Berlin Gesundbrunnen station (german: Bahnhof Berlin Gesundbrunnen) is a

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. It is situated in the Gesundbrunnen district, part of the central

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borough, as an interconnection point between the northern ''

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'' and '' Nord-Süd Tunnel'' lines of the

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, as well as a regional and long distance station of the

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network. The station is operated by the

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subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG and is classified as a Category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and four in Berlin, the others being

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and

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History

When the Berlin–Stettin railway was opened in 1842, the tracks ran farther northwestwards with a hazardous

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on Badstraße. Nearby Gesundbrunnen station was inaugurated on 1 January 1872 with the northern ''Ringbahn'' line; it became an important railway hub with the opening of the

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to Neubrandenburg; the junction was finished on 10 July 1877. From 1 May 1897, it also offered access to the Berlin–Stettin line, whose original tracks were shifted southwards to meet the parallel ''Ringbahn'' here. On 8 August 1924 Gesundbrunnen was one of the first stations to become part of the Berlin S-Bahn system when

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trains ran from Stettiner Bahnhof to Bernau. After the opening of the ''Nord-Süd Tunnel'' in 1939, trains ran from Gesundbrunnen via Humboldthain station and Stettiner Bahnhof directly to

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in the south. U-Bahn Berlin Gesundbrunnen

Plans for an access of Gesundbrunnen station to the

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network were already developed by the

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electric company prior to World War I. Nevertheless, the present-day station, located on the , was not opened until 18 April 1930. Designed in a

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style according to plans by

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with a separate reception building, the U-Bahn platform crossed deep beneath the railway tracks and served as an

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during the

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World War II and Cold War

On 3 February 1945, this station was destroyed by an air raid. After World War II and the division of Berlin, long-distance train service diminished and was finally discontinued on 18 May 1952. The S-Bahn system was also affected by the construction of the

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in 1961, when the network was partitioned into an eastern and western half. When the wall was built, it became a terminus for the

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, because of the breakup. Its services are Sonnenallee/Köllnische Heide and Gesundbrunnen. Bernau and Helligensee service were merged into Helligensee and Waidmannlust - Lichterfelde and Lichtenrade services, because Bornholmer Straße was also closed due to the Berlin Wall construction. Because of the strike, Lichtenrade – Frohnau and Lichterfelde Süd – Heiligensee were the only ones left from 1980 to 1984. And it was replaced, although it remains the same for Lichtenrade to Frohnau, and Anhalter Bahnhof to Wannsee until the German reunification in 1990.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

After

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in 1990, Gesundbrunnen was rebuilt extensively - it did delay the reopening of the rapid transit link to

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until 17 September 2001. The last stretch, from Westhafen to Gesundbrunnen was reopened on 15 June 2002. In the Pilzkonzept master plan the station was modernized as Berlin's northern long-distance train station and during 2005 there were discussions to rename the station to Nordkreuz (North Cross) reflecting the names of the other connection stations on the Ringbahn namely

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(East Cross), Südkreuz (South Cross) and

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(West Cross). Work on the railway hub was completed on 26 May 2006, with no development on the rename until 2016, when Nordkreuz was appended to Gesundbrunnen as an official alternative name. Despite its station category 1 the station had no representative entrance building - the old entrance building had been demolished and it had never been replaced giving the new station a peculiar appearance. The area designated for the entrance building was left as a public open space (Hanne-Sobek-Platz). The planning was stopped not only by financial cuts but also due to the existence of the nearby Gesundbrunnen-Center shopping center that was opened in 1997 offering 25000 square meters of shopping facilities plus a direct connection to the railway station. The planning resumed during 2010 and construction work on a new entrance building began by the end of 2011, with the 3300 square meters projected to cost a total of 7.4 million

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s. The new entrance building opened in autumn 2015.

Train services

National and Regional services

The station is served by the following service(s):Timetables for Berlin Gesundbrunnen
*Intercity Express services (ICE 10) ''(Bonn -) Köln - Wuppertal - Hamm - Hannover - Berlin'' *Intercity Express services (ICE 10) ''(Köln/Bonn Airport -) Düsseldorf - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Hannover - Berlin'' *Intercity-Express service (ICE 28) ''(Stralsund - Eberswalde -) Berlin - Halle - Jena - Nuremberg - Munich'' *Intercity-Express service (ICE 1005) ''Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Nuremberg - Munich'' *Intercity service (EC 27) ''Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Dresden - Prague'' *Intercity service (IC 50) ''Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Frankfurt (Main)'' *Regional services ''Stralsund - Greifswald - Pasewalk - Angermünde - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog - Falkenberg - Elsterwerda'' *Regional services ''Schwedt - Angermünde - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt Wittenberg'' *Regional services ''Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt - Elsterwerda'' *Regional services ''Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Wunsdorf-Waldstadt - Elsterwerda'' *Regional services ''Berlin – Hennigsdorf – Neuruppin – Wittstock – Pritzwalk – Wittenberge'' *Regional services ''Berlin – Eberswalde – Angermünde – Szczecin Głowny'' *Local services ''Berlin - Karow - Basdorf - Groß Schönebeck / Wensickendorf (- Schmachtenhagen)

S- and U-Bahn services

Gesundbrunnen is a station on

and

networks. The station is served by the following services: * S1 (''

Oranienburg Oranienburg () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Geography Oranienburg is a town located on the banks of the Havel river, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin. Division of the town Oranienburg ...

- Frohnau - Wittenau - Gesundbrunnen -

Friedrichstraße The Friedrichstraße () (lit. ''Frederick Street'') is a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin, forming the core of the Friedrichstadt neighborhood and giving the name to Berlin Friedrichstraße station. It runs from the northern pa ...

- Schöneberg - Rathaus Steglitz -

Wannsee Wannsee () is a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany. It is the westernmost locality of Berlin. In the quarter there are two lakes, the larger '' Großer Wannsee'' (Greater Wannsee, "See" means lake) and ...

'') * S2 ('' Bernau - Karow -

Pankow Pankow () is the most populous and the second-largest borough by area of Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow. ...

- Gesundbrunnen -

- Südkreuz -

Blankenfelde Blankenfelde () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') located within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow. Of the city's 95 localities, it is the least densely populated. History Blankenfelde was founded around 1375 and was integrated into Berlin ...

'') * S25 (''

Hennigsdorf Hennigsdorf () is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river. History The municipality shared its borders with the form ...

- Tegel - Gesundbrunnen -

- Südkreuz - Teltow Stadt'') * S26 ('' Waidmannslust - Wittenau - Gesundbrunnen -

- Südkreuz - Teltow Stadt'') * S41 (Ring Clockwise) (''Gesundbrunnen -

Treptower Park Treptower Park (, with a silent ''w'') is a park alongside the river Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin. History It was the location of the Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin in 1896. It is ...

- Hermannstraße - Südkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz -

Westend Westend may refer to: * Westend (Trevilians, Virginia), an historic house in Virginia listed on the NRHP * Westend (Berlin), a locality of Berlin in Germany * Westend (Frankfurt am Main), a borough of Frankfurt am Main in Germany * Westend, Espoo, ...

- Gesundbrunnen'') * S42 (Ring Anti-clockwise) (''Gesundbrunnen -

- Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Hermannstraße -

- Gesundbrunnen'') * U8 ('' Wittenau - Osloer Straße - Gesundbrunnen -

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- Hermannstraße'')

References

External links

Berlin S-& U-Bahn network mapS-Bahn station information

Long distance/Regional station information
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