Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station

Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station (German: Bahnhof Schönefeld (bei Berlin)) (formerly named Berlin Schönefeld Airport station and BER Airport – Terminal 5 station until December 2023)[4] is a railway station in Schönefeld next to the former Berlin Schönefeld Airport (briefly renamed as Terminal 5 and now defunct), just outside Berlin. The station is on the Grünauer Kreuz–Berlin Brandenburg Airport railway and is served by S-Bahn lines S9 and S45. It is also served by RB 24 and RB 32.

Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Deutsche Bahn Berlin S-Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationSchönefeld, Brandenburg
Germany
Coordinates52°23′29″N 13°30′46″E / 52.39139°N 13.51278°E / 52.39139; 13.51278
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms
  • 3 (long distance)
  • 2 (S-Bahn)
Other information
Station code1821
DS100 codeBTL [1]
IBNR8010109
Category3[2]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin C/5957[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened10 July 1951; 72 years ago (1951-07-10)
Electrified 27 February 1962; 62 years ago (1962-02-27), 750 V DC system (3rd rail)
main line: 29 May 1983; 40 years ago (1983-05-29), 15 kV AC system (overhead)
Previous names1951-1962 Schönefeld (b. Berlin)
1962 Zentralflughafen Schönefeld
1962–1976 Zentralflughafen Berlin-Schönefeld
1976–2020 Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen
Passengers
< 10,000 per day
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Grünbergallee
towards Südkreuz
S45 Waßmannsdorf
towards BER Airport
Grünbergallee
towards Spandau
S9
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Berlin-Schöneweide RB 24 Terminus
Berlin-Schöneweide
towards Oranienburg
RB 32
Map
Location
Schönefeld (bei Berlin) is located in Berlin
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Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Location within Berlin
Schönefeld (bei Berlin) is located in Brandenburg
Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Location within Brandenburg
Schönefeld (bei Berlin) is located in Germany
Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Location within Germany
Schönefeld (bei Berlin) is located in Europe
Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Location within Europe

History edit

Schönefeld Airport edit

Berlin-Schönefeld railway station was built within 150 days and opened for the public on 10 July 1951 as part of the Berliner Außenring. On 26 February 1962, an additional platform was added and Schönefeld was connected to the Berlin S-Bahn.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport edit

From May to October 2020, Intercity 17 (Dresden-Berlin-Rostock/Warnemünde) stopped in Schönefeld.[5] Since the opening of BER, it serves BER Airport station instead.[6]

On 25 October 2020, the station was renamed to "Flughafen BER – Terminal 5"[7] to reflect the re-development of Schönefeld Airport into an operational terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport. A few days later all train services except the S-Bahn switched to the new Terminal 1 station.

Despite the shutdown of Terminal 5 in early 2021, the station continues to be served to the same extent as during Terminal 5's existence as a part of BER, as the Terminal then hosted a vaccination center for the administration of Covid 19 vaccines.[8]

Due to the indefinite closure of Terminal 5, this station was renamed Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station in December 2023, reflecting it is no longer an airport station.[4]

Train services edit

The station is served by the following services S-Bahn and Regionalbahn services:[9]

  • Berlin S-Bahn services   BER AirportSchönefeld – Schöneweide – Neukölln – Südkreuz
  • Berlin S-Bahn services   Spandau – Westkreuz – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Schöneweide – Schönefeld – BER Airport
  • Regional-Express RB 24 Schönefeld – Berlin-Schöneweide – Berlin Ostkreuz – Berlin-Lichtenberg – Berlin-Hohenschönhausen – Bernau – Rüdnitz – Eberswalde
  • Regionalbahn RB 32 Schönefeld – Berlin-Schöneweide – Berlin Ostkreuz – Berlin-Lichtenberg – Berlin-Hohenschönhausen – Oranienburg

Gallery edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b berliner-zeitung.de (German) 9 March 2023
  5. ^ "InterCity 17 timetable" (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. 2020-05-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-08.
  6. ^ https://assets.static-bahn.de/dam/jcr:68578d5f-2924-40a2-955e-feb5cf95bab6/246453-327489.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ "Ab 26. Oktober fährt die S-Bahn zum BER". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). 2020-10-17.
  8. ^ "Terminal 5 vorübergehend geschlossen". rw. Archived from the original on 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  9. ^ "Kursbuch der Deutschen Bahn". kursbuch.bahn.de.
  • Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler, Wolfgang Kramer: Berlins S-Bahnhöfe. Ein dreiviertel Jahrhundert. Berlin-Brandenburg 1999. ISBN 3-930863-60-X (in German)
  • Bernd Kuhlmann: Eisenbahn-Größenwahn in Berlin. Die Planungen 1933 bis 1945 und deren Realisierung. GVE, Berlin 1996. ISBN 3-89218-035-0 (in German)

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52°23′29″N 13°30′46″E / 52.39139°N 13.51278°E / 52.39139; 13.51278