Berlin Südkreuz

Berlin Südkreuz
File:Bahnhof Berlin Südkreuz denis apel.JPG Berlin Südkreuz
Location	General-Pape-Straße, 10829, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	North–South mainline (KBS 203, 204, 205) Anhalt Suburban Line (KBS 200.2, 200.25) Ringbahn (KBS 200.41, 200.42, 200.46)
Other information
Station code	4859
DS100 code	BSKR (S-Bahn, upper) BPAF (long-distance, lower) BSKV (S-Bahn, lower)
IBNR	8011113 (long-distance) 8089073 (S-Bahn)
Category	1
History
Opened	1898
Previous names	Berlin Papestraße (1898-2006)
Key dates
1990s–2006	Rebuilt as Südkreuz

File:Train station Berlin Papestrasse 1.jpg

Construction works in 2005

Berlin Südkreuz (English literally: "Berlin South Cross") is a railway station in the German capital Berlin. The station was originally opened in 1898 and is an interchange station. The Berlin Ringbahn line of the Berlin S-Bahn metro railway is situated on the upper level and connects to the east and west, whilst the Anhalter Bahn and Dresdner Bahn intercity railway routes reach the station on the lower, north-south level. The station was extensively rebuilt between the late 1990s and 2006, and was renamed Berlin Südkreuz on 28 May 2006.

History

The station's original name (Berlin Papestraße) originates from the nearby General-Pape-Straße, which is named after the Prussian general Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape. The Ringbahn platform opened as an island platform on 1 December 1901.

The original Papestrasse station building, constructed from 1898-1901 was demolished, although a corner of the building, incorporating a clock tower, has been preserved as part of the new station.

Becoming Südkreuz

The station played a vital part in Deutsche Bahn's new concept for long-distance services in Berlin; it was deemed necessary to have a long-distance station in southern Berlin for the new north-south axis, so it was decided to rebuild Papestraße and rename the station to Südkreuz, giving the station a more intuitive name like the Ostkreuz (East Cross) and Westkreuz (West Cross) stations on the Berlin Stadtbahn. Construction, however, was severely delayed due to unexpected difficulties and NIMBY complaints of residents living near the long-disused north-south lines. Instead of opening in 2000 as scheduled, the station only opened on 28 May 2006, together with the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) in the center of Berlin. It is now used as a terminal station for ICE trains to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, and sees a number of north-south services heading to and from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, plus EuroCity services to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia via Dresden Hauptbahnhof.

Train services

The station is serves by the following service(s):

• Intercity Express services (ICE 28) (Stralsund - Eberswalde -) Berlin - Halle - Jena - Nuremberg - Munich
• Intercity Express services (ICE 28) Hamburg - Berlin – Leipzig - Jena - Nürnberg - Munich (- Innsbruck)
• Intercity services (EC 27) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Dresden - Prague
• Intercity services (EC 27) Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Brno - Bratislava - Budapest
• Intercity services (IC 28) Berlin – Leipzig - Saalfeld - Nürnberg - Augsburg - Munich
• Intercity services (IC 50) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Fulda - Frankfurt
• Regional services RE 3 Stralsund - Greifswald - Pasewalk - Angermünde - Berlin - Elsterwerda
• Regional services RE 3 Schwedt - Angermünde - Berlin - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
• Regional services RE 4 Rathenow - Wustermark - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog
• Regional services RE 5 Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt Wittenberg
• Regional services RE 5 Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Jüterbog - Falkenberg
• Local services RB 19 Berlin - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport - Lübben - Senftenberg

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Berlin Hbf towards Stralsund Hbf		ICE 28		Lutherstadt Wittenberg towards Munich Hbf
Berlin Hbf towards Hamburg or Berlin		ICE 28		Lutherstadt Wittenberg towards Munich Hbf
Berlin Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona or Berlin		EuroCity		Elsterwerda Hbf toward Budapest
Berlin Hbf toward Ostseebad Binz Hbf		EuroCity		Elsterwerda Hbf toward Prague
Berlin Hbf toward Westerland (Sylt)		EuroCity		Dresden Terminus
Berlin Hbf towards Ostseebad Binz		IC 50		Lutherstadt Wittenberg towards Frankfurt Airport
Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Stralsund or Schwedt		RE 3		Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost toward Elsterwerda Hbf
Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Rostock or Stralsund		RE 5		Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost toward Wittenberg or Falkenberg
Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Berlin Gesundbrunnen		RB		Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen toward Senftenberg
Preceding station		Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn		Following station
Berlin Potsdamer Platz toward Rathenow		RE 4		Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost toward Jüterbog
Preceding station		Berlin S-Bahn		Following station
Priesterweg toward Blankenfelde		S2		Yorckstraße toward Bernau
Priesterweg toward Teltow Stadt		S25		Yorckstraße toward Hennigsdorf
Tempelhof One-way operation		S41		Schöneberg toward Ringbahn (clockwise)
Schöneberg One-way operation		S42		Tempelhof toward Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
Schöneberg toward Hermannstraße		S45		Tempelhof toward Flughafen Schönefeld
Schöneberg toward Westend		S46		Tempelhof toward Königs Wusterhausen

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