Berlin-Schöneweide station

Berlin-Schöneweide is a railway station in Niederschöneweide, part of the Treptow-Köpenick borough of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn and regional trains, buses and trams. It was a terminal for long-distance trains until 2011.

Berlin-Schöneweide
Berlin S-Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationCajamarcaplatz 1, Niederschöneweide, Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°27′18″N 13°30′34″E
Line(s)
Connections S45 S46 S47 S8 S85 S9
Other information
Station code559
DS100 codeBSW[1]
IBNR8010041
Category3[2]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin B/5656[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened24 May 1868 (1868-05-24)
Electrified 6 November 1928 (1928-11-06), 750 V DC system (3rd rail)
main line 2 June 1984 (1984-06-02), 15 kV AC system (overhead)
Previous names1868-1874 Neuer Krug
1874-1896 Neuer Krug-Johannisthal
1886-1929 Niederschöneweide-Johannisthal
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Berlin Ostkreuz RB 24 BER Airport – Terminal 5
Terminus
Berlin Ostkreuz
towards Oranienburg
RB 32
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Baumschulenweg
towards Südkreuz
S45 Berlin-Johannisthal
Baumschulenweg
towards Westend
S46 Berlin-Johannisthal
Baumschulenweg S47 Oberspree
Baumschulenweg
towards Birkenwerder
S8 Berlin-Johannisthal
towards Wildau
Baumschulenweg
towards Pankow
S85 Berlin-Johannisthal
towards Grünau
Baumschulenweg
towards Spandau
S9 Berlin-Johannisthal

History

Station in aerial photograph from about 1920

The station was opened as a halt in the outskirts of the Landgemeinde (rural municipality) of Niederschöneweide on 24 May 1868 on the Berlin–Görlitz railway. Until 1874, it was called Neuer Krug (new tavern), the name of a nearby inn, after which it was renamed Neuer Krug-Johannisthal, after the rural municipality of Johannisthal, which was also near the station. In 1880–1882, it was rebuilt as a station.

S-Bahn sign in the station

As Niederschöneweide and Oberschöneweide were industrialising rapidly, a particularly high number of railways were built in the district. Apart from the state railways, these included tramways and a network of industrial railways called the Bullenbahn (bulls railway). In 1890/91, a branch line to Spindlersfeld was opened from the station. This was used for trials of electric suburban passenger trains between 1903 and 1906, although suburban electric trains were not introduced in Berlin until the construction of the S-Bahn in the 1920s.

The station was renamed in 1896 as Niederschöneweide-Johannisthal at the request of the municipality of Niederschöneweide because Niederschöneweide had provided finance for the branch to Spindlersfeld. Several private industrial railways connected to the rail network in Niederschöneweide. Private railways also connected in nearby Oberschöneweide, such as the line built in 1889 by Emil Rathenau to AEG-owned factories, using a wooden bridge over the Spree, which is at the current location of the Stubenrauch bridge.

Due to the dense traffic of the main line it was necessary to separate the traffic connecting to the private lines. At the same time, the long-distance and the suburban railway tracks were separated and Schöneweide station was upgraded in the course of this work to the six tracks it has today. This work was completed on 1 May 1906.

In the second phase of the introduction of electrical operations in Berlin, Schöneweide station gained a new approach from the other side of the station. The 'Great Electrification' continued over the branch line to Spindlersfeld and to Grünau. On 6 November 1928, the first electric S-Bahn train ran to the station. In 1929, the station was renamed to its current name of Schöneweide.

With the Second World War and the subsequent division of Berlin, the Görlitz line, which ran almost entirely through East Germany (GDR), lost access to its terminal station, the Görlitzer Bahnhof, which was in Kreuzberg, now in West Berlin, and could not now be reached. The long-distance trains serving the stations (as distinct from halts) on the Görlitz line in Berlin (Baumschulenweg, Schöneweide, Adlershof and Grünau) were gradually rerouted to Lichtenberg. Schöneweide became a long-distance terminal after the closure of long-distance operations at the other three stations. It was developed as the third major long-distance station in East Berlin (after Ostbahnhof, later called Berlin Hauptbahnhof (central station), and Lichtenberg). Traffic to the southern areas of the GDR began and ended there. The long-distance tracks connecting the station and central Berlin were closed as a result of the widening of the adjacent federal highway 96a to six lanes.

After German reunification long-distance services were gradually rerouted over the Stadtbahn or to Lichtenberg, although regional services were retained. Due to the need to rehabilitate a bridge at Ostkreuz station, regional trains, which had begun or ended at Lichtenberg were moved to Schöneweide. From the timetable change of 11 December 2011, regional transport services no longer operated to Schöneweide. The Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn service OE 36 trains from Frankfurt (Oder) via Königs Wusterhausen, which formerly terminated at Schöneweide, now run directly to Lichtenberg. Since April 2016, the regional service RB 24 has served the station, reintroducing regional trains to Schöneweide.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):[4]

  • Regional-Express RB 24 BER Airport – Terminal 5 Berlin-Schöneweide – Berlin Ostkreuz – Berlin-Lichtenberg – Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Bernau – Rüdnitz Eberswalde
  • Regionalbahn RB 32-N BER Airport – Terminal 5 Berlin-Schöneweide – Berlin Ostkreuz – Berlin-Lichtenberg – Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Oranienburg
  • Berlin S-Bahn services S45 Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - BER Airport - Terminal 1-2
  • Berlin S-Bahn services S46 Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Grünau - Königs Wusterhausen
  • Berlin S-Bahn services S47 Hermannstraße – Neukölln – Schöneweide – Spindlersfeld
  • Berlin S-Bahn services S8 Birkenwerder – Pankow – Prenzlauer Allee – Ostkreuz – Schöneweide – Grünau – Zeuthen – Wildau
  • Berlin S-Bahn services S85 Pankow – Prenzlauer Allee – Ostkreuz – Schöneweide
  • Berlin S-Bahn services S9 Spandau - Westkreuz – Hauptbahnhof - Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Schöneweide – BER Airport - Terminal 1-2

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. "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.
  4. Timetables for Berlin-Schöneweide station (in German)
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