Transport, Christian Gaebler, replied to a parliamentary question that the costs of 5 million euros would be borne by the State of Berlin. The start of construction was initially planned for 2017, and commissioning was planned for 2019. Further delays arose due to concerns on the part of Deutsche Bahn that a regional train stop in Köpenick would reduce line capacity. As a solution, a third long-distance railway track is now planned between the Köpenick freight yard and the Wuhlheide junction, the financing of which has now been secured. As a result, however, the planning that has already been carried out must be restarted with corresponding effects on the implementation period of the regional train station. In the meantime, Deutsche Bahn assumes that construction cannot begin until 2021, due to the new plan approval process , which is due to begin in 2017, as well as feared delays due to resident complaints. With an expected construction time of six years, the new station would not be completed until 2027.

Connection

In addition to the S-Bahn line S3, which runs between Spandau and Erkner , the tram lines 62, 63 and 68 as well as the bus lines X69, 164, 169 and 269 of the BVG stop at the station.

line course
Berlin S3.svg Spandau  - Stresow  - Pichelsberg  - Olympiastadion  - Heerstraße  - Messe Süd  - Westkreuz  - Charlottenburg  - Savignyplatz  - Zoological Garden  - Tiergarten  - Bellevue  - Central Station  - Friedrichstraße  - Hackescher Markt  - Alexanderplatz  - Jannowitzbrücke  - Ostbahnhof  - Warschauer Straße  - Ostkreuz  - Rummelsburg  - Rummelsburg depot  - Karlshorst  - Wuhlheide  - Köpenick  - Hirschgarten  - Friedrichshagen  - Rahnsdorf  - Wilhelmshagen  - Erkner

literature

  • Bernhard Strowitzki: S-Bahn Berlin - history (s) on the go . Verlag GVE, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89218-073-3 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Berlin-Köpenick  - 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 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Köpenicker Bridge damaged . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 11, 2003
  3. Jump in technology for the S-Bahn line to Erkner. S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, December 4, 2015, accessed on January 10, 2016 .
  4. ↑ News in brief - S-Bahn . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . No. 7 , 2019, pp. 142 .
  5. ^ Brandenburg / Berlin - news in brief . In: Bahn-Report . No. 3 , 2020, p. 37 .
  6. ↑ a b Urban Development Plan for Transport Berlin 2025 (PDF; 10.4 MB) Senate Department for Urban Development. P. 18 (Appendix). April 7, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  7. ↑ Printed matter 17/18610. (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, June 10, 2016, accessed on June 28, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Berlin-Frankfurt / Oder, project section Berlin-Ostbahnhof - Erkner (PDF; 2.8 MB) DB project construction. March 2003. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 8, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschebahn.com
  9. ↑ No new train station for Köpenick . In: Tagesspiegel Online . December 8, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  10. ^ New hope for the regional train station in Köpenick . In: Berliner Morgenpost , January 31, 2011
  11. ↑ Köpenick regional train station from 2015 . In: BZ , February 13, 2010
  12. ↑ When is the regional train station in Köpenick coming? (PDF; 26 kB) Berlin House of Representatives. April 2, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  13. ↑ Printed matter 17/17303. Berlin House of Representatives, November 16, 2015, accessed on January 6, 2016 .
  14. ^ Berlin-Köpenick: Politics calls for faster construction of the train station. In: Der Tagesspiegel . July 27, 2016, accessed September 14, 2016 .