Berlin Südkreuz

Berlin Südkreuz (in English, literally: Berlin South Cross) is a railway station in the German capital Berlin. The station was originally opened in 1898 and is an interchange station. The Berlin Ringbahn line of the Berlin S-Bahn metro railway is situated on the upper level and connects to the east and west, whilst the Anhalter Bahn and Dresdner Bahn intercity railway routes reach the station on the lower, north-south level. The station was extensively rebuilt between the late 1990s and 2006, and was renamed Berlin Südkreuz on 28 May 2006.

Berlin Südkreuz
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Berlin Südkreuz
LocationGeneral-Pape-Straße, 10829, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°28′32″N 13°21′52″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code4859
DS100 code
  • BSKR (S-Bahn, upper)
  • BPAF (long-distance, lower)
  • BSKV (S-Bahn, lower)[1]
IBNR
  • 8011113 (long-distance)
  • 8089073 (S-Bahn)
Category1[2]
Fare zone: Berlin A/5555[3]
History
Opened1898
Previous namesBerlin Papestraße (1898-2006)
Key dates
1990s–2006Rebuilt as Südkreuz
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
ICE 15
via Halle (Saale) - Erfurt
towards Frankfurt
ICE 18
via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Halle (Saale) - Berlin
towards Munich
ICE 28
via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Leipzig - Berlin
towards Munich
ICE 29
via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Halle (Saale)
towards Munich
towards Berlin
ICE 91
towards Vienna
towards Warnemünde
IC 17
via Berlin
towards Dresden
EuroCity
toward Budapest
toward Prague
Terminus
towards Stuttgart
IC/EC 32
FlixTrain
towards Stuttgart
FLX 10
via Frankfurt (Main) - Erfurt
towards Berlin
towards Aachen
FLX 30
via Hannover - Berlin
towards Leipzig
DB Regio Nordost
toward Stralsund or Schwedt
RE 3
via Berlin
toward Rostock or Stralsund
RE 5
via Berlin
toward Wünsdorf-Waldstadt or Elsterwerda
toward Nauen
RB 10
via Berlin-Spandau
Terminus
ODEG
toward Rathenow
RE 4
via Berlin
toward Jüterbog
Berlin S-Bahn
toward Blankenfelde
toward Bernau
toward Teltow Stadt
toward Hennigsdorf
toward Teltow Stadt
One-way operation
Ringbahn (clockwise)
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
One-way operation
toward Südkreuz
toward Westend
Location
Berlin Südkreuz
Location in Berlin
Berlin Südkreuz
Location in Germany
Berlin Südkreuz
Location in Europe
Construction works in 2005

History

The station's original name (Berlin Papestraße) originates from the nearby General-Pape-Straße, which is named after the Prussian general Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape. The Ringbahn platform opened as an island platform on 1 December 1901.[4]

The original Papestrasse station building, constructed from 1898-1901 was demolished, although a corner of the building, incorporating a clock tower, has been preserved as part of the new station.[5]

Becoming Südkreuz

The station played a vital part in Deutsche Bahn's new concept for long-distance services in Berlin; it was deemed necessary to have a long-distance station in southern Berlin for the new north-south axis, so it was decided to rebuild Papestraße and rename the station to Südkreuz, giving the station a more intuitive name like the Ostkreuz (East Cross) and Westkreuz (West Cross) stations on the Berlin Stadtbahn. Construction, however, was severely delayed due to unexpected difficulties and NIMBY complaints of residents living near the long-disused north-south lines. Instead of opening in 2000 as scheduled, the station only opened on 28 May 2006, together with the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) in the center of Berlin. It is now used as a terminal station for ICE trains to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, and sees a number of north-south services heading to and from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, plus EuroCity services to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia via Dresden Hauptbahnhof.

