Berlin Mexikoplatz train station
Berlin Mexikoplatz | |
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Station building
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Operating point type | Breakpoint |
Platform tracks | 2 |
abbreviation | BMEX |
IBNR | 8089023 |
Price range | 4th |
opening |
February 1, 1985 |
November 1, 1904
Conveyance | September 18, 1980 |
Architectural data | |
Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
architect | Gustav Hart and Alfred Lesser |
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City / municipality | Berlin |
Place / district | Zehlendorf |
country | Berlin |
Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 52 ° 26 '15 " N , 13 ° 13' 57" E |
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Railway stations in Berlin |
The Berlin Mexikoplatz station is located in the southwestern Berlin district of Zehlendorf and is from the line S1 of the Berlin S-Bahn approached. It takes its name from the square of the same name in front of it . The Art Nouveau railway station with its distinctive dome is now a listed building . In operation Jobs Directory Berlin Mexico place is as BMEX out.
history
Built according to plans by the architects Hart & Lesser , the station was opened on November 1, 1904 under the name Zehlendorf-Beerenstraße . Seven years later, on December 15, 1911, the name was first changed to Zehlendorf-West . On May 15, 1933, the station was converted to electric train operation.
An interesting detail is a decorative wrought iron emblem with the letters "KPEV" on the railway bridge over Lindenthaler Allee, which is immediately adjacent to the northwest. The letters of this emblem, which used to be widespread in different variants, stand for the Royal Prussian Railway Administration , which indicated that it belonged to the Prussian State Railways .
The bridge was one of the first in Germany to be checked in March 1934 with the aid of the X-ray bridge measurement train, which revealed welds stuck together with locksmith putty under the paint. The reconstruction of the bridge railing with the decorative coat of arms was carried out in connection with the restoration of the entire square on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987 by the architecture office Stuhlemmer.
The second renaming took place at the end of the 1950s. From September 28, 1958, the station was called Lindenthaler Allee . On September 18, 1980, the station was shut down after the Reichsbahn workers' strike .
On February 1, 1985, the station was reopened by the BVG . Two years later, in January 1987, the third, still valid, renaming took place in Mexikoplatz S-Bahn station . The eponymous square was given its current name on September 23, 1959. In the meantime, the BVG also used the spelling Mexicoplatz (with "c").
On June 1, 2001, the federal railway assets sold the station building to two Berlin businessmen. The station's own bookstore, an institution with a 25-year tradition that regularly held readings and discussion forums in the hall, was closed. The citizens' initiative Kulturbahnhof Mexikoplatz campaigned unsuccessfully to maintain the station “as a cultural meeting point”.
future
After the planned extension of the U3 line , the Mexikoplatz station would gain importance as a transfer point between the S-Bahn ( Wannseebahn ) and the U-Bahn . Despite the stipulation in land use plans, the execution of the planning is uncertain. It is planned that the trains will end at the underground station on the platform and return from there, similar to the Ruhleben station ( line U2 ) and Innsbrucker Platz ( line U4 ). The sweeping system at Krumme Lanke train station should remain in place. A possible further extension of the U3 line beyond Mexikoplatz in the direction of Kleinmachnow was abandoned due to the forecast low number of passengers.
Connection
The S-Bahn station is used by the S1 line of the S-Bahn as part of the former Wannseebahn . There are transfer options to the bus lines of the BVG and the Havelbus Verkehrsgesellschaft .
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- Mexikoplatz 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 .
- ^ The second railway strike in 1980 on stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de