Berlin-Neukölln is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in the Neukölln district of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

with the same name. It is served by the

S-Bahn The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban-suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble c ...

lines , , , and and the

U-Bahn Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and fourteen S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn (''underground railway'') are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while ...

line . Opened as a station on the

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 ...

in 1872 the current station building was erected in 1930 by Alfred Grenander, enabling to exchange into the underground station opened that year. Until 1961 the station's name was Berlin Neukölln-Südring to refer to the S-Bahn. However, after the Berlin Wall was built, and as the S-Bahn was under the influence of the GDR government, the addition Südring was deleted. In 1980 the Ringbahn stopped business. 1992 after the Ringbahn connection was established again, the addition Südring is seen again. The next station is Grenzallee.J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)

Popular culture

* The front of the S-Bahn-Station Neukölln is heavily featured in the German documentary Neukölln Unlimited, where the film's protagonists spend a lot of their time.

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Berlin S-Bahn stations Buildings and structures in Neukölln Railway stations in Germany opened in 1872 {{Berlin-railstation-stub