Berlin-Charlottenburg station

Berlin-Charlottenburg is a railway station in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The station is located on the Stadtbahn line, served by the S3, S5, S7, and S9 lines of the Berlin S-Bahn, as well as by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn trains operated by Deutsche Bahn. The U-Bahn station Wilmersdorfer Straße (U7) can be reached via short footpath.

Berlin-Charlottenburg
Berlin S-Bahn
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Station building in 2017
General information
LocationStuttgarter Platz 36
10627 Berlin
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin
Germany
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Other information
Station code0537
DS100 codeBCHB
IBNR10403
Category3
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin A/5555[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Terminus Flughafen-Express Berlin Zoologischer Garten
towards BER Airport
Berlin-Spandau
towards Wittenberge
RE 6 Terminus
Berlin-Wannsee
towards Dessau Hbf
RE 7 Berlin Zoologischer Garten
towards Senftenberg
Berlin-Wannsee
towards Golm
RB 23 Berlin Zoologischer Garten
Preceding station Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station
Berlin-Wannsee RE 1 Berlin Zoologischer Garten
Berlin-Spandau
towards Nauen
RE 2 Berlin Zoologischer Garten
towards Cottbus Hbf
Berlin-Spandau
towards Wismar
RE 8 Berlin Zoologischer Garten
towards BER Airport
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Westkreuz
towards Spandau
S3 Savignyplatz
towards Erkner
Westkreuz
Terminus
S5 Savignyplatz
Westkreuz
towards Potsdam Hbf
S7 Savignyplatz
towards Ahrensfelde
Westkreuz
towards Spandau
S9 Savignyplatz
towards BER Airport
Map
Location
Berlin-Charlottenburg is located in Berlin
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Location within Berlin
Berlin-Charlottenburg is located in Germany
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Location within Germany
Berlin-Charlottenburg is located in Europe
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Location within Europe

History

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Charlottenburg Station on Stuttgarter Platz, 1907 postcard

The station was opened on 7 February 1882 as the western endpoint of the Stadtbahn line in the then independent town of Charlottenburg. From here the Berlin-Blankenheim railway ran southwestwards, a section of the Kanonenbahn rail route to Metz in Alsace-Lorraine.

The old station hall was damaged in World War II and only provisionally repaired afterwards. During the Cold War era parts of the track installations were reserved for the deployment of British Forces in Berlin. The station was the Berlin terminus for the British Military Train ("The Berliner") which carried allied military and diplomatic passengers across the GDR to Braunschweig in West Germany.[2]

 
Platforms

When nearby Wilmersdorfer Straße was converted into a pedestrian zone, a new railway underpass was built at the site of the old station hall, which was then completely demolished and rebuilt, with the replacement opening on 6 July 1971. After the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn state railway passed the West Berlin S-Bahn network to the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) public transport company, Charlottenburg Station in the early morning of 9 January 1984 was the starting point of the first BVG operated train.

In 2003 the distance to the U-Bahn station Wilmersdorfer Straße was shortened by shifting the two S-Bahn platforms about 200 m (660 ft) further to the east and the opening of a new eastern entrance near the corner of the shopping street. In recent years the tracks have been equipped with noise barriers and the 1970s entrance building has been thermally refurbished.

Train services

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The station is served by the following services:[3]

Line Route (main stops)
FEX Berlin-CharlottenburgBerlin Zoologischer GartenBerlin HbfBerlin FriedrichstraßeBerlin AlexanderplatzBerlin OstbahnhofBerlin OstkreuzFlughafen BER
RE 1 MagdeburgBrandenburgPotsdamBerlin-Charlottenburg – Berlin Hbf – ErknerFürstenwaldeFrankfurt (Oder) (– Cottbus)
RE 2 NauenBerlin-Charlottenburg – Berlin Hbf – Königs WusterhausenLübben – Cottbus
RE 6 Wittenberge – Perleberg – Pritzwalk – Neuruppin Rheinsberger Tor – Kremmen – Velten (Mark) – Hennigsdorf (b Berlin) – Falkensee – Berlin-Spandau – Berlin-Charlottenburg
RE 7 DessauBad BelzigMichendorfBerlin-Charlottenburg – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Brandenburg AirportWünsdorf-Waldstadt – Lübben (Spreewald) – Senftenberg
RE 8 Wismar – Schwerin – Wittenberge – Nauen – Berlin-Spandau – Berlin-Charlottenburg – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Ostkreuz – BER Airport – Terminal 1-2
RB 23 Golm – Potsdam – Potsdam Griebnitzsee – Berlin-Wannsee – Berlin-Charlottenburg – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Ostkreuz – BER Airport – Terminal 1–2
  SpandauWestkreuzBerlin-Charlottenburg – HauptbahnhofAlexanderplatzOstbahnhofKarlshorstKöpenickErkner
  Westkreuz – Berlin-Charlottenburg – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Lichtenberg – Strausberg Nord
  Potsdam – Wannsee – Westkreuz – Berlin-Charlottenburg – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Lichtenberg – Ahrensfelde
  Spandau – Westkreuz – Berlin-Charlottenburg – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Schöneweide – Berlin Brandenburg Airport

References

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  1. ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ British Military Train Card, retrieved 2007-11-09
  3. ^ Timetables for Berlin-Charlottenburg station (in German)

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