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Berlin Central Station
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main railway station of Berlin
Key facts
- Other names
- Lehrter Bahnhof
- Location
- Europaplatz 1, 10557 Berlin, Mitte , Berlin, Berlin , Germany
- Owned by
- DB InfraGO
- Lines
- Stadtbahn North–South mainline U5
- Platforms
- 3 island platforms (Stadtbahn) 4 island platforms (North–South mainline) 1 island platform (U-Bahn)
- Tracks
- 6 (Stadtbahn) 8 (North–South mainline) 2 (U-Bahn)
- Train operators
- DB Fernverkehr DB Regio Nordost FlixTrain Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn S-Bahn Berlin
- Connections
- : M5, M8, M10 : 120, 123, 142, 147, 245, N5, N20, N40 : M41, M85
- Structure type
- Elevated (Stadtbahn) Underground (North–South mainline, U-Bahn)
- Cycle facilities
- Call a Bike
- Accessible
- Yes
- Architect
- Meinhard von Gerkan of Gerkan, Marg and Partners
- Ds100 code
- BLS (main line, upper level), BL (main line, lower level), BHBF (S-Bahn)
- Fare zone
- : Berlin A/5555
- Website
- www.bahnhof.de
- Opened
- 26 May 2006 ; 20 years ago ( 2006-05-26 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Berlin Hauptbahnhof (listen) (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, and on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway. The station is owned by DB InfraGO, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, and is classified as a Category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and four in Berlin, the others being Berlin Gesundbrunnen, Berlin Südkreuz and Berlin Ostbahnhof. It is open 24/7.
Lehrter Bahnhof (Lehrte Station) opened in 1871 as the terminus of the railway linking Berlin with Lehrte, near Hanover, which later became Germany's most important east–west main line. In 1882, with the completion of the Stadtbahn (City Railway, Berlin's four-track central elevated railway line, which carries both local and main line services), just north of the station, a smaller interchange station called Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was opened to provide connections with the new line. This station later became part of the Berlin S-Bahn. In 1884, after the closure of nearby Hamburger Bahnhof (Hamburg Station), Lehrter Bahnhof became the terminus for trains to and from Hamburg.
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