Berlin Ostkreuz train station

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Berlin Ostkreuz
Ostkreuz station in March 2012
Ostkreuz station in March 2012
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Design Tower station
Platform tracks 6 (regional traffic)
6 (S-Bahn)
abbreviation BOK
BOK F (Ringbahn)
BOK A (Südringkurve)
BOK D (towards Lichtenberg)
BOK E (towards Erkner)
IBNR 8089028 (S-Bahn)
8011162 (regional train)
Price range 3
opening February 7, 1882
Website URL sbahn.berlin
Profile on Bahnhof.de Ostkreuz
Architectural data
architect JSK (conversion)
location
City / municipality Berlin
Place / district Friedrichshain
country Berlin
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 30 '11 "  N , 13 ° 28' 8"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '11 "  N , 13 ° 28' 8"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Berlin
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The Berlin Ostkreuz station is the busiest rail transfer station in Berlin . Most of it lies in the east of the Friedrichshain district , some parts are already in the Rummelsburg district . In Turmbahnhof Ostkreuz the cross Silesian web and the Ostbahnstrasse on the lower level with the Berliner Ring web on the upper level.

The station was completely rebuilt between 2006 and 2018 while operations continued. The work was originally supposed to be completed in 2016. After several delays, full operation began in December 2018. While only trains of the Berlin S-Bahn stopped for many decades , Ostkreuz station has also been a stop for regional traffic since December 2015 .

It is one of the most frequented train stations in Germany both in terms of the number of departing passenger trains and the number of passengers. With around 235,000 travelers daily (as of 2018), it is the busiest station in Berlin's S-Bahn network.

history

prehistory

Platform E with arriving train, left platform D, above platform F, 1981
Ring platform F (above) and Erkner platform E, 1991

A level crossing point in the area of ​​the later Ostkreuz station was created in 1871 with the commissioning of the Ringbahn, which crosses the tracks of the Silesian Railway, which has been in service since 1842, and the Eastern Railway, which has been in service since 1867. In addition, two connecting curves from the Ringbahn (then: Berlin Connection Railway) to the tracks in the direction of the city added the railway system. Initially, they were used exclusively for freight traffic, until passenger traffic from the newly built Stralau station via the Südringkurve to the Lower Silesian-Märkische station (today Ostbahnhof) was started on January 1, 1872.

At that time there was no train station at the intersection of the railway lines. Instead, a transfer station was built south of it at the confluence of the connecting curve. It was initially named Lower Silesian-Märkischer Anschluss and was renamed Stralau in April 1872 . There were connections between the passenger trains on the Berlin connecting line and feeder trains from and to the Lower Silesian-Märkisches Bahnhof .

Around 1880, the railway systems in this area were completely rebuilt. While the Eastern Railway and the Lower Silesian-Märkische Railway were previously run in parallel and ended in separate stations, the renovation merged both lines east of the connecting curves to form the Ringbahn. Passenger traffic on both lines was routed to the Lower Silesian-Märkisches Bahnhof (later just called Schlesischer Bahnhof ), and the old Ostbahnhof has only served freight traffic since then. Two connecting lines connected the newly built marshalling yards in Lichtenberg-Friedrichsfelde and Rummelsburg to the Ringbahn. Previously, the freight trains on the routes from the east had to circle line cumbersome Niederschlesisch-Märkischen Station make head .

In connection with the elevation of the tracks in the Lower Silesian-Märkisches Bahnhof, the passenger tracks leading from there to the east were also rebuilt. The southern pair of tracks served the traffic to the Ostbahn and the Lower Silesian-Märkische Bahn, which branched out in the area of ​​the intersection with the Ringbahn. The northern pair of tracks was created in a slightly different location than the earlier connecting curves. It was only used for suburban traffic and provided the connection to the Ringbahn in northern and southern directions September 1879. In connection with the construction work, passenger traffic has meanwhile been relocated to the old Ostbahnhof. In July 1880 the Lower Silesian-Märkische Bahnhof went back into operation for passenger traffic, followed by further construction work in connection with the connection to the Berlin light rail . When it went into operation on February 7, 1882, the Stralau-Rummelsburg station was also opened.

Stralau-Rummelsburg station

The station was named after the neighboring villages of Stralau and Rummelsburg . The stops Stralau on the Ringbahn and Rummelsburg on the Lower Silesian-Märkische Bahn were closed with the opening of the new station. The station was a common passenger train station of the Ostbahn, the Lower Silesian-Märkische Bahn and the Ringbahn. He owned a platform (later platform A) between the two connecting curves, an intermediate platform on each of the connecting curves for the opposite direction and a side and intermediate platform on the tracks of the Lower Silesian-Märkische Bahn. There was no platform on the Ostbahn tracks, the trains stopped at the platforms of the Lower Silesian-Märkische Bahn. There was a track change east of the station, another track change was at today's Modersohn Bridge west of the station. There was no platform on the continuous ring train tracks, there was no passenger traffic. The suburban trains of the Ringbahn traveled both from the north and the south via the connecting curves in the Stralau-Rummelsburg station on the light rail, in the opposite direction. In addition, Stralau-Rummelsburg was the end / starting point of further trains from the Stadtbahn and back.

The later platforms B and C were opened in 1896 on the outside of the two connecting curves and replaced the existing intermediate platforms. They were built in connection with increased traffic demand during the Berlin trade fair in Treptow in 1896.

