Berlin Zoologischer Garten station

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Berlin Zoologischer Garten
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Bahnhof Berlin Zoo City West.jpg
General information
LocationHardenbergplatz
10623 Berlin
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates 52°30′26″N13°19′57″E / 52.50722°N 13.33250°E / 52.50722; 13.33250
Owned by Deutsche Bahn
Operated by DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms
  • 3 island platforms (Stadtbahn)
  • 2 side platforms (U2)
  • 1 island platform (U9)
Tracks
  • 6 (Stadtbahn)
  • 4 (U-Bahn, 2 on each level)
Connections
  • BUS-Logo-BVG.svg : 100, 110, 200, 204, 245, 249, X10, X34, N1, N2, N9, N10, N26
  • MetroBus.svg : M29, M45, M46, M49
Construction
Structure typeElevated (S-Bahn, RE, RB)
Underground (U-Bahn)
Other information
Station code0533
DS100 code BZOO
Category 2 [1]
Fare zone VBB-Logo.svg : Berlin A/5555 [2]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened7 February 1882
Passengers
100,000 per day [3]
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Fernverkehr Following station
Berlin-Spandau
towards Bonn Hbf
ICE 9 Berlin Hbf
Berlin-Wannsee
towards München Hbf
ICE 48 Berlin Hbf
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio Nordost Following station
Berlin-Charlottenburg
towards Dessau Hbf
RE 7 Berlin Hbf
towards Senftenberg
Berlin-Charlottenburg
towards Golm
RB 23 Berlin Hbf
towards BER Airport
Berlin-Charlottenburg
towards Berlin Hbf
Flughafen-Express
Preceding station ODEG-Logo Neu.svg Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station
Berlin-Charlottenburg RE 1 Berlin Hbf
Berlin-Spandau
towards Nauen
RE 2 Berlin Hbf
towards Cottbus Hbf
Berlin-Spandau
towards Wismar
RE 8 Berlin Hbf
towards BER Airport
Preceding station Abellio logo.svg Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Following station
Berlin-Wannsee
towards Goslar or Thale Hbf
Harz-Berlin-Express Berlin Hbf
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Savignyplatz
towards Spandau
S3 Tiergarten
towards Erkner
Savignyplatz
towards Westkreuz
S5 Tiergarten
Savignyplatz
towards Potsdam Hbf
S7 Tiergarten
towards Ahrensfelde
Savignyplatz
towards Spandau
S9 Tiergarten
towards BER Airport
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Ernst-Reuter-Platz
towards Ruhleben
U2 Wittenbergplatz
towards Pankow
Kurfürstendamm U9 Hansaplatz
Berlin Zoologischer Garten station
Location
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Berlin Zoologischer Garten
Location within Berlin

Berlin Zoologischer Garten station (German : Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten, colloquially Bahnhof Zoo, German: [ˈbaːnˌhoːfˈt͡soː] ) is a railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is located on the Berlin Stadtbahn railway line in the Charlottenburg district, adjacent to the Berlin Zoo.

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During the division of the city, the station was the central transport facility of West Berlin, and thereafter for the western central area of reunified Berlin until the opening of Berlin Hauptbahnhof in 2006. It is also an interchange with the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn, which uses the Stadtbahn viaduct along with RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn trains.

Overview

The station building overlooks the Hardenbergplatz square, Berlin's largest city bus terminal and night bus service centre, named after Prussian prime minister Karl August von Hardenberg (1750–1822). It is also used by long-distance buses/coaches; however, Berlin's central intercity bus terminal, the Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof Berlin (ZOB), is located on Messedamm in Westend, not far from the Funkturm.

Zoologischer Garten is also a Berlin U-Bahn station and S-Bahn station, serving U-Bahn lines U2 and U9, and S-Bahn lines S3, S5, S7, and S9.

