List of railway tunnels in Berlin

The development of the Berlin railway tunnel began with the first experimental projects for an underground railway at the end of the 19th century. Most of the Berlin tunnels are part of urban public transport. The railway administrations only built very short tunnels at level junctions. The first longer railway tunnel was the north-south tunnel of the S-Bahn , which opened in 1936 and 1939 . After reunification, the north-south long-distance railway tunnel was put into operation in 2006, and in 2012 the S-Bahn and long-distance train tunnels at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport train station went into operation without passenger transport, which is already on Brandenburg territory. The construction of a new north-south tunnel for the S-Bahn (planning name S21 ) is planned for the next few decades . In 2014, construction began on the first section of the S21 from the Nordring to the new tunnel platform under Berlin Central Station.

List of tunnels

The list summarizes the railway tunnels in Berlin in a table. A tunnel at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport train station , which is already in Brandenburg, is also listed. The list is sorted chronologically according to the opening year.

No	Art	tunnel	Tunnel portal	Opening (shell)	Final shutdown	image	source H
1	Siding	AEG tunnel	eh. north portal eh. south portal	1897	unknown, after 1910
2	tram	Spree tunnel Stralau – Treptow	eh. west portal eh. east portal	1899	1932
3	Train	Tunnel between Ostbahnhof and Warschauer Straße , route to Lichtenberg (only one track)	West portal East portal	1902	2014
4th	Subway	Berlin subway		1902
5	Train	Tunnel between Westkreuz and Grunewald	East portal West portal	1911
6th	Siding	East port tunnel under the ring line	eh. south portal eh. north portal	1913	2005
7th	tram	Linden tunnel	eh. north portal eh. south portal, western branch eh. south portal, eastern branch	1916	1951
8th	Train	North-South tunnel	North portal South portal Wannseebahn South portal Dresdener Bahn	1936 u. 1939
9	Train	“Small Wannseebahn Tunnel” between Schöneberg and Julius-Leber-Brücke . Runs the tracks of the Wannseebahn under the disused tracks of the main line .	South portal North portal	1939
10	Siding	Postbahnhof tunnel	West portal East portal	1939	1997
11	Siding	Tempelhof Airport tunnel	South portal North portal	unknown, after 1939	unknown, by 2008 at the latest
12	Siding	Siding to the south port of Spandau under Ruhlebener Straße. In 1975 the new building replaced an older tunnel, which was probably created when the Spandau railway facilities were redesigned when the siding was extended from the port station on the dismantled Berlin – Lehrte railway line to the Ruhleben freight yard.	East portal West portal	1975
13	Long-distance railway	Tunnel between Ostbahnhof and Warschauer Straße , (only one track).	West portal East portal	unknown, after 1990
14th	Siding	Tunnel under Jafféstraße, connection to Messe Berlin,	South portal North portal	unknown, after 1990
15th	Train	S-Bahn tunnel between Gesundbrunnen and Schönhauser Allee	West portal East portal	2001
16	Train	Tunnel between Gesundbrunnen and Humboldthain (two individual tunnels )	Driving direction south north portal Driving direction south south portal Driving direction north south portal Driving direction north north portal	2001
17th	Train	Tunnel between Bornholmer Straße and Schönhauser Allee (two individual tunnels )	Driving direction south, south portal Driving direction south, north portal Driving direction north, north portal Driving direction north, south portal	2003
18th	Long-distance railway	Tunnel north-south long-distance railway	North portal south portal	2006
19th	Long-distance railway	Tunnel between Gesundbrunnen and Schönhauser Allee	West portal East portal	2006
20th	S-Bahn and long-distance train	Berlin Brandenburg Airport train station (is already in Brandenburg). At the moment, only empty trains are run to ventilate and maintain operability; there will be no passenger transport until the airport opens.	West portal East portal	2012			.
21st	Train	Tunnel between Westhafen and Hauptbahnhof , (preliminary construction work for S21 )	West portal East portal	(2002)
22nd	Train	Tunnel between Wedding and the main train station , (preliminary construction work for S21 )	East portal West portal	(2002)
23	Train	Tunnel in the main station , (preliminary construction work for S21 ). In 2010, construction work began on the route to the north ring.	North portal	(2006)
24	Train	New exit from the S-Bahn tunnel in Berlin Potsdamer Platz station , ( S21 )	South portal	(1939 and 2004)

