Berlin Frankfurter Allee station

For the street, see Frankfurter Allee. For the Berlin U-Bahn station, see Frankfurter Allee (Berlin U-Bahn).

Berlin Frankfurter Allee is a railway station situated on Frankfurter Allee in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin, close to the district's border with Lichtenberg. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42 (the ringbahn), S8, S85 and the U-Bahn line U5.

Frankfurter Allee
Through station
Entrance building
General information
Location	Berlin, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°30′51″N 13°28′29″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Ringbahn (KBS 200.41, 200.42, 200.8, 200.85)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections
Other information
Station code	526
DS100 code	BFAL
Category	4
Fare zone	VBB: Berlin A/5555
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 May 1872 (1872-05-01) 21 December 1930 (1930-12-21)
Electrified	1 February 1929 (1929-02-01)
Previous names	1872-1897 Friedrichsberg 1897-1949 Frankfurter Allee 1949-1961 Stalinallee
Key dates
1890/1891	current building erected
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station Storkower Straße One-way operation S41 Ostkreuz Ringbahn (clockwise) Storkower Straße Ringbahn (counter-clockwise) S42 Ostkreuz One-way operation Storkower Straße towards Birkenwerder S8 Ostkreuz towards Wildau Storkower Straße towards Waidmannslust S85 Ostkreuz towards Grünau Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station Samariterstraße towards Berlin Hbf U5 transfer at Frankfurter Allee Magdalenenstraße towards Hönow
Location Frankfurter Allee Location within Berlin Frankfurter Allee Location within Germany Frankfurter Allee Location within Europe

History

The station was first opened on 1 May 1872 as Friedrichsberg. In 1890-91 the current station Frankfurter Allee was erected, in addition to the platform between the tracks, the station had a brick entrance building. When the U5 was built at the end of the 1920s, the old Ringbahn bridge was torn down and replaced with a wider bridge. There was intended to be a direct connection between the underground U5 station and the above ground S-bahn station;- however, this was never developed. It is not practical to build such a connection now as the S-bahn platform would need to be on the bridge over the road. As the rails are not wide apart enough to fit a platform between them, the bridge would need to be entirely rebuilt. The station was named Stalinallee between 1949 and 1961.