Berlin-Lichtenberg train station
| Berlin-Lichtenberg | |
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 Reception building on Weitlingstrasse
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| Operating point type | railway station |
| Location in the network |
Separation station (long-distance train) Intermediate station (S-Bahn) |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 6 (long-distance train) 2 (S-Bahn) |
| abbreviation | BLO (long-distance train) BLI (S-Bahn) |
| IBNR | 8010036 |
| Price range | 2 |
| opening | 1881, new building: February 1982 |
| Website URL | sbahn.berlin |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Berlin-Lichtenberg |
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| City / municipality | Berlin |
| Place / district |
Berlin-Rummelsburg , Berlin-Lichtenberg |
| country | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '38 " N , 13 ° 29' 47" E |
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| Railway stations in Berlin | |
The Berlin-Lichtenberg train station is located in the district of the same name on the border of the Berlin districts of Rummelsburg and Lichtenberg . It had been East Berlin's most important long-distance train station since the 1980s . Most of the long-distance trains that passed through Berlin in GDR internal traffic ran here . Its former importance can be seen in the extensive track system.
Since the 2000s, Lichtenberg station has served around 85,000 passengers a day almost exclusively for regional traffic for connections to the eastern and northern surroundings of Berlin. There is also a EuroNight connection between Moscow and Paris .
The Berlin-Lichtenberg train station is a trainee train station for DB Station & Service AG, where trainees take on key functions for operations at the train station, such as announcing the train or selling tickets in the travel center (in a " junior company ").
In the operating point directory , the Berlin-Lichtenberg train station is listed as BLO (with the operation point BLO 1 and the train station sections BLO C and BLO G ), the S-Bahn section as BLI .
Station building
When it became necessary to widen the lane of the Lichtenberger Bridge between 1910 and 1912 , the then independent city of Lichtenberg put out an architectural competition to be able to erect a representative entrance building for the station. Among other things, the architect Gustav Lüdecke took part. Finally, a small polygonal brick house was built with stairs leading to the station level. When, at the beginning of the 1970s, a further expansion of the bridge over the railway facilities was necessary due to the strong increase in individual traffic and the trunk road was straightened, a new station building had to be built. This was created in the south-western access area of the long-distance railway and the S-Bahn directly on Weitlingstrasse . The road received a direct connection under the bridge with the Scandinavian road. The spacious two-storey entrance building in concrete construction went into operation in February 1982.
In the 1990s, Deutsche Bahn had the station extensively renovated. A modern travel center was set up in the reception hall, which was moved to the basement of the building in 2009 and completely closed at the end of 2016.
history
From the beginning until 1945
In 1867 the Prussian Ostbahn opened its line from Berlin via Strausberg to Küstrin , where there was a connection to Königsberg . A marshalling yard was built on the site of the later Lichtenberg station at the end of the 1870s after the construction of the Berlin Ringbahn . Since 1881 it also served passenger traffic, initially under the name Lichtenberg . The station was renamed Lichtenberg-Friedrichsfelde a year later , as it was closer to Friedrichsfelde , but was still in Lichtenberg area.
The end of the line in Berlin was initially the Alte Ostbahnhof , when the Stadtbahn started operating on February 7, 1882, the railway administration diverted the trains to the Silesian station . After the suburban and long-distance tracks were separated in 1901, long-distance traffic from the Stadtbahn ran on the newly built VnK line . Since then, the Lichtenberg-Friedrichsfelde station has only served suburban traffic to the city railway, as well as a freight and marshalling yard .
The Wriezener Bahn was opened in 1898 to Lichtenberg-Friedrichsfelde, for which an extension to Berlin to the Wriezener Bahnhof north of the Schlesisches Bahnhof went into operation in 1903. At that time, the trains of the Wriezener Bahn received a second platform in Lichtenberg-Friedrichsfelde station.
Lichtenberg was incorporated into Berlin on October 1, 1920.
The first electric S-Bahn trains stopped in Berlin-Lichtenberg on November 6, 1928, the last steam-powered ones in January of the following year. In 1938 the station got its current name.
