Berlin Yorckstraße (german: Bahnhof Berlin Yorckstraße) is an

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 ...

and

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station located in the Schöneberg locality of central

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Overview

The eponymous street is named after ''Generalfeldmarschall''

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (born von Yorck; 26 September 1759 – 4 October 1830) was a Prussian '' Generalfeldmarschall'' instrumental in the switching of the Kingdom of Prussia from a French alliance to a Russian allia ...

. Bahnhof Yorckstraße consists of two neighbouring S-Bahn stations and an underground station: The western Yorckstraße (Großgörschenstraße) S-Bahn station on the S1 line (DS100: BGGS) was opened as ''Großgörschenstraße'' in 1891 with the new ''Wannseebahn'' rapid transit line running from Potsdamer Bahnhof to

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 ...

. Originally located south of the small ''Großgörschenstraße'' the platform was demolished and shifted northwards to its current position at the ''Yorckstraße'' with the opening of the ''Nord-Süd Bahn'' tunnel in 1939. As the "Germania" plans included a general reorganization of Berlin's railway system, only a provisional station with wooden pillars was erected that nevertheless persists until today. The eastern Yorckstraße S-Bahn station at the S2/ S25/ S26 line, opened in 1903 on the ''Anhalter Bahn'' and ''Dresdener Bahn'' line departing from

Anhalter Bahnhof The Anhalter Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, approximately southeast of Potsdamer Platz. Once one of Berlin's most important railway stations, it was severely damaged in World War II, and finally closed for traffic in ...

. The adjacent Yorckstraße U-Bahn station of the U7 was built in 1971 by R.G. Rümmler. The underground station has two exits one each to one of the two S-Bahn stations, which are otherwise only connected by a short walk or (in the eastward direction) by bus. The next underground station in eastward direction is Möckernbrücke, where transfer is available to U1. Also .

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