The first major renovation of the station

Railway facilities around Stralau-Rummelsburg after the renovation around 1900; Planning status 1896

At the beginning of the 20th century, the station and the railway systems to the east were rebuilt. The reason was that the branching of the Eastern Railway and the Silesian Railway at the same level at the station was an obstacle to the growing traffic. To the east of the station, the tracks for long-distance traffic were separated from those for suburban traffic, and both routes were moved to an elevated position. The Eastern Railway received two suburban tracks and a freight track running north of it, while the long-distance traffic of the Eastern Railway was led to the Silesian Railway via the VnK line . On the Silesian Railway, the suburban and long-distance tracks were separated. In the Stralau-Rummelsburg station, the suburban tracks of the Stadtbahn were connected with those of the Ostbahn and Silesian Railway. The associated platforms were put into operation on October 1, 1903 (Ostbahn, platform D) and April 18, 1903 (Silesian Railway, platform E). The new platform F on the Ringbahn in the upper part of the station went into operation on May 1, 1903. In this context, the station also received a new reception building on the west side of platform D at the entrance to the upper platforms A, B and C. Since the renovation, direct suburban trains have also run from the Eastern Railway and the Silesian Railway to the suburban tracks of the light rail, as well Since then, suburban trains have been on the Ringbahn via the upper platform of the station.

With the renovation at the beginning of the 20th century, the core of the station was given the shape under which it was known for over 100 years. Some renovations took place from 1923 onwards based on designs by Richard Brademann . A pedestrian bridge was built over platforms D and E with exits to Hauptstrasse and Sonntagstrasse, and two buildings for ticket issuance were built at the ends.

In 1928 and 1929, electrical operation was gradually started on all suburban routes, and in the following year the Berlin S-Bahn emerged. A rectifier plant was built on Markgrafendamm south of the station . The platforms were raised to 96 centimeters.

Ostkreuz station after 1933

Rush of passengers on platform D, 1967

On March 15, 1933, the station was renamed Ostkreuz , corresponding to the Westkreuz station, which had been renamed a year earlier . According to the plans in the time of National Socialism to convert Berlin into the " World Capital Germania ", a large long-distance station, the Ostbahnhof, was to be built in the area of ​​the Ostkreuz station. Nine long-distance platforms were planned east of the Ringbahn. For the S-Bahn traffic, three instead of the previous two platforms were planned in the lower part, and another new S-Bahn platform was planned to replace the wedge platform A on the curve connecting the city railway to the southern ring line.

During the Second World War , the facilities were badly damaged by bombs. From June 1945 train operations were gradually resumed. The two S-Bahn tracks of the Silesian Railway were initially removed as part of the dismantling after the end of World War II, so that the trains had to stop at temporary platforms on the long-distance railway tracks until the (initially single-track) reconstruction in January 1948. The Südringkurve went out of service from February / March 1945 - probably as a result of heavy air raids - and was only accessible again from August 1946.

With the division of Berlin, the importance of the train station in terms of transport increased further, as a number of connections through the city were no longer accessible at the latest with the construction of the Berlin Wall . In addition, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, new large residential areas emerged in the east of the city, which were accessed via the S-Bahn.

The outer platforms of the north and south ring curves were closed in 1970 and 1966 due to structural defects and later removed. Scheduled passenger traffic on the Nordringkurve was discontinued in 1994. Until May 2006, the northern track was still used for occasional transfers and special trips. Then the track system was removed and later the embankment was also removed.

Reconstruction of the station from 2006

prehistory

Systems before the start of the renovation

The station had been in dire need of renovation for decades and, due to the narrow stairs, did not meet the requirements of rush hour traffic. For a long time there have been considerations about the conversion in order to make the important transfer station more usable. In the mid-1950s, the Berliner Zeitung asked its readers to take part in a survey to improve the structural situation. As a result, the Deutsche Reichsbahn announced in early 1956 that the stairs from the ring platform to the lower platform D should be widened by one meter. For further measures beyond this “small solution”, however, a complete renovation of the station would practically be necessary. There were still major renovation plans. In 1957 it was considered to build a second ring platform west of the existing one to relieve traffic. In 1959 it was announced that reconstruction of the station would begin in 1962 or 1963. A six-meter-wide tunnel under the lower platforms with wide stairs to them was supposed to connect the two station access buildings. The construction of escalators was also planned. It was expected to cost 7.5 million marks. In 1986 Erich Honecker announced the start of the "complex reconstruction" of the Ostkreuz S-Bahn junction for the period up to 1990.

Ultimately, the Reichsbahn shied away from the complexity and high costs. The station remained without major changes for decades and was ironically referred to as the "rust cross".

planning

Planned facilities after completion of the renovation in 2018

Concrete plans for the renovation of the Ostkreuz station were taken after German reunification as part of the overall project “Expansion of the Berlin Railway Hubs”. This project was identified in the requirement plan for the federal railways as an "urgent need" with the aim of increasing the efficiency of the networks of long-distance, regional and S-Bahn in Berlin and significantly improving urban local transport.

On October 30, 2006, the Federal Railway Authority issued the planning approval decision for the first section of the project. On September 19, 2012, the building permit for the second planning approval phase was granted. This essentially comprises the railway facilities along the main road to Schlichtallee including the southern overpass over Karlshorster Strasse.

The converted railway facilities went fully into operation in December 2018.

After the refurbishment of the station, traffic planners expect over 123,000 users per day.

In addition, there are ideas on the part of the Berlin public transport , the metro line U1 to extend until Ostkreuz. The U1 would connect large parts of Kreuzberg to the eastern S-Bahn ring . The project could be implemented after 2020 at the earliest.

The construction project

Bridges of the old Südringkurve before demolition, 2005

In addition to the actual Ostkreuz station, the project also includes the tracks in a west-east direction between Ostbahnhof and Nöldnerplatz or Rummelsburg, including the reconstruction of Warschauer Straße station and the tracks in north-south direction up to Treptower Park station .

The conversion is equivalent to a new building that is carried out while the train is in operation and therefore took over ten years to complete. All the main facilities of the station, such as platforms, stairs, bridges and track systems were completely renovated or newly built. Among other things, 12 elevators and 17 escalators were installed and new entrances were established from all four surrounding city quarters. Because of the monument protection requirements , compromises had to be made to preserve the historical building fabric.

