Spandau Suburban Line

Last updated
Spandau Suburban Line
S-Bahn Berlin Heerstrasse.JPG
Heerstraße station on the suburban line
Overview
Line number6025
Locale Berlin, Germany
Service
Route number200.75, 200.9
Technical
Line length8.8 km (5.5 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 750 V DC third rail
Route map

Contents

km
BSicon dCONTg.svg
BSicon dSTR.svg
BSicon dCONTg.svg
BSicon vBHF-L.svg
BSicon dKSBHFa-R.svg
21.4
Berlin-Spandau
Berlin transit icons - S5.svg
BSicon dWASSERq.svg
BSicon STR~L.svg
BSicon hKRZWae(Rr).svg
BSicon hKRZWae(Ll).svg
BSicon STR~R.svg
BSicon dWASSERq.svg
BSicon evBHF.svg
BSicon dSHST.svg
20.5
Berlin-Stresow
BSicon dSTRc2.svg
BSicon dSTR.svg
BSicon d-KRZ3+1u.svg
BSicon dSHI2r.svg
BSicon dSHI2+l.svg
BSicon MASK-c3.svg
BSicon dKSTR2.svg
BSicon dKRZ3+1u-.svg
BSicon dSTR.svg
BSicon STRc3.svg
BSicon dSTR.svg
BSicon dSTRc1.svg
BSicon MASK-c4.svg
BSicon dKRZ2+4o-.svg
BSicon STRl+4.svg
BSicon cSTRq.svg
BSicon dCONTfq.svg
BSicon SBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
17.3
Berlin Pichelsberg
BSicon SBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
16.2
Berlin Olympiastadion
BSicon vSHI2l-.svg
BSicon dSTR.svg
BSicon dSHST.svg
BSicon vSHI4gl-.svg
BSicon dSHI4+r.svg
14.9
Berlin Heerstraße
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon YRDa.svg
BSicon vUWBl.svg
flying junction
BSicon STRc2.svg
BSicon dSTR3.svg
BSicon dSHST.svg
13.6
Berlin Messe Süd
(
formerly
Eichkamp
)
BSicon dvCONTgq.svg
BSicon STRq-.svg
BSicon -STR+r.svg
BSicon dSTR+1.svg
BSicon cSTRc4.svg
BSicon STR+r-.svg
BSicon ABZg2.svg
BSicon STRc3.svg
BSicon dCONTgq.svg
BSicon KRZo.svg
BSicon STRc1.svg
BSicon KRZu.svg
BSicon dSTRl+4.svg
BSicon CONTf@Fq.svg
Ringbahn freight line
BSicon dCONTgq.svg
BSicon KRZo.svg
BSicon TSBHFu.svg
BSicon CONTf@Fq.svg
12.6
Westkreuz (low level) Berlin transit icons - S75.svg
Ringbahn Berlin transit icons - S41.svg Berlin transit icons - S42.svg Berlin transit icons - S46.svg
BSicon SHI1l.svg
BSicon SHI1r.svg
BSicon vCONTf.svg
Source: German railway atlas [1]

The Spandau suburban railway (German : Spandauer Vorortbahn) is a suburban railway in Berlin. It is an extension of the Stadtbahn (city railway) from Westkreuz to Spandau. Its last kilometre runs parallel with the Lehrte and Hamburg lines. It is currently used by Berlin S-Bahn lines S3 and S9.

Route

Stresow station S-Bahn Berlin Stresow.JPG
Stresow station

A new line was built between 1907 and 1911 on the northern edge of the Grunewald forest for suburban services to Spandau and new housing developments. At Heerstraße station, it branches off the line built in 1882 connecting the Berlin-Hamburg railway with the cross-city railway "Stadtbahn" via the Charlottenburg station, and then runs in a cutting to the west. About a kilometre beyond Heerstraße station the new Rennbahn (racetrack) station was built. Like other stations built for special event services at that time, it was generously provided with a terminal station with eight platforms on one side of the line. Its through station had another two platforms. From there the line runs on to the Pichelsberg station The line then makes a wide curve to the north and goes on an embankment. It continues to the north between the nature reserves of Tiefwerder Wiesen and Murellenberge, Murellenschlucht and Schanzenwald to reach the Hamburg and Lehrte lines, where it turns west.

History

The 1916 Olympic Games were awarded in Berlin and the Deutsche Stadion (German Stadium) was built for the games next to the Grunewald racetrack. Rennbahn station was renamed Stadion (Stadium) in 1913. As a result of World War I the games were cancelled.

