Berlin-Schönefeld Airport train station
| Berlin-Schönefeld Airport | |
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 Reception building
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 3 (long-distance train) 2 (S-Bahn) |
| abbreviation | BFHS (long-distance train) BFLH (S-Bahn) |
| IBNR | 8010109 |
| Price range | 3 |
| opening | July 10, 1951 |
| Website URL | s-bahn-berlin.de |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Berlin-Schoenefeld_Airport |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Schönefeld |
| country | Brandenburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 23 '29 " N , 13 ° 30' 46" E |
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| Railway stations in Brandenburg | |
The Berlin-Schönefeld Airport station , also Berlin-Schönefeld Airport station , from autumn 2020 Berlin Brandenburg Airport Terminal 5 station is a station for S-Bahn and regional trains in the Brandenburg municipality of Schönefeld near the airport of the same name .
history
prehistory
The town of Schönefeld received its first train station on September 27, 1900, Schönefeld (Kr. Teltow) on the Neukölln-Mittenwald Railway (NME). In mid-May 1938 the construction of the Berlin Güteraußenring (GAR) began, but due to the Second World War it was built quickly and only makeshiftly. The GAR crossed the NME route in Schönefeld and also received a train station in the village, which initially only served operational purposes and was also called Schönefeld (Kr. Teltow) . After the Second World War, passenger traffic began on the section of the GAR that ran through Schönefeld, and new stations were built in the town with Schönefeld (Kr. Teltow) Mitte and Schönefeld Siedlung . Due to the Berlin blockade , the NME line was interrupted on October 25, 1948 at the city limits. On January 3, 1949, a connecting curve between NME and GAR was built in Schönefeld, and the Schönefeld train station of the NME was named Schönefeld (Kr. Teltow) Dorf .
Around 1950 the consequences of the separation of Germany and Berlin became more and more noticeable, and an efficient bypass of West Berlin was necessary. However, the GAR route could not be used for this, as it partly ran through West Berlin. On May 1, 1950, construction work began on the Berlin outer ring , which went into operation on July 1, 1951 between Genshagener Heide and Schönefeld. The official inauguration was on July 10, 1951. Since the new airport was already being built south of the town of Schönefeld, the route had to be led through the middle of the village and the village pond. East of Schönefeld, the trains still used the GAR route in the first few months; on December 10, 1951, the outer ring between Schönefeld and the Grünauer Kreuz went into operation.
The Schönefeld (b Bln) station, which opened with the outer ring on July 10, 1951, initially only served operational purposes and as a control station for the GDR border organs for access to East Berlin . Passengers were also allowed to get on and off. Nevertheless, the connection between the airport and the city remained unsatisfactory. Already at the beginning of 1959 an electric S-Bahn was planned between Schönefeld and the Grünauer Kreuz with a connection to the city center and the expansion of the control station Schönefeld (b Bln) to a connection point between air and rail traffic. However, this did not happen initially.
Airport train station
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The need to expand the airport train station grew after the Berlin Wall was built on August 13, 1961. It was no longer just about connecting the airport, but also connecting the places south of Berlin with the city center after the route through West Berlin had been interrupted. The plans for the construction of the S-Bahn to Schönefeld now had to be implemented urgently. At the end of September, construction began on the new S-Bahn line that branched off from the existing line to Königs Wusterhausen at the Grünauer Kreuz . The line and an additional platform for the S-Bahn went into operation in Schönefeld on February 26, 1962, and Schönefeld was now connected to the Berlin S-Bahn network. The former control station also became a public stop on the long-distance tracks. In the same year, the station was renamed twice: first to Schönefeld Central Airport (March 25, 1962), then to Berlin-Schönefeld Central Airport . In connection with the renaming of the airport, the station was renamed Berlin-Schönefeld Airport on June 1, 1976 .