The facilities of the new station differ in many ways from those of the old one:

  • Before the renovation, the S-Bahn trains on the lines to and from Erkner and those via Lichtenberg stopped at separate platforms. Both lines only joined east of the Ostbahnhof. Since the renovation, the two lower platforms have been operated in one- way traffic . The trains in the direction of the city center stop on the northern platform and in the opposite direction on the southern platform. The track from the direction of Erkner crosses the track to Lichtenberg on a bridge structure east of the platforms.
  • The lower S-Bahn platforms were moved to the east under the ring platform.
  • The ring platform was rebuilt roughly in the old location, but significantly wider, and got a platform hall.
  • There is no longer a platform at the curve connecting the southern ring line to the light rail.
  • At the Silesian Railway (south of the S-Bahn) a regional platform was built for trains in an east-west direction.
  • Two regional platforms were also built on the tracks of the Ostbahn (north of the S-Bahn).
  • Another regional platform was built in the upper part of the station on the Ringbahn.
  • For the planned extension of the federal highway 100 (Berlin city ring, 17th construction phase), the provision for a tunnel section was set up under the tracks of the city railway level. This is 130 meters long and consists of a 3000 m² reinforced concrete ceiling that rests on 20 to 30 meters deep diaphragm walls . The actual motorway tunnel can be built later without further impairment of rail traffic in the protection of the provision.
  • The tram , which now runs through Boxhagener Straße , will in future reach Ostkreuz station directly and stop in the northern area under the platform of the Ringbahn. The aim is to shorten the transfer times and bring feeder traffic directly from the surrounding residential areas.

Construction process

New construction of the Ringbahnhalle, April 2011
Platform D (left) on the last day of operation, May 8, 2013
Construction site Südringkurve, July 2015
State in November 2018

In the spring and summer of 2006 preparatory measures took place, old barracks were demolished and vegetation removed. The symbolic groundbreaking ceremony was planned for January 16, 2007, but was postponed due to scheduling difficulties. The construction work began with the new construction of the bridge on which Kynaststraße runs east of the station over the tracks. In February 2008, a temporary pedestrian bridge went into operation, which connects the entrances to the station with platforms D and E. It replaces the listed old bridge, which is to be rebuilt true to the original after the station has been completed after being demolished due to the construction work.

In the course of the modernization of the Ostkreuz station, platform A went out of service on August 28, 2009, and the old south curve was later torn down. On August 31, 2009, the old ring platform F was partially shut down and on September 11 completely. The tracks of the Ringbahn were swiveled to the provisional regional platform. The shell of the station hall on the S-Bahn tracks of the Ringbahn was completed at the end of 2011 and put into operation on April 16, 2012. Regional traffic on the Ring was started in December 2015 after a one-year construction delay.

All regional trains using the Stadtbahn stop at the new lower regional platform on the Silesian Railway. The upper regional platform was originally supposed to go into operation in 2014. After delays in construction, it was put into operation on December 13, 2015.

In May 2013, the newly built platform Rn1 was put into operation. During the construction period until 2017, the S-Bahn trains traveling into the city stopped there. Since December 2018 this has served as a regional platform for trains on the Eastern Railway. Platform D went out of service at the same time and was then rebuilt.

The regional platform Ru on the tram level went into operation on June 30, 2014 and was initially used by the S-Bahn line S3 during construction work on S-Bahn platform E.

On October 7, 2014, the new platform D was put into operation. The S-Bahn trains running towards Lichtenberg initially stopped here at the northern edge of the platform. On the platform, a reconstructed listed supervisory building and two historic roof supports at the western end of the platform are reminiscent of the old Ostkreuz. In this context, platform E went out of service and was then rebuilt.

In summer 2016, the reconstruction of the historic pedestrian bridge that spans the lower platforms at its western end began. Furthermore, the dam on the north ring curve including the bridge over the Sonntagstraße access was demolished.

In August 2016, train handling by the driver using the driver's cab monitor (ZAT-FM) went into operation on the then track in the direction of Lichtenberg (platform D) .

Major parts of the renovation project were completed by the end of 2017. With the commissioning of the renewed platform E on August 21, 2017, the S-Bahn line S3 - now  operating in one direction - will run through to the city center again, although there were significant operational problems to complain about at the beginning. Since August 2017, a new electronic interlocking has been controlling the S-Bahn tracks on the Stadtbahn level between Ostbahnhof and Rummelsburg or Nöldnerplatz, and the routes have been equipped with the new S-Bahn Berlin (ZBS) train control system.

The assembly of the 22 individual parts of the steel bridges of the south ring curve using the incremental launching method began at the beginning of 2015; a total of 21.4 million euros were invested in the new construction of the south ring curve. Since December 10, 2017, line S9 has been running again via the newly constructed curve, but without stopping past Ostkreuz station. At the same time, the Ru platform went into operation as a regional stop for the RE1, RE2, RE7 and RB14 lines and, in this context, the Berlin-Karlshorst regional train station was taken out of service.

The four-track infrastructure of the S-Bahn between Ostbahnhof and Ostkreuz went into operation on December 6th, and - like the four S-Bahn platform edges - has been in regular and directional use since December 9th.

The inauguration of the pedestrian bridge and platforms Rn1 and Rn2 on the Ostbahn took place on December 9, 2018; the tracks there are not electrified . Since then, trains on line RB26 and some of trains on RB12 and RB25 have started and ended at these platforms. The reconstruction of the historic station building at the northern end of the pedestrian bridge and the design of the forecourt had not yet started.

The commissioning of the new tram line was originally planned for 2016. In autumn 2015, the year 2019 was named as the opening date of the tram route. The project is controversial among some of the residents, so that the design for the planning approval in January 2018 raised over a thousand objections. The construction is delayed accordingly, so that a date at the beginning of 2021 is no longer seen as realistic.

costs

In 1998 the planned costs were 726 million marks.

