Berlin-Schöneweide is a
railway station
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in
Niederschöneweide
Niederschöneweide (, literally ''Lower Schöneweide'') is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Oberschöneweide (''Upper Schöneweide''), part of the geographic quarter of Schà ...
, part of the
Treptow-Köpenick
Treptow-Köpenick () is the ninth borough of Berlin, Germany, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Treptow and Köpenick.
Overview
Among Berlin's boroughs it is the largest by area with the lowest popul ...
borough of
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
. It is served by the
S-Bahn
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and regional trains, buses and trams. It was a terminal for long-distance trains until 2011.
History
The station was opened as a halt in the outskirts of the ''Landgemeinde'' (rural municipality) of
Niederschöneweide
Niederschöneweide (, literally ''Lower Schöneweide'') is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Oberschöneweide (''Upper Schöneweide''), part of the geographic quarter of Schà ...
on 24 May 1868 on the
Berlin–Görlitz railway
The Berlin–Görlitz railway is a main line railway in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the Berlin-Görlitz Railway Company (''Berlin-Görlitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). The line ru ...
. 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.
As Niederschöneweide and
Oberschöneweide
Oberschöneweide (, literally ''Upper Schöneweide'') is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Niederschöneweide (''Lower Schöneweide''), part of the geographic area of Schön ...
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
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Early life
Rathenau was born in Berlin, into a w ...
to
AEG
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AG (AEG; ) was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in Berlin as the ''Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität'' in 1883 by Emil Rathenau. During the Second World War, AEG ...
-owned factories, using a wooden bridge over the
Spree
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* Spree (river), river in Germany
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* ''The Spree'', a 1998 American television film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
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, 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
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(GDR), lost access to its terminal station, the
Görlitzer Bahnhof, which was in
Kreuzberg
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, now in
West Berlin
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, and could not now be reached. The long-distance trains serving the stations (as distinct from halts) on the Görlitz line in Berlin (
Baumschulenweg
Baumschulenweg () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow. Its name means road (''weg'') of the plant nurseries (''Baumschulen''). It ...
, Schöneweide,
Adlershof
Adlershof (, literally "Eagle's Court") is a locality (') in the borough (') Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany.
Adlershof is home to the new City of Science, Technology and Media ( WISTA), located on the southwestern edge of the locality.
Hist ...
and
Grünau) were gradually rerouted to
Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg () is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.
Overview
The district contains the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, the larger of Berlin's ...
. 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
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(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
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long-distance services were gradually rerouted over the
Stadtbahn
' (; German for "city railway"; plural ') is a German word referring to various types of urban rail transport. One type of transport originated in the 19th century, firstly in Berlin and followed by Vienna, where rail routes were created that co ...
or to Lichtenberg, although regional services were retained. Due to the need to rehabilitate a bridge at
Ostkreuz
Berlin Ostkreuz station (german: Bahnhof Berlin Ostkreuz) (literally "Berlin East Cross") is a station on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway and the busiest interchange station in Berlin. It is in the former East Berlin district of Friedrichshain, ...
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
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service OE 36 trains from
Frankfurt (Oder)
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via
Königs Wusterhausen
Königs Wusterhausen () is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district of the state of Brandenburg in Germany a few kilometers outside Berlin.
Geography
Geographical location
Königs Wusterhausen – or "KW" () as it is often called locally – lie ...
, 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):
Timetables for Berlin-Schöneweide station
*Local services ''Eberswalde – Berlin – Königs Wusterhausen – Lübben – Senftenberg''
*Berlin S-Bahn services ''(Bundesplatz - Innsbrucker Platz -) Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport''
*Berlin S-Bahn services ''Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Grünau - Königs Wusterhausen''
*Berlin S-Bahn services ''Hermannstraße – Neukölln – Schöneweide – Spindlersfeld''
*Berlin S-Bahn services ''Birkenwerder – Pankow – Prenzlauer Allee – Ostkreuz – Schöneweide – Grünau – Zeuthen''
*Berlin S-Bahn services ''Pankow – Prenzlauer Allee – Ostkreuz – Schöneweide''
*Berlin S-Bahn services ''Spandau - Westkreuz – Hauptbahnhof - Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Schöneweide – Flughafen Schönefeld''
References
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Berlin S-Bahn stations
Railway stations in Treptow-Köpenick
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1868
1868 establishments in Prussia