Facial recognition trial

During 2017 Germany's Ministry of the Interior announced a pilot project to employ facial recognition technology at Berlin Südkreuz station. The six-month trial will overlay facial recognition software over the station's existing video surveillance system and will track a database of volunteers. The project is being jointly undertaken by the Ministry of the Interior, the Federal Police, the Federal Criminal Police Office and Deutsche Bahn. Announcing the pilot, the ministry said the technology would be able to detect people in need of help, as well as suspicious behaviour, and report it automatically.[6]

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):[7]

Long distance

LineRouteInterval
ICE 11(Hamburg –) Berlin Berlin Südkreuz Leipzig Erfurt Frankfurt Stuttgart Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 15(Binz Stralsund –) Berlin Berlin Südkreuz Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt Every 2 hours
ICE 18Hamburg – Berlin Berlin Südkreuz Halle – Erfurt Nuremberg Ingolstadt/Augsburg – Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 28Hamburg – or (Stralsund/Rostock –) Berlin Berlin Südkreuz Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg – MunichEvery 2 hours
ICE 29(Rostock –) Berlin Berlin Südkreuz Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich5 train pairs
ICE 91 (Rostock –) Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nürnberg – RegensburgPassauLinzViena One train pair
EC 27(Kiel 1 or Westerland 1 –) Hamburg – Berlin Berlin Südkreuz Dresden Prague (– Budapest)Every 2 hours

1 pair of trains each of Kiel and Westerland

IC 28 (Binz –) Stralsund Pasewalk – Berlin Berlin Südkreuz 2 train pairs
IC 32(Berlin Südkreuz Hannover –) Dortmund Essen Duisburg Cologne Koblenz Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart (– Nürtingen Reutlingen Tübingen) or (– Ulm – Augsburg – Munich)Individual services
IC 32 Berlin Südkreuz Wolfsburg – Hannover – Dortmund – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Aachen (– Düren – Cologne) One train pair on Fri/Sun
FLX 10 Berlin Hbf Berlin Südkreuz Halle (Saale) Erfurt Gotha Eisenach Fulda Frankfurt South  Darmstadt Weinheim Heidelberg Stuttgart 1-2 train pairs
FLX 30 Leipzig Lutherstadt Wittenberg Berlin Südkreuz Berlin Hbf Berlin-Spandau Hannover Bielefeld Dortmund Essen Duisburg Düsseldorf Cologne Aachen 1-2 train pairs

Regional

Line Route Interval (min)
RE 3 Lutherstadt Wittenberg Jüterbog Berlin Südkreuz Eberswalde Angermünde  Schwedt (Oder) 120
Falkenberg/Elster  Prenzlau Greifswald Stralsund 120
RE 4 (Jüterbog –) Ludwigsfelde Berlin Südkreuz Berlin-Spandau – Dallgow-Döberitz Wustermark Rathenow (– Stendal) 060
RE 5 Elsterwerda – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt Berlin Südkreuz Oranienburg – Neustrelitz  Güstrow – Rostock 120
Neubrandenburg – Stralsund 120
RB 10 Berlin Südkreuz Berlin Potsdamer Platz Berlin Jungfernheide Berlin-Spandau – Falkensee – Nauen 060

S-Bahn

  • Berlin S-Bahn services Bernau - Karow - Pankow - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Sudkreuz - Blankenfelde
  • Berlin S-Bahn services Hennigsdorf - Tegel - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Sudkreuz - Lichterfelde - Teltow
  • Berlin S-Bahn services Waidmannslust - Wittenau - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Sudkreuz - Lichterfelde - Teltow
  • Berlin S-Bahn services (Ring Clockwise) Südkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Westkreuz - Westend - Jungfernheide - Gesundbrunnen - Ostkreuz - Treptower Park - Hermannstraße - Südkreuz
  • Berlin S-Bahn services (Ring Anti-clockwise) Südkreuz - Hermannstraße - Treptower Park - Ostkreuz - Gesundbrunnen - Jungfernheide - Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz
  • Berlin S-Bahn services Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
  • Berlin S-Bahn services Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Grünau - Königs Wusterhausen

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  4. Kuhlmann, B. Bahnknoten Berlin - Die Entwicklung des Berliner Eisenbahnnetzes seit 1838. Berlin, Verlag GVE, 2006.
  5. Preuss, E. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Stuttgart, Transpress, 2006.
  6. Facial recognition technology to be trialled at Berlin railway station
  7. Timetables for Berlin Südkreuz station (in German)
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