From 1945 to 1990
The division of Germany and Berlin led to the greatest possible breakdown of the rail infrastructure after the Second World War . Therefore, the GDR Reichsbahnverwaltung had the Berlin-Lichtenberg station expanded into a long-distance station for East Berlin . As early as the 1950s, some express trains stopped at the station. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lichtenberg gradually developed into the most important long-distance train station in the GDR capital because of its efficiency and the location between the outer ring with the Biesdorfer Kreuz and the Ringbahn , which hardly required a change of direction.
The railway facilities were expanded accordingly. In 1952, a new platform was built next to the existing suburban platform , which could only be reached via an access tunnel on the E underground line . Between 1976 and 1980, during the new construction of the Lichtenberger Brücke, the station was completely renovated and received its third long-distance platform. The city express was also introduced in 1976. The S-Bahn stopped during work on a makeshift platform and after construction was completed on a new platform that had been moved to the west. The old station building was demolished in 1973/1974. Construction began on the new station building in 1978 and it was opened on December 15, 1982.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn had the marshalling yard shut down and converted into a storage yard for passenger trains .
On September 30, 1984, electric train operations began in Lichtenberg.
After 1990
In order to better connect the Friedrichsfelde S-Bahn depot located northeast of the station , plans arose after 1990 to build a second S-Bahn platform so that the station would have a total of three tracks on four platform edges. However, since the Friedrichsfelde depot was closed on April 28, 2006 (it was reopened in 2010), the plans were discarded.
After the reunification of Germany and Berlin , it became apparent that Lichtenberg train station would lose its importance in long-distance traffic. The station was unfavorable for long-distance traffic, which has since been mainly west-oriented. Nevertheless, it remained of importance for a long time during the reconstruction and rebuilding of the Berlin railway systems.
From the timetable change on May 23, 1993, ICE trains on line 6 from Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main used the Lichtenberg station temporarily. At the gates of Berlin, the Michendorf station was also approached, from where there was a shuttle service to the Zoo station . After the electrification work was completed, the ICE went straight to the Zoo station on July 4, 1993.
The station experienced a clear loss of importance with the reopening of the long-distance tracks on the Berlin Stadtbahn in May 1998. Nevertheless, it was approached by several long-distance trains, so an Intercity Express ran to Frankfurt am Main until May 2006 . Since the opening of the north-south long-distance railway tunnel in the city center, the station has only been used by individual night trains for long-distance traffic, and the most important regional express lines no longer call at the station.
In January and February 2007 the beginning and cutscenes of the movie Das Bourne Ultimatum were shot on parts of the train station and the Lichtenberger Brücke .
The federal government's economic stimulus package made it possible to install a new passenger elevator in 2010. This connects the S-Bahn platform with the subway distribution level. The construction of an elevator to long-distance platform 15/16 is planned.
The station is one of 20 main stations of the Berlin S-Bahn with local supervision.
In November 2019, a new electronic signal box was put into operation in the area of the S-Bahn . The previous Friedrichsfelde Ost stop has been part of the station since then .
Lichtenberg underground station
Underground traffic routes are being built in Berlin
The first underground train reached the station on December 21, 1930 with the opening of the underground line E from Alexanderplatz to Friedrichsfelde . At that time the station was called Lichtenberg with the addition of the Central Cemetery . Alfred Grenander designed a subway station in the New Objectivity style . Large yellow wall tiles were a characteristic feature . Like the later Magdalenenstrasse station, the station was built as a high hall with two rows of supporting pillars. Due to the installation of a false ceiling in the 1950s, the station is just 2.8 meters high; This change can be recognized by the supporting pillars, which also protrude into the pedestrian tunnel above the underground station. The north-eastern entrances to the long-distance platforms can be reached from this second level.
In 1935 the transfer point was named Bahnhof Lichtenberg . After the beginning of the Second World War , bunkers were installed in selected underground stations, including in 1940 in Lichtenberg train station.