In the course of the 1927/28 electrification with third rail of the Stadtbahn and Ringbahn local tracks, plus the suburban lines connecting to the Stadtbahn, a new two-level station was built as interchange of the Stadtbahn and Ringbahn to the west of Charlottenburg station. For this the suburban and long-distance tracks between Heerstraße and Charlottenburg were rearranged, also making room for the new Exhibition Ground. This new Stadtbahn-Ring interchange station was originally called Ausstellung (Exhibition), later renamed to Westkreuz (literally western cross(–ing)).

In addition, Messe Süd Station (then called Eichkamp) was built at the intersection of the Berlin-Blankenheim, the Spandau suburban and the Ring lines. The former station of Eichkamp on the Berlin-Blankenheim line closed and re-opened on the Spandau suburban line. A few weeks before the movement of the station was completed, electrification of the line was completed to Spandau.

The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin. The stadium built for the 1916 games was torn down and replaced by the current Olympic Stadium. The railway was not upgraded, but the passenger ramp at the Rennbahn station was upgraded. The station was renamed Stadion – Rennbahn Grunewald in 1930 and Reichssportfeld ( Reich sportsfield) in 1935. In 1960 it received its current name of Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium).

Reopening of the Westkreuz-Pichelsberg section on 16 January 1998 Messebahnhof-1.jpg
Reopening of the Westkreuz-Pichelsberg section on 16 January 1998

World War II had no major impact on the line and operations were quickly restored, but passengers number did not return to previous levels. The West Berlin S-Bahn boycott reduced traffic. Like most stretches of the S-train network in West Berlin it did not reopen after a strike by West Berlin employees of the East German Railways on 17 September 1980. It took almost 18 years for trains to return to the track. On 16 January 1998 trains initially ran from Westkreuz to Pichelsberg; on 30 December of that year trains returned to the terminus at Spandau.

In 2002, Eichkamp station was renamed as Messe Süd (Eichkamp). The renaming of the station along with the Ring line station of Witzleben to Messe Nord/ICCC was carried out to make access to the exhibition grounds more recognisable for visitors, but was met with protest by the inhabitants of the Eichkamp district. The two stations are heavily used for exhibitions such as Grünen Woche (Green Week, an agricultural show) and IFA (an electronics show).

Notes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2017. pp. 124, 128. ISBN   978-3-89494-146-8.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin S-Bahn</span> Rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin

The Berlin S-Bahn is a rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under this name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area Berliner Stadt-, Ring- und Vorortbahnen. It complements the Berlin U-Bahn and is the link to many outer-Berlin areas, such as Berlin Brandenburg Airport. As such, the Berlin S-Bahn blends elements of a commuter rail service and a rapid transit system.

S9 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Flughafen BER to Spandau through Berlin Hauptbahnhof over:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Jungfernheide station</span> Railway station in Berlin

Berlin Jungfernheide is a railway station located at Charlottenburg-Nord, in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, served by the S-Bahn lines S41 and S42, the U-Bahn line U7 and Regional-Express trains of the Deutsche Bahn. Its name literally translates into "maidens' heathland"; it was named after the Jungfernheide, a former large forest in the proximity of this station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Ostkreuz station</span> Train station in Berlin

Berlin Ostkreuz station is a station on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway and the busiest interchange station in Berlin. It is in the former East Berlin district of Friedrichshain, now part of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. A smaller part of the station is in Rummelsburg, part of the borough of Lichtenberg. The station is a Turmbahnhof with the Berlin–Frankfurt (Oder) railway and the Prussian Eastern Railway on the lower level and the Berlin Ringbahn on the upper level. It is used by a total of around 235,000 passengers every day on eight lines, entering or leaving.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Stadtbahn</span> Historic railway line in Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Stadtbahn is the historic east-west elevated railway of Berlin. It runs from Friedrichshain in the east to Charlottenburg in the west, connecting several of the most major sights of the German capital. The line is protected cultural heritage since 1995. It is often defined more simply as the slightly longer route between Ostkreuz and Westkreuz, although this is not technically correct.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Ringbahn</span> Railway line in Germany

The Ringbahn is a 37.5 km (23.3 mi) long circle route around Berlin's inner city area, on the Berlin S-Bahn network. Its course is made up of a pair of tracks used by S-Bahn trains and another parallel pair of tracks used by various regional, long distance and freight trains. The S-Bahn lines S41 and S42 provide a closed-loop continuous service without termini. Lines S45, S46 and S47 use a section of the southern and western ring, while lines S8 and S85 use sections of the eastern ring. The combined number of passengers is about 400,000 passengers a day. Due to its distinctive shape, the line is often referred to as the Hundekopf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westend (Berlin)</span> Quarter of Berlin in Germany