According to Deutsche Bahn's medium-term plan (as of April 2007), 62.6 million euros should be invested in the project by 2010. In the investment master plan for the federal transport infrastructure up to 2010 , investments of 143.1 million euros were planned for the project (cost status: 2006). Up to 2005 a total of 9.6 million euros had been spent. Between 2006 and 2010 federal funds amounting to 75.2 million euros were to be invested. Beyond this period there was a financing requirement of 58.4 million euros (federal funds from 2011, own funds DB AG and contributions from third parties from 2006).

In 2006, 411 million euros were given. In 2013, the planned costs of the overall project (including the renovation of the Warschauer Strasse station) are 411 million euros, with a further six million euros for work on the Ostbahnhof that has been arranged at a later date.

The roofing of the upper regional platform is being financed by the Senate with 1.5 million euros from funds that were withheld due to the operational restrictions of the Berlin S-Bahn .

The federal government is financing the advance payments for the extension of the A 100 with 16 million euros.

Citizen participation

The renovation of the Ostkreuz station is being critically accompanied by the initiatives surrounding the Ostkreuz . The network of more than 15 citizens' initiatives was formed in January 2010 to represent the interests of the residents and to give impulses for the renovation and development of the area around the station. You demand u. a. Better crossing of the station for cyclists and wheelchair users as well as pedestrians with prams, noise protection for the residents during and after the renovation and a say in the design of the station forecourt.

criticism

The design of the converted station will - u. a. by the Berlin passenger association IGEB  - criticized in various ways. It is criticized that the platform in the Ringbahnhalle is not able to cope with the flow of passengers in spite of its considerably larger size. The reason for this is z. B. the disproportionate occupancy of the platform with sales pavilions, billboards and other platform furniture. On the other hand, there is a lack of clearly visible signage and public toilet facilities. There are also regular queues in front of the two ticket machines in the Ringbahnhalle. In addition, the poor cleanliness of the station facilities is regularly criticized.

In addition, Deutsche Bahn decided not to install some of the escalators originally planned and to build a long roof on the lower regional platform in order to save costs. Instead of the hall initially planned for the upper regional platform, only a simple roof was created, which had to be financed by the Berlin Senate. Further restrictions - especially for passengers with restricted mobility - result from the failure of the newly installed elevator systems, which sometimes lasts for months.

The placement of “faceless glass boxes for sales purposes” on the lower S-Bahn platforms is also criticized, as this destroys the impression of space and the platform widths are restricted to the permitted limit despite the high number of passengers. Instead, the historic OKO signal box at the eastern end of platform E, which was originally intended for preservation, was demolished instead of being re-used.

Investments

Routes and operating points

The following table gives an overview of the routes in the area of ​​Berlin Ostkreuz and the operating points located at them (stations and parts of the station). The route number in the directory of locally permissible speeds (VzG), the route, the type (long-distance train or S-Bahn) and the operating locations in the state in the early 2000s before the reconstruction of the station and after its completion are given. The abbreviation in the operating point directory , the name and the type ( station or part of the station ) of the operating point are given.

stretch Operations before renovation Operations after renovation Remarks
VzG no. route Type Abbreviation Surname Art Abbreviation Surname Art
lower level from north to south
6078 Eastern Railway F. no BOKO Berlin Ostkreuz (Ostbahn) Bf Freight and transfer track, from 2018 regional traffic with train station; Tracks not electrified
6006 Eastern Railway S. BOK D Berlin Ostkreuz Bstg D Bft BOKS Berlin Ostkreuz (S-Bahn) Bf from 2017 separation of the S-Bahn lines to Lichtenberg and Erkner only in Ostkreuz
6004 Silesian Railway S. BOK E Berlin Ostkreuz Bstg E Bft
6153 Silesian Railway F. no BOKR Ostkreuz (Stadtbahn-F) Bft from 2017 regional traffic
6152 Silesian Railway F. no no third track to Rummelsburg
upper level east side (Ringbahn)
6020 Berlin Ringbahn S. BOK F Berlin Ostkreuz Bstg F Bft BOK Berlin Ostkreuz (Ringbahn-S) Bf
6170 Berlin Ringbahn F. BOKN Ostkreuz North Bf BOKN Ostkreuz (Ringbahn-F) Bf before the renovation of the station north of the platforms at the branch of the line to Lichtenberg, after the renovation including the regional train station, the old abbreviation remains
6139 Connection to Lichtenberg F.
Upper level west side (connecting lines of the city railway - ring railway)
6003 North ring curve S. BOK A Berlin Ostkreuz Bstg A Bft no Decommissioned in 2006, later dismantled
6007 Südringkurve S. no The curve went out of service in 2009, was demolished and rebuilt, restarted in December 2017

Before the renovation, the S-Bahn stations of the Stadt- und Ringbahn were parts of the Berlin Ostkreuz (BOK) station. The S-Bahn stop (BOK A) at the connecting curves was part of the Warschauer Strasse station . After the renovation, the S-Bahn stations of the Stadtbahn and Ringbahn became independent train stations, whereby the old abbreviation BOK was taken over from the Ringbahn station.

The railway systems of the long-distance railway in the area of ​​the Ringbahn were also operated as part of the Ostkreuz station until the 1990s. In the last few years before the renovation, they formed their own Berlin Ostkreuz Nord (BOKN) train station.

The S-Bahn station Berlin-Rummelsburg (BRH) is part of the station Berlin Ostkreuz or after the renovation of the station Berlin Ostkreuz (S-Bahn). In May 2016, the former S-Bahn station Frankfurter Allee was converted into the station part of Berlin Ostkreuz station (Ringbahn-S).