In the Allied air raids , Lichtenberg stayed, unlike z. B. the former station Memeler Straße (since 1992 Weberwiese ) on Line E, spared from bomb hits. The flooding of long stretches of the Berlin subway network after the tunnel ceiling of the north-south railway was blown up (see: Berlin subway / history: the subway under water ) on May 2, 1945 did not affect the station.
Between 1945 and 1990
During the Battle of Berlin , the BVG stopped traffic on Line E - the information varies - on April 23, 1945 at the latest. After the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht on May 8, 1945, the clean-up and reconstruction work began. Shuttle traffic between Frankfurter Allee via Lichtenberg to Friedrichsfelde was set up on May 24th . This section of the line was almost undamaged. From June 1945 the entire line was back in operation.
During the GDR era, the importance of the subway station and that of the long-distance station grew. Nevertheless, the underground station remained structurally almost unchanged.
Renovation and modernization
It was not until the end of the 1990s, after German reunification , that it was decided that the long-neglected section of the line between Alexanderplatz and Friedrichsfelde, which has now been renamed the 'Line U5', will be rehabilitated. This work was carried out in the Frankfurter Allee - Tierpark section from June to September 2004 and enables a top speed of around 70 km / h on the route . The entire track bed was replaced - some tracks from the 1930s were still in place - and the stations themselves were completely renovated. The tiles were vandal resistant enamel plates replaced that take into account the color scheme Grenander. The new wall panels are in sun yellow and lime green. In addition, the station was moved 30 meters to the east. In addition, the station received ceiling openings to the mezzanine floor above. The underground station did not receive an elevator . This was only put into operation in mid-2013 and connects the subway platform with the distribution hall and the vestibule towards Buchberger Straße.
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Long-distance transport
The Lichtenberg station has gradually lost its once important role in long-distance traffic, especially after the reactivation of the light rail system in 1998. When the timetable change in May 2006 when Berlin Central Station went into operation , further connections were lost. After the CNL Berlin – Munich was discontinued, the offer was limited to the once a week connection Paris – Berlin – Moscow.
From December 14, 2016 until the bankruptcy on May 17, 2017, the station was the start and end point of the private long-distance train Locomore , which commuted daily between Berlin and Stuttgart . From August 24, 2017, this train continued to be operated by LEO Express in cooperation with Flixbus and ran daily from Thursday to Monday, since April 2018 under the Flixtrain brand and from June 21, 2018 up to twice a day. However, since December 15, 2019, trains no longer begin and end in Lichtenberg, but instead at Berlin Central Station , as they run from there via the Dresden Railway.
| line | course |
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| EN 452/453 | Moscow - Smolensk - Orsha - Minsk - Brest - Terespol - Warsaw - Poznań - Frankfurt - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Berlin - Erfurt - Frankfurt South - Karlsruhe - Strasbourg - Paris |
Regional traffic
The regional trains of the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn to Küstrin / Kostrzyn, Templin and Werneuchen and the DB Regio Nordost to Senftenberg and Eberswalde have been running from Lichtenberg since the 2010s . All connections run every hour. In the summer months (April – November) a single pair of trains also runs to Rheinsberg . Since spring 2016 there has been a train in each direction from Berlin to Gorzów Wlkp in cooperation with the Polish company Przewozy Regionalne . / Landsberg (Warthe) and Krzyż Wlkp. / Kreuz (Ostbahn), as well as to Zielona Góra / Grünberg in Silesia (lines RB 26 and RB 91).
On Saturdays and Sundays, a pair of trains of the so-called "culture train" of the DB Regio Nordost / Koleje Dolnośląskie runs as a direct connection between the Lichtenberg and Wrocław Gł stations.