Despite the subsequent construction of a terminal building and ticket issuing, the station remained only a temporary facility for a long time. The infrastructure fulfilled neither the representative functions as the entrance gate to the GDR capital nor the practical functions that were necessary for an important transfer station in the GDR. As for the airport itself, there were a number of renovation plans that were not implemented for years. In 1976 the airport received a new terminal building, the “New Passenger Terminal”, which was built at a considerable distance from the train station. Projects discussed at the time, such as the swiveling of the S-Bahn to the new terminal or the construction of an underground train between the station and the terminal building, were not tackled. In addition, compounds here considered the most significant DR Fernzugangebotes Städteexpress .
In the summer of 1978, the complete renovation of the station began. Broadened and covered platforms were built; a pedestrian tunnel instead of the bridge was put into operation together with a new station building on June 29, 1984. The S-Bahn platform followed on December 14, 1984. On 25/26. March 1983 a new track diagram interlocking went into operation, on May 28 of the same year electrical operation on the long-distance tracks began.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the importance of the station has gradually decreased. Until the opening of the new north-south long-distance railway tunnel in Berlin city center on May 28, 2006, all trains from Berlin to Dresden and Halle / Leipzig were still running via the airport train station. After that, most of the traffic was relocated to the shorter north-south long-distance line to the new Berlin Central Station .
A new terminal was built during the current expansion of Berlin-Schönefeld Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport . The new airport train station was built underneath . It is planned that regional traffic will approach the new station; the old Schönefeld station will only be in operation for the S-Bahn and will then be called Schönefeld (b Berlin) again .
In September 2014 it was announced that the station building would be demolished. Many shops inside the building were already empty.
On October 15, 2014, the station building was "pulled empty" and closed. Access to the platforms is only possible via the external stairs and ramps. From autumn 2015 it was used again as a contact point for refugees who arrived in Schönefeld by special trains. After the number of refugees declined in 2016, it was also provided as a reserve for the future in case the number of refugees rose again. A decision about a later demolition had not yet been made in December 2016.
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Until the opening of the new Berlin Central Station in June 2006, trains coming from Halle / Leipzig and Dresden were directed via the Berlin outer ring first to Schönefeld and from there on to the Stadtbahn . The restart of the Anhalter Bahn makes this detour superfluous, which means that almost all long-distance traffic connections are routed via the Berlin Südkreuz station .
With the opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport , the [outdated] S-Bahn lines are to be extended to the new, underground airport station. All regional and long-distance trains will then also be routed through this station and no longer through the Berlin-Schönefeld Airport station. At the same time, the station is to be renamed Berlin Brandenburg Airport Terminal 5 .
literature
- Bernd Kuhlmann: Schönefeld near Berlin. One office, one airport and eleven train stations. GVE, Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-89218-038-5 .
- Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler, Wolfgang Kramer: Berlin's S-Bahnhöfe / A three-quarters of a century. be.bra verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-930863-25-1 , p. 76, p. 262/263 and p. 360.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ In some cases, the railway's automatic loudspeaker announcements have already been changed to this name
- ^ Bernd Kuhlmann: Schönefeld near Berlin. One office, one airport and eleven train stations. GVE, Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-89218-038-5 , p. 16.
- ^ Bernd Kuhlmann: Schönefeld near Berlin. One office, one airport and eleven train stations. GVE, Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-89218-038-5 , pp. 26/27.
- ^ Bernd Kuhlmann: Schönefeld near Berlin. One office, one airport and eleven train stations. GVE, Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-89218-038-5 , pp. 48-51.
- ↑ a b c Bernd Kuhlmann: Schönefeld near Berlin. One office, one airport and eleven train stations. GVE, Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-89218-038-5 , pp. 53-56.
- ↑ a b c Bernd Kuhlmann: Schönefeld near Berlin. One office, one airport and eleven train stations. GVE, Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-89218-038-5 , pp. 60-66.
- ↑ Schönefeld station is being demolished . In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Bahn-Report , 6/2015, p. 36.
- ↑ "FLUG AF SC ÖN LD": A funny lettering and the solution. December 14, 2016, accessed October 25, 2017 .