Platforms (before 2006)

Platforms E and D in 2006, in the background the connecting curve to the southern ring and platform A

The original Stralau-Rummelsburg station, opened in 1882, primarily served suburban traffic via the connecting curves between the Stadtbahn and the Ringbahn. There were also platforms on the long-distance tracks of the Schlesischer and Ostbahn, which only separated east of the station. Presumably there was a house platform on the northern track and an intermediate platform on the southern. There was also a freight track of the Eastern Railway to the north and a freight track of the Silesian Railway south of the remaining tracks.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the long-distance and suburban tracks were separated from the Eastern Railway and the Silesian Railway. The lower platforms D and E on the routes to Lichtenberg and Erkner as well as the upper ring platform F date from this time. The tracks on the upper platforms (A, B, C and F) were about six meters above the level of the lower platforms (D and E).

The long-distance tracks of the Silesian Railway were laid south of the lower platforms, where there were no longer any stops in Ostkreuz. The long-distance tracks of the Ringbahn are east of the S-Bahn platform. Before the renovation, in addition to the two long-distance tracks, there were connections to the brake works in Stralau and the Osthafen . The siding to the port crossed under the tracks of the Ringbahn in a tunnel south of the station (see Osthafen tunnel ).

Platform A

Platform A at the connecting curves to the Nordring (to the left) and Südring, 1991

This platform was in operation from 1882 to 2009 with a few modifications. The wedge-shaped S-Bahn platform was located in an elevated position to the west of platforms D and E on the connecting curves that connected the tracks coming from the light rail with the circular railway. The platform roof rested on single-legged, riveted steel girders. The trains from the light rail to the northern ring stopped at the northern edge of the platform, and those from the southern ring to the light rail stopped at the southern edge. Passenger traffic to the north ended in 1994, until 2006 there were occasional special and diversion trips. On August 28, 2009, the traffic on the southern side of the platform also ended. The Südringkurve was removed for the station renovation and rebuilt, the platform was also removed. Since then, there has been no platform on the rebuilt connecting curve to the Südring.

Ramps led to the platform and the adjoining station building from Simplonstrasse in the north and from Markgrafendamm in the south. With the construction of the pedestrian bridge and the two entrance structures on Sonntagstrasse and Markgrafendamm, the platform was accessible from the bridge via footbridges that branched off from it. After the footbridges were destroyed, the station was only accessible by stairs from platforms D and E.

Platforms B and C

Platform D, 2007

The S-Bahn platforms were on the outside of the connecting curves. Platform B was on the north ring curve track leading into the city, platform C on the south ring curve track leading towards Treptower Park. They were connected to platform A by a short tunnel.

Platform C was built in 1895/1896 as part of the Berlin trade exhibition in Treptower Park. On April 12, 1966 it went out of service due to disrepair, as did platform B in the same year. The trains in the direction of the Südring or from the Nordring have since then passed without stopping, while the trains in the opposite direction continued to stop at platform A. In 1970 (platform B) and in November 1978 (platform C) their remains were removed.

Platform D

Platform E, 2007

The S-Bahn platform was at ground level on the S-Bahn tracks of the Eastern Railway from the Stadtbahn to Lichtenberg, which ran in an east-west direction. It was located between the wedge platform A in the west and the ring platform F in the west, with no platforms on top of each other. The platform was unusually wide because the connecting curves to the ring between the tracks to Lichtenberg were not threaded. At its western end was the station building, which was destroyed in 1945.

The original roof of platform D rested on single-stem, riveted steel girders.

Platform D went out of service on May 8, 2013 and was then replaced by a new building.

Platform E

The S-Bahn platform is parallel to Platform D, also at street level on the S-Bahn tracks of the Silesian Railway from the Stadtbahn to Erkner.

The original platform roof was supported by pairs of cast iron columns in Art Nouveau shapes.

It went out of operation in July 2014 and was then replaced by a new building.

Platform F

Old ring platform F, to the left of it the long-distance tracks and the former freight tracks to the Osthafen and Stralau , 1992

The S-Bahn platform of the Ringbahn lay in a north-south direction on a bridge over the tracks of the Stadtbahn level east of the lower platforms. and ran in a north-south direction.

The platform roof was supported by columns made of cast iron in Art Nouveau shapes, arranged in pairs .

The platform was demolished after the opening of the regional platform in 2009 and replaced by a new building in the following years.

Platforms after the renovation

The new lower platforms D and E were moved significantly to the east and are partly under the platforms of the Ringbahn, but well away from the connecting curve, which was also not given a platform for this reason. The S-Bahn platform of the Ringbahn was rebuilt in a roughly old location. The station facility is being supplemented by several new regional platforms.

Platform D

The new platform D is a directional platform for trains from Erkner and Lichtenberg towards the city center. The observation house and the platform roof were rebuilt based on the historical shape of the old platform D. In October 2014 it went into operation provisionally with a platform edge for the trains in the direction of Lichtenberg, since August 2017 the trains in the direction of the city center have stopped here.

Platform E

S-Bahn trains going out of town have been stopping at the new platform E since August 2017. Here, too, the supervisory house and the platform roof were erected based on the old platform.

Platform F

Ringbahnhalle, 2012

The S-Bahn platform of the Ringbahn was built in a similar location to its predecessor, but significantly wider. The track bridges, the new platform and a platform hall were built by 2011. The platform was put back into operation on April 16, 2012. The west side of the Ringbahnhalle has had the OSTKREUZ logo since August 2017 .

Since mid-2016, train handling has been carried out on platform F by the driver using a driver's cab monitor (ZAT-FM).

Regional platform above (Ro)

Regional platform on the Ringbahn 2016, view to the north

The platform with the internal abbreviation Ro was built in 2009 as a regional platform on the Ringbahn. The S-Bahn temporarily stopped at the regional platform until March 30, 2012, when this platform was taken out of service for further construction work. On December 13, 2015, it was opened for regional traffic.

