Berlin-Marienfelde station is a station and a freight yard in

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. It is located on the

Berlin–Dresden railway The Berlin–Dresden railway is a double track, electrified main line railway in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, which was originally built and operated by the ''Berlin-Dresden Railway Company'' (''Berlin-Dresdener Eisenbahn- ...

line in the locality of

Marienfelde Marienfelde () is a locality in southwest Berlin, Germany, part of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg borough. The former village, incorporated according to the Greater Berlin Act of 1920, today is a mixed industrial and residential area. Geography The Ma ...

, part of the

Tempelhof-Schöneberg Tempelhof-Schöneberg () is the seventh borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Schöneberg. Situated in the south of the city it shares borders with the boroughs of Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in t ...

borough. The station is part of the

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rapid transit network.

History

The station, initially named ''Marienfelde'', opened with the Dresden Railway on 17 June 1875. A few months later, on 15 October 1875, it also became a stop on the parallel

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(''Königlich Preußischen Militär-Eisenbahn''), which ran from the Berlin Military station in

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Zossen Zossen (; hsb, Sosny) is a German town in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg, about south of Berlin, and next to the B96 highway. Zossen consists of several smaller municipalities, which were grouped together in 2003 to form the cit ...

. Marienfelde station was far away from the built-up area of Berlin at that time. It stimulated the development of the ''Neu-Marienfelde'' mansion colony west of the tracks. From 1893 onwards, the station was rebuilt and extended with an island platform, which was opened in March 1903. The station has been served by

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S-Bahn trains since May 1939. 19861117a Marienfelde

The former counter hall was partially destroyed in World War II; today, only the entrance to the platform remains. After the war, the line’s second track towards

Lichtenrade Lichtenrade () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Tempelhof. History The locality was first mentioned in 1375, named ''Lichtenrode' ...

was dismantled to provide

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to the

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. Not until 1990, it was rebuilt in 1990, so that services could be operated at ten-minute intervals to Lichtenrade. In the early 1950s the freight depot was enlarged. The name of the station was changed to ''Berlin-Marienfelde'' on 1 August 1952.

High-speed track

Various high-speed tests with electrical locomotives and railcars were carried out between 1901 and 1904 on the Royal Prussian Military Railway between Marienfelde and Zossen. These vehicles operated with three-phase alternating current of 10 kilovolts and variable frequency. The power supply was carried by three overhead lines placed vertically. On 27 October 1903, the trial

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railcars ran at a new world record speed of 210.2 km/h. This event is commemorated by a plaque at the station.

Proposed work

The reconstruction of Berlin-Marienfelde station is planned as part of the restoration of the long-distance tracks of the Dresden railway in the Berlin area. Barrier-free access to the platform is also to be provided as part of this work. This work was planned from 2016 to 2018 at an estimated cost of €3 million. Currently,

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assumes construction works to start in 2021

Freight yard

S-Bhf Marienfelde Nordblick mit Güterzug

The freight yard is located southeast of the S-Bahn platform. Freight trains run through the station and over the S-Bahn tracks to the southern

Ringbahn The Ringbahn (German for circle railway) is a long circle route around Berlin's inner city area, on the Berlin S-Bahn network. Its course is made up of a double-tracked S-Bahn ring and a parallel freight ring. The S-Bahn lines S41 and S42 prov ...

and to the rail facilities at the oil port on the

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at Lankwitz.

Connections

The station is served by S-Bahn line S2 and was used by around 8,000 passengers daily in 2006. There are bus connections to many parts of Marienfelde.

Noted

References

External links

* {{cite web, url=http://www.stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de/bahnhof/bahnhof.php?bhf=313, title=Berlin-Marienfelde, publisher=stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de, language=de, accessdate=19 May 2015

Buildings and structures in Tempelhof-Schöneberg Railway stations in Germany opened in 1875