Westend is a locality of the Berlin borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Germany. It emerged in the course of Berlin's 2001 administrative reform on the grounds of the former Charlottenburg borough. Originally a mansion colony, it is today a quite densely settled, still affluent territory adjacent to Berlin's inner city in the east.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin-Spandau station</span> Railway station in Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Berlin-Spandau station is a Deutsche Bahn station in the Berlin district of Spandau on the south-western edge of the old town of Spandau. The railway junction station is one of the 80 stations classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. It has the longest train shed in Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin-Westend station</span> Railway station in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany

Westend is a station in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It is located on the Ringbahn circle line, served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42 and S46. It is named after the Westend locality, which is immediately adjacent to the station grounds. The entire station area was opened—as Charlottenburg-Westend—in several stages from 15 November 1877, but it has since been reduced to an S-Bahn platform and a pair of long-distance tracks. The station was closed temporarily in 1980 because of the S-Bahn strike. A platform on the Ringbahn was reopened in 1993 for S-Bahn traffic. The restoration of all of the station infrastructure is not planned.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Messe Nord/ICC station</span> Railway station in Berlin, Germany

Messe Nord/ICC (Witzleben) is a station in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It is located on the Ringbahn circle line, served by S-Bahn lines S41/S42 and S46. It is linked to the Kaiserdamm U-Bahn station on line U2 via a short footpath.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Westkreuz station</span> Railway station in Berlin, Germany

Berlin Westkreuz is a station in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S3, S41, S42, S46, S5, S7 and S9 and so represents a major interchange point on the Berlin S-Bahn network. It lies at the opposite end of the Stadtbahn to Ostkreuz and is one of the four main stations on the Ringbahn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin-Halensee station</span> Railway station in the Halensee (former Wilmersdorf) district of Berlin

Halensee is a station on the Berlin Ringbahn in the Halensee district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42 and S46.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Heerstraße station</span> Railway station in Berlin, Germany

Heerstraße is a railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is located on the Spandau Suburban Line in the Westend district and served by S-Bahn S3 and S9 trains. The station is today listed as a historical monument.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Olympiastadion station</span> Railway station in Berlin, Germany

Olympiastadion is a railway station in the Westend district of Berlin. Located at the southern entrance of the Olympic Stadium, it is served by the S-Bahn lines S3 and S9. The station consists of one island platform which is in regular use, as well as four further terminal island platforms which are only used for the extra trains during major events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Transport in Berlin</span> Overview of the transport in Berlin

Berlin has developed a highly complex transportation infrastructure providing very diverse modes of urban mobility. 979 bridges cross 197 kilometers of innercity waterways, 5,334 kilometres (3,314 mi) of roads run through Berlin, of which 73 kilometres (45 mi) are motorways. Long-distance rail lines connect Berlin with all of the major cities of Germany and with many cities in neighboring European countries. Regional rail lines provide access to the surrounding regions of Brandenburg and to the Baltic Sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deutsches Stadion (Berlin)</span> Former stadium in Berlin, Germany

Deutsches Stadion was a multi-use sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was located at Deutsches Sportforum in the present-day Westend quarter on the northern rim of the large Grunewald forest. Built according to plans designed by Otto March, it was opened on 8 June 1913, on the occasion of Emperor Wilhelm II's silver jubilee, due to host the 1916 Summer Olympics that were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I. The stadium was demolished 20 years later and replaced by the current Olympiastadion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grunewald (forest)</span> Forest in Grunewald, Germany

Grunewald is a German forest located in the western side of Berlin on the east side of the Havel, mainly in the Grunewald locality. At 3,000 hectares it is the largest green area in the city of Berlin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin–Lehrte railway</span> Major east-west train infrastructure in Germany

The Berlin–Lehrte railway, known in German as the Lehrter Bahn, is an east–west line running from Berlin via Lehrte to Hanover. Its period as a separate railway extended from its opening in 1871 to the nationalisation of its owner, the Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company on 1 July 1886. The company's Berlin station, the Lehrter Bahnhof was finally torn down in 1958.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siemensstadt-Fürstenbrunn station</span> Railway station in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany

Siemensstadt-Fürstenbrunn station was a suburban station on the Berlin–Hamburg railway in Westend, a locality of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough in Berlin. It was primarily built for workers at its nearby Siemens Works in the neighbouring quarter of Siemensstadt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of the Berlin S-Bahn</span>

The Berlin S-Bahn began on 8 August 1924 with the first section from Stettiner Vorortbahnhof to Bernau using steam locomotives. On 13 August 1961 it was broken up when the Berlin Wall was built, resulting in two sections: the eastern part and the western part. The western part experienced a massive strike which resulted in closure of several stations, after declining use. Attempts were made to reopen at various times but in the end, only three lines were finally opened after the strike. Since 9 November 1989, when the Berlin Wall was opened, the Berlin S-Bahn began to expand rapidly with their budgetary costs.

References