See also

• List of tunnels in Germany
• List of the longest tunnels in Germany

Web links

Commons : Railway tunnel in Berlin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Klaus Kurpjuweit: The daily ghost trips to the BER train station . In: Der Tagesspiegel , online version from March 6, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment in Berlin: Connection of the main station to the ring and north-south S-Bahn (S21 S-Bahn project). Retrieved from www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de on April 3, 2015.
3. ^ Electric subway in Berlin. (Opening of the AEG tunnel between the factory premises in Brunnenstrasse and Ackerstrasse.) In: Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift, 1897, p. 339.
4. ^ Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler: The AEG subway Ackerstraße - Brunnenstraße. In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter; 43 (1996); H. 08; Pp. 147-149.
5. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List (09030290)
6. ^ Society for the construction of subways: The Spreetunnel between Stralau and Treptow near Berlin. Published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1899.
7. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List (09080614)
8. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/6003.html Image of the east portal
9. ^ Bernd Kuhlmann: Construction diary Ostkreuz. 10th episode. In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter , 2016, Issue 1, pp. 10–15.
10. ↑ Klaus Konrad Weber, Peter Güttler, Ditta Ahmid (ed.), Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Berlin and its buildings. Part X, Volume B. Systems and structures for traffic. Vol. 1. Urban transport. Published by Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin - Munich - Düsseldorf 1979.
11. ↑ Blum and Giese: The expansion of the Grunewald train station near Berlin. In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen ; 60 (1910); Pp. 573-608
12. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/6024.html image of the southwest portal
13. ^ Zaar: The new east port in Berlin. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , 1914. pp. 719–722, 727–729, 736–740, 747–750.
14. ↑ Wanja Abramowski : "Tunnel to the Osthafen - Critical consideration of an industrial monument." In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter , 34 (2007); H. 03.04.05; Pp. 58-70, 93-99, 125-129.
15. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/i0001.html Pictures of the tunnel portals
16. ↑ Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment: Industrial railway tunnel in the Osthafen in Berlin-Friedrichshain / Kreuzberg - backfilling of the BEHALA tunnel. Retrieved on October 6, 2017 from www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
17. ^ The tram tunnel under the linden trees in Berlin. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , 1916. pp. 157–159, 161–164, 173–176.
18. ^ M. Grabski: The Berlin North-South S-Bahn. Underground railway station Stettiner Bahnhof - Anhalter Bahnhof. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , No. 20, 1937. P. 495–506.
19. ↑ M. Grabski: The construction of the Berlin north-south S-Bahn / The northern part: Stettiner Bahnhof - Unter den Linden station. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , No. 20, 1938, pp. 503-528.
20. ^ M. Grabski: The construction of the Berlin north-south S-Bahn / The middle part: Unter den Linden station - Potsdamer Platz station. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Issue 22, 1939, pp. 581–597.
21. ^ M. Grabski: The construction of the Berlin north-south S-Bahn / The southern part: Saarlandstrasse - Anhalter Bahnhof - tunnel outlets. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , issue 4/5, 1940, pp. 57–77.
22. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/6032.html#nord-sued Pictures of the tunnel portals
23. ^ Ammer: Design and construction of the southern section of the north-south S-Bahn. Section F. The reconstruction of the railway systems between Yorckstrasse station and Schöneberg station. In: Verkehrstechnische Woche ; 33 (1939); H. 43/44; Pp. 463-479
24. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/6032.html#wannsee Pictures of the tunnel portals
25. ↑ Small Wannseebahntunnel Berliner-Untergrund.de. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
26. ^ Ammer: Design and construction of the southern section of the north-south S-Bahn. Section E. Postbahnhof. In: Traffic Week ; 33 (1939); H. 43/44; Pp. 463-479
27. ^ A. Schleusner: The reinforced concrete buildings of the world airport Berlin-Tempelhof. In: Der Bauingenieur, issue 45/46 Sep, 1938. pp. 621–628.
28. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/i0003.html Pictures of the entrances
29. ↑ Topographic map ( measuring table sheets ) 1: 25: 000. Published by the Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme . Sheet 1836/3445, Charlottenburg. Recorded in 1901. Published in 1903. Corrected in 1920
30. ↑ Brief message railway to extend the tunnel of the BEHALA port railway under the Ruhlebener Chaussee. In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter , 1975, p. 20 u. 38.
31. ↑ ^{a b c d} Volker Weiß: Ring-end of the S-Bahn at Berlin Nordkreuz. In: ETR - Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau , 2002. Issue 5, pp. 276–284.
32. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/6020.html#gesundbrunnen picture of the east portal
33. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/6018.html Picture of an east portal
34. ↑ Uwe Poppel: The north-south long-distance railway tunnel with the main station and Potsdamer Platz. In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter; 53 (2006); H. 06; Pp. 105-109
35. ↑ ^{a b c d} Michael Braun: New Berlin S-Bahn line S 21, planning status and implementation opportunities. In: Eisenbahningenieur (55) 11/2004. Pp. 52-58

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