Regional platform below (Ru)

The lower regional platform south of the S-Bahn tracks has been served by regional transport on the Frankfurt Railway to and from the Stadtbahn since December 10, 2017. Long-distance trains also stop here and there. After its construction, it was initially used provisionally for the S-Bahn in the direction of Erkner since July 2014 and then rebuilt.

Regional platform Ostbahn (Rn1)

The first of two planned regional platforms north of the S-Bahn tracks was built from 2012 and provisionally went into operation on May 13, 2013. It is an outside platform at the northern entrance on Sonntagstraße. During the construction period, the S-Bahn trains from the direction of Lichtenberg stopped at it. The start-up for regional traffic on the Ostbahn was at the end of 2018. The track there is not electrified .

Regional platform Ostbahn (Rn2)

Also at the end of 2018, another platform south of Rn1 went into operation for regional trains starting and ending in Ostkreuz to and from Lichtenberg. This track is also not electrified .

Reception building

The station building, built in 1903, was on the west side of platform D at the entrance to the oldest part of the station with platform A. It was destroyed in the Second World War. Its location was still recognizable on the west side of platform D, which was unusually wide in this area.

Small access structures were later built at the entrances to Sonntagsstrasse and Markgrafendamm.

footbridge

Pedestrian bridge over platforms E (front) and D, 1992

The covered pedestrian bridge, built according to plans by Richard Brademann in 1923 and 1926, connected platforms D and E in its western part and had exits to Hauptstrasse and Sonntagstrasse. Originally there was also a direct transition from the bridge over a footbridge to platform A, which was destroyed in the Second World War.

In the course of the station renovation, the bridge was demolished and replaced by a makeshift pedestrian bridge. From April 2016 to December 2018, a new building was built at the same location based on the historical model with additional exits to the newly added platforms Rn2 and Ru, including preserved historical bridge supports and lattice girders in the area of ​​platform D. The stairs as well as the supports and the abutments were built in reinforced concrete, as was the Sonntagstraße staircase, which is to be provided with a toilet facility on the ground floor. The windows were built according to the historical model - but according to the current standard in metal and with safety glazing - the superstructure is covered with asphalt, the steps with natural stone. Due to the displacement of the lower platforms, the bridge is now at its western end instead of in the middle of the platform like the previous building.

A first part of the newly built bridge went into operation on September 3, 2017, initially as a connection from the main road to platforms E and D. The exit to platform Ru was released when it went into operation when the timetable changed in December 2017. The second part up to Sonntagstraße went into operation in December 2018.

Another pedestrian overpass ran next to the tracks of the connecting curves from Sonntagstraße past platform A and the old station building to Markgrafendamm. In contrast to the other pedestrian bridge, it primarily served as a connection between the urban areas on both sides and was outside the access controls to the train station, so that it could be used by travelers without tickets. Like the station building, it was destroyed in the Second World War.

Ostkreuz station and surroundings before the renovation, view from the south from the Treptowers building, 2006

Water tower

Immediately south of the station is a 50 meter high water tower . This was built between 1909 and 1912 according to designs by Karl Cornelius and served to supply the numerous steam locomotives that operate here with water. The round shaft is faced with glazed, purple clinker bricks. A cylindrical, pressure-resistant water tank sits on top of it, holds 400 m³ and is completely built into the roof. The far pulled down roof and the verschieferte polygonal hood exhibit the influence of Art Nouveau go. The water tower is currently a characteristic of the Ostkreuz and is visible from afar and is registered as a monument . In February 2015, DB sold the tower for an unspecified six-digit amount. The new owner also owns the Postbahnhof at Ostbahnhof and plans to create a similar mix of culture and gastronomy in mixed use (private / public) at the water tower.

Official residences

Northern civil servants' residence (Sonntagstrasse 37)

Northern civil servants' residence at Sonntagstrasse 37

In the triangle between the north ring curve and the city and ring railways, a two-storey railway official's house with a crooked hip roof was built in 1910 . Since 1995 it has been a listed building as part of the entire station system. In 1998 the attic burned out. A demolition application from Deutsche Bahn was rejected by the monument protection authorities in 2008 . After the Deutsche Bahn did not subsequently initiate any security measures, the Lower Monument Protection Authority issued a security order in March 2010 to protect the building “effectively from the ingress of rainwater and the effects of storms and vandalism”. In November 2010, Deutsche Bahn began work on securing the building to maintain it. The building was completely scaffolded and received a permanent protective roof made of metal. A repair of the official residence is not to be expected before the completion of the construction work at the station, since the use of the residence in the middle of a large construction site seems hardly possible.

Southern official residence (Markgrafendamm 24a)

South official residence at Markgrafendamm 24a

Another civil servants' residence - now a listed building - has been preserved to the south of the tracks next to the rectifier plant. It was built in 1900 and added to a small housing estate for railway officials that was built in 1881 (no longer preserved). It's empty. (As of August 2018)

Monument protection

The building ensemble of the Ostkreuz station in the state before the renovation "has a high historical value due to its good state of preservation and the abundance of original components such as connecting bridges, signal boxes, viaduct arches, service and bus shelters". (Quote from the State Monuments Office) and as a result, as a whole - supplemented by two individual monuments - was placed under monument protection.

Platform A has meanwhile been torn down
Pedestrian bridge designed by Richard Brademann . It was replaced by a new building based on the old forms.

This ensemble is divided into the following 14 monument objects:

Monument object Construction year State of preservation
Bridges of the Ringbahn 1872-1903 canceled
Bridges of the south loops 1930 canceled
Bridges of the Nordschleife 1882 canceled
Entrance building south 1923 canceled
North entrance building 1923 canceled
Ring platform F 1903 canceled
Signal box around 1903 canceled
footbridge 1923-1926 canceled
Platform E 1902 canceled
Platform D 1903 canceled
Platform A 1882-1907 canceled
Official residence north after 1900 receive
Water tower 1912 receive
Official residence south 1872 (?) receive

In the course of the renovation, the historic core of the station was lost despite the monument protection. An attempt is made to highlight this loss selectively by means of individual, stand-alone measures. The design of the newly built roofs on platforms D and E and the newly built pedestrian bridge are borrowed from the original structures. On platform D, two preserved roof supports were integrated into the new building at the western end, but without a load-bearing function. The roof supports of platform E are newly made historical replicas, as are the two service buildings on these platforms.