History

Bahnhof Zoo about 1900 Berlin-Charlottenburg Postkarte 074.jpg
Bahnhof Zoo about 1900

The original station, served by Berlin Stadtbahn commuter trains, opened on 7 February 1882. On 11 March 1902, the first Berlin U-Bahn line, today the U2, was opened underground. With a view to the 1936 Summer Olympics, the station was rebuilt and expanded between 1934 and 1940.

On the night of 23 and 24 November 1943, the track area was directly hit by bombs, and further damage accumulated during the Battle of Berlin.

After the final closure of the Anhalter Bahnhof in 1952, Bahnhof Zoo remained the only long-distance railway station operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany within West Berlin. On 28 August 1961, two weeks after the erection of the Berlin Wall, the new U-Bahn line U9 was opened below the U2, connecting the station with the transport network in the north-south direction. [4]

A DR Class 01.5 leaves with a train for the West, 1973 Class 01.5 pacific at Berlin Zoo.jpg
A DR Class 01.5 leaves with a train for the West, 1973

The fact that, with only two platforms and four tracks for long-distance trains, the station was still the most important in West Berlin, was another unnatural phenomenon of the divided city. After reunification, despite the outcry from nearby Kurfürstendamm retailers and local politicians, the station lost its importance following the launching of the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof on 28 May 2006, because long-distance services began passing through the station without stopping. An exception was the famous Sibirjak, which departed from Bahnhof Zoo for the Novosibirsk Trans-Siberian railway station until 2013.

Train services

The station is served by the following services: [5]

LineRoute (main stops)
ICE 9 Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin Zoologischer Garten – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-SpandauKölnBonn
ICE 48 Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Zoologischer Garten Berlin-WannseePotsdamMagdeburgHannoverGüterslohDortmundDüsseldorfMainzStuttgartAugsburg – München
FEX Flughafen-Express

Berlin-CharlottenburgBerlin Zoologischer GartenBerlin HbfBerlin FriedrichstraßeBerlin AlexanderplatzBerlin OstbahnhofBerlin OstkreuzFlughafen BER

HBX Harz-Berlin-Express
Berlin Ostbahnhof  Berlin Hbf  Berlin Zoologischer Garten Potsdam  Magdeburg  Halberstadt(train split) – Quedlinburg  Thale / Wernigerode Goslar
RE 1 MagdeburgBrandenburgPotsdamBerlin Zoologischer Garten – Berlin Hbf ErknerFürstenwaldeFrankfurt (Oder) (– Cottbus)
RE 2 WismarSchwerinWittenbergeNauenBerlin Zoologischer Garten – Berlin Hbf Königs WusterhausenLübben – Cottbus
RE 7 DessauBad BelzigMichendorfBerlin Zoologischer Garten – Berlin Hbf Berlin Brandenburg AirportWünsdorf-Waldstadt  Lübben (Spreewald)  Senftenberg
RE 8 Wismar  Schwerin  Wittenberge  – Nauen – Berlin-Spandau Berlin Zoologischer Garten – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Ostkreuz BER Airport
RB 23 Golm  – Potsdam Potsdam Griebnitzsee  – Berlin-Wannsee Berlin Zoologischer Garten – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Ostkreuz – BER Airport
Berlin transit icons - S3.svg SpandauWestkreuzBerlin Zoologischer Garten HauptbahnhofAlexanderplatzOstbahnhofKarlshorstKöpenickErkner
Berlin transit icons - S5.svg Westkreuz – Berlin Zoologischer Garten – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Lichtenberg – Strausberg Nord
Berlin transit icons - S7.svg Potsdam – Wannsee – Westkreuz – Berlin Zoologischer Garten – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Lichtenberg – Ahrensfelde
Berlin transit icons - S9.svg Spandau – Westkreuz – Berlin Zoologischer Garten – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Schöneweide – Berlin Brandenburg Airport
U-Bahn Station (U2 platforms) Berlin- U-Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten- U 2- Bahnsteig- Richtung Ruhleben 7.8.2010.jpg
U-Bahn Station (U2 platforms)
U-Bahn station (U9 platform) Ubahnu9Zoologgarten.JPG
U-Bahn station (U9 platform)

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