Berlin Schönhauser Allee station

Berlin Schönhauser Allee is a railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. It is located on the Berlin U-Bahn line U2 and also on the Ringbahn (Berlin S-Bahn). Built in 1913 by A.Grenander opened as "Bahnhof Nordring". As the station was well accepted the roof was elongated in 1925 and a new entrance built. In 1936 the station was named "Schönhauser Allee". On an average day approximately 500 trains and more than 26000 people cross this station.[2]

Schönhauser Allee
Berlin S-Bahn Berlin U-Bahn
General information
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)Ringbahn
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsS41 S42 S8 S85 U2
Construction
Structure typeBelow grade (S-Bahn)
Elevated (U-bahn)
Other information
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555[1]
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Gesundbrunnen
One-way operation
S41 Prenzlauer Allee
Ringbahn (clockwise)
Gesundbrunnen
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
S42 Prenzlauer Allee
One-way operation
Bornholmer Straße
towards Birkenwerder
S8 Prenzlauer Allee
towards Wildau
Bornholmer Straße
towards Pankow
S85 Prenzlauer Allee
towards Grünau
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Eberswalder Straße
towards Ruhleben
U2 Vinetastraße
towards Pankow
Location
Schönhauser Allee is located in Berlin
Schönhauser Allee
Schönhauser Allee
Location within Berlin

At this station, the elevated U2 crosses the below-ground S-Bahn, while at the other crossing of the U2 and the Ringbahn, Messe-Nord/ICC S-Bahn station and Kaiserdamm U2 station, the U2 crosses S-Bahn below-ground on the bottom deck of a road bridge.[3]

References

  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 25 November 2019.
  2. J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)
  3. Robert Schwandl: U-Bahn, S-Bahn and tram in Berlin. (2014)

52°32′58″N 13°24′50″E

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