If construction work with partial line closures takes place on railway lines within the Berlin outer ring, regional trains are occasionally rerouted with replacement stops at Lichtenberg station.
| line | Line course | Tact | EVU |
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| Culture train | Berlin-Lichtenberg - Berlin Ostkreuz - Cottbus - Forst - Żary - Żagań - Legnica - Wrocław | a pair of trains |
DB Regio Nordost Koleje Dolnośląskie |
| RB 12 | Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Berlin-Hohenschönhausen - Oranienburg - Sachsenhausen - Nassenheide - Grüneberg - Löwenberg - Zehdenick - Vogelsang - Hammelspring - Templin - Templin city | Hourly | Niederbarnimer Railway |
| RB 24 | Senftenberg - Lübben - Königs Wusterhausen - Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Berlin-Hohenschönhausen - Bernau - Rüdnitz - Biesenthal - Melchow - Eberswalde | Hourly | DB Regio Nordost |
| RB 25 | Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Ahrensfelde - Ahrensfelde Cemetery - Ahrensfelde North - Blumberg-Rehhahn - Blumberg - Seefeld - Werneuchen | Hourly | Niederbarnimer Railway |
| RB 26 | Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Berlin-Mahlsdorf - Strausberg - Herrensee - Rehfelde - Müncheberg - Obersdorf - Trebnitz - Alt Rosenthal - Seelow-Gusow - Werbig - Golzow - Gorgast - Küstrin-Kietz - Kostrzyn | Hourly | Niederbarnimer Railway |
| RB 54 | Berlin-Lichtenberg - Berlin Gesundbrunnen - Oranienburg - Löwenberg - Herzberg - Lindow - Rheinsberg | a pair of trains | Niederbarnimer Railway |
| RB 91 | Berlin-Lichtenberg - Frankfurt - Rzepin - Zielona Góra | a pair of trains | Przewozy Regionalne |
Local transport
Lichtenberg train station has connections to the S5, S7 and S75 S-Bahn lines as well as to the U5 underground line . Buses and trams operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) also run here, tram lines 21 and 37 and bus line 256 to the north of the station, and bus lines 108, 240 and 296 to the south. Night lines N5, N50 and N94 stop at Lichtenberger Brücke .
literature
- Andreas Stange: Railway junction Berlin-Lichtenberg . Verlag Bernd Neddermeyer, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941712-02-7 .
- Bernd Kuhlmann: Berlin transport hub: Berlin-Lichtenberg. In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter , Volume 37, Issue 5 (September / October 2010), pp. 117–129.
Web links
- BVG map of the station (PDF; 126 KiB)
- Berlin-Lichtenberg train station on stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Station price list 2020. In: Deutsche Bahn. Deutsche Bahn, January 1, 2020, accessed on July 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Lively neighborhood and architectural history. District Office Lichtenberg, accessed on December 2, 2013 .
- ↑ Bad times, good times . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 4, 2003.
- ↑ a b Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler, Wolfgang Kramer: Berlin's S-Bahnhöfe / A three-quarter century . be.bra verlag, Berlin 1998. ISBN 3-930863-25-1 , pp. 164/165.
- ^ New elevator for Lichtenberg train station. DB Mobility Logistics AG, December 14, 2010, archived from the original on July 19, 2012 ; Retrieved April 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Printed matter 17/15669. (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, March 19, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2015 .
- ^ Special print on La S-Bahn Berlin - S-Bahn Berlin area, commissioning ESTW-A Bln Biesdorfer Kreuz S-Bahn, November 10, 2019, DB Netz AG
- ↑ Written request from the Greens MP Michael Cramer regarding the elevator installation, list of priorities in the appendix (PDF; 166 kB), December 1, 2003, Senate Department for Urban Development.
- ↑ Markus Falkner: Large underground construction sites. In: Berliner Morgenpost , November 25, 2007.
- ^ U5-Lichtenberg - second elevator in operation, exit lock ended. Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, July 2, 2013, accessed on July 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Locomore GmbH & Co. KG has filed for bankruptcy. May 11, 2017, archived from the original on May 14, 2017 ; accessed on April 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Information about the continued operation of Locomore by LEO Express, accessed on November 2, 2017.
- ↑ Culture train - timetable. (PDF) (No longer available online.) August 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on August 27, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ From Berlin to Breslau: The culture train will run until at least next year. In: Berliner Zeitung . September 8, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 .