Also listed, although not part of the building ensemble described in the planning approval for the renovation, is a rectifier facility designed by Richard Brademann on Markgrafendamm next to the south official residence.

environment

Around the Ostkreuz train station there are a few restaurants and bars, especially on Sonntagstraße , which make the area northwest of Ostkreuz an important place to go out in Friedrichshain. From 2000 to 2006, the URBAN II initiative of the European Union was carried out in the districts around Ostkreuz. This includes the redesign of the fallow area between Persiusstrasse, Laskerstrasse and Markgrafendamm to create the Bürgergarten Laskerwiese, one of Berlin's international gardens that are used as neighbors .

Connection

Long-distance transport

line Route Tact Platform
level
EC 41 Berlin Hbf - Berlin Ostkreuz - Frankfurt (Oder) - Rzepin - Swiebodzin - Zbaszynek - Poznan Gl. - Konin - Kutno - Warszawa Zachodnia - Warszawa Centralna - Warszawa Wschodnia single move below
RJ 256 Graz Hbf  - Bruck / Mur - Kapfenberg - Mürzzuschlag - Semmering - Wiener Neustadt Hbf - Wien Meidling - Vienna Hbf - Breclav - Brno - Ceska Trebova - Pardubice hl.n. - Praha hl.n. - Praha-Holesovice - Usti nad Labem hl.n. - Decin hl.n. - Bad Schandau - Dresden Hbf - Dresden-Neustadt  - Elsterwerda - Doberlug-Kirchhain  - Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin Hbf  - Berlin-Charlottenburg single move below
IC 2432 Cottbus - Lübbenau - Lübben - Königs Wusterhausen - Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin Ostbf - Berlin Hbf. - Berlin Wannsee - Potsdam - Brandenburg - Magdeburg - Helmstedt - Braunschweig - Hanover - Nienburg - Verden - Bremen - Delmenhorst - Hude - Oldenburg - Bad Zwischenahn - Westerstede -Ocholt - Augustfehn - Leer - Emden - Marienhafe - north - north dike - north dike mole single move below

Regional traffic

line Route In daily traffic Platform
level
IRISHMAN Berlin-Lichtenberg  - Berlin Ostkreuz  - Cottbus  - Forst  - Żary  - Żagań  - Legnica  - Wrocław a pair of trains above
RE 1 Magdeburg  - Magdeburg-Neustadt - Güsen - Genthin - Brandenburg  - Potsdam  - Berlin-Wannsee  - Berlin-Charlottenburg  - Berlin Zoo - Berlin main station.  - Berlin Friedrichstrasse - Berlin Alexanderplatz - Berlin Ostbf - Berlin Ostkreuz - Erkner  - Fürstenwalde  - Frankfurt  - Eisenhüttenstadt  (- Guben  - Cottbus ) 30 min below
RE 2 Wismar  - Schwerin  - Wittenberge  - Berlin-Spandau  - Berlin Zoo - Berlin Central Station  - Berlin Friedrichstrasse - Berlin Alexanderplatz - Berlin Ostkreuz - Königs Wusterhausen - Lübben  - Lübbenau  - Cottbus 60 min below
RE 7 Dessau  - Bad Belzig - Beelitz  - Michendorf  - Potsdam Babelsberg Media City - Berlin-Wannsee  - Berlin-Charlottenburg  - Berlin Zoo - Berlin main station.  - Berlin Friedrichstrasse - Berlin Alexanderplatz - Berlin Ostbf - Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin Schönefeld Airport - Wünsdorf Forest City 60 min below
RB 12 Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Oranienburg  - Löwenberg  - Zehdenick  - Templin  - Templin city 60 min up /
down
RB 14 Nauen   - Berlin-Spandau  - Berlin-Charlottenburg  - Berlin Zoo - Berlin Hbf.  - Berlin Friedrichstrasse - Berlin Alexanderplatz - Berlin Ostbf - Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport 60 min below
RB 24 Senftenberg  - Lübbenau - Lübben  - Königs Wusterhausen - Berlin-Schöneweide  - Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Bernau  - Eberswalde 60 min above
RB 25 Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Ahrensfelde  - Werneuchen 60 min up /
down
RB 26 Berlin Ostkreuz - Berlin-Lichtenberg - Berlin-Mahlsdorf  - Strausberg  - Müncheberg   - Seelow-Gusow  - Werbig  - Küstrin-Kietz  - Kostrzyn  (Küstrin)  - only during rush hour:  Gorzów Wielkopolski 60 min below

Train

line Route Clock in the peak hours Platform
level
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 10 min below
Berlin S5.svg Westkreuz  - Charlottenburg  - Savignyplatz  - Zoological Garden  - Tiergarten  - Bellevue  - Central Station  - Friedrichstraße  - Hackescher Markt  - Alexanderplatz  - Jannowitzbrücke  - Ostbahnhof  - Warschauer Straße  - Ostkreuz  - Nöldnerplatz  - Lichtenberg  - Friedrichsfelde East  - Biesdorf  - Wuhletal  - Kaulsdorf  - Mahlsdorf  - Birkenstein  - Hoppegarten  - Neuenhagen  - Fredersdorf  - Petershagen North  - Strausberg  - Hegermühle  - Strausberg City  - Strausberg North 10 min below
Berlin S7.svg Potsdam Central Station  - Babelsberg  - Griebnitzsee  - Wannsee  - Nikolassee  - Grunewald  - Westkreuz  - Charlottenburg  - Savignyplatz  - Zoological Garden  - Tiergarten  - Bellevue  - Central Station  - Friedrichstrasse  - Hackescher Markt  - Alexanderplatz  - Jannowitzbrücke  - Ostbahnhof  - Warschauer Strasse  - Ostkreuz  - Nöldnerplatz  - Lichtenberg  - Friedrichsfelde Ost  - Springpfuhl  - Poelchaustraße  - Marzahn  - Raoul-Wallenberg-Straße  - Mehrower Allee  - Ahrensfelde 10 min below
Berlin S75.svg Warschauer Strasse  - Ostkreuz  - Nöldnerplatz  - Lichtenberg  - Friedrichsfelde Ost  - Springpfuhl  - Gehrenseestrasse  - Hohenschönhausen  - Wartenberg 10 min below
Berlin S41.svg
Berlin S42.svg
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 above
Berlin S8.svg Birkenwerder  - Hohen Neuendorf  - Bergfelde  - Schönfließ  - Muehlenbeck-Mönchmühle  - Blankenburg  - Pankow-Heinersdorf  - Pankow  - Bornholmer Strasse  - Schoenhauser Allee  - Prenzlauer Allee  - Greifswalderstraße  - Landsberger Allee  - Storkower road  - Frankfurter Allee  - Ostkreuz  - Treptow Park  - Plänterwald  - Baumschulenweg  - Schöneweide  - operating Schöneweide  - Adlershof  - Grünau  (- Eichwalde  - Zeuthen ) 20 min above
Berlin S85.svg Pankow - Bornholmer Straße  - Schönhauser Allee  - Prenzlauer Allee  - Greifswalder Straße  - Landsberger Allee  - Storkower Straße  - Frankfurter Allee  - Ostkreuz  - Treptower Park  - Plänterwald  - Baumschulenweg  - Schöneweide  (- Schöneweide depot  - Adlershof  - Grünau ) 20 min above

As one of 20 so-called main stations of the Berlin S-Bahn, the station is manned by local supervision.

Bus connection

In addition, the bus lines 194, 347 and N94 of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe stop at the Hauptstraße / Markgrafendamm exit.

literature

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Berlin Ostkreuz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  5. Berlin S-Bahn transports half a billion passengers. Der Tagesspiegel, April 3, 2018, accessed on April 4, 2018 .
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  13. ^ Bernd Kuhlmann: Railway megalomania in Berlin. The plans from 1933 to 1945 and their implementation . 2nd edition Verlag GVE, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-89218-093-8 , p. 40.
  14. We need space instead of barriers. New proposals for Ostkreuz. Berliners have good ideas. In: Berliner Zeitung , April 6, 1955, p. 6.
  15. Wider stairs for Ostkreuz. Reichsbahn will be built in the spring / reader requests will be partially fulfilled . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 3, 1956, p. 8.
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  19. We want the generations living today and future generations to be able to build their happiness in peace. From the closing words by Erich Honecker at the Berlin District Delegate Conference. In: Neues Deutschland , February 10, 1986, pp. 3–4.
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  21. a b Conversion plans for Ostkreuz approved . In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 8, 2006
  22. ↑ Planning approval decision PFA 2. (PDF; 911 kB)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Federal Railway Authority, 19 September 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.eba.bund.de
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  25. Discussions about a new subway station - subway line U1 should go to Ostkreuz . In: Berliner Zeitung , November 10, 2014
  26. a b The first parts of the A 100 are being built at Ostkreuz . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 17, 2012
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  28. a b Ostkreuz: station hall for S-Bahn opened on the ring. (No longer available online.) Deutsche Bahn AG, April 16, 2012, archived from the original on January 21, 2013 ; Retrieved April 17, 2012 .
  29. Jens Fleischmann: In upheaval: There will be many changes in regional train traffic in Berlin and Brandenburg from 2011 onwards . In: Signal , 5/2009
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  32. a b New platforms: Another construction stage between Ostkreuz and Warschauer Straße reached. (No longer available online.) Deutsche Bahn AG, May 6, 2013, archived from the original on November 29, 2013 ; Retrieved May 18, 2013 .
  33. S 3 stops at the new regional platform . In: point 3 . No. 12 , 2014, p. 22 ( online [accessed July 23, 2016]).
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  39. ↑ The new south curve is unique in Berlin . In: point 3 . No. 23 , 2017, p. 4 ( online [accessed December 19, 2017]).
  40. a b New regional platform is in operation . In: point 3 . No. 24 , 2017, p. 4 ( online [accessed December 26, 2017]).
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  44. Jörn Hasselmann: Construction of a new tram route to Ostkreuz will probably be delayed . The daily mirror. December 6, 2018.
  45. Conversion of the Ostkreuz S-Bahn station is to begin in 1999 . In: Der Tagesspiegel , January 8, 1998, p. 14.
  46. Bahn is investing heavily in the Berlin network . ( Memento from April 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Berliner Morgenpost , April 18, 2007
  47. Investment framework plan until 2010 for the federal transport infrastructure . ( Memento from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 511 kB) Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, April 2007
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  51. a b c d e Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
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  54. 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 , p. 299.
  55. a b The old in the new - memories of the historic Ostkreuz arise . In: point 3 . No. 15 , 2016, p. 13 ff . ( online [accessed August 25, 2016]).
  56. News in brief - S-Bahn . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . No. 10 , 2017, p. 202 .
  57. Sold: Reconstruction of the water tower has to wait another year . In: berliner-woche.de , March 5, 2015
  58. Sold water tower at Ostkreuz . In: tagesspiegel.de , March 3, 2015
  59. a b Solid as a rock . ( Memento from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: FRIEDRICHsHAIN, magazine for urban renewal , 4/2008, published by ASUM - Applied Social Research and Urban Management, on behalf of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg District Office, Department for Urban Development and Building
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  62. Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
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  64. Printed matter 17/15669. (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, March 19, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2015 .