Berlin Storkower Straße station

Storkower Straße is a railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg locality of Berlin, close to the locality's border with Fennpfuhl. Located at the Ringbahn it is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42, S8 and S85.

Storkower Straße
Berlin S-Bahn
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Platform view
General information
LocationStorkower Straße, Fennpfuhl
Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße, Prenzlauer Berg
Pankow, Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°31′26″N 13°27′52″E / 52.52389°N 13.46444°E / 52.52389; 13.46444
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)Ringbahn
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsS-Bahn Berlin
ConnectionsS41 S42 S8 S85
156 240
Other information
Station code6042
DS100 codeBSTO[1]
IBNR8089041
Category4[2]
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened4 May 1881; 142 years ago (1881-05-04)
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Landsberger Allee
One-way operation
S41 Frankfurter Allee
Ringbahn (clockwise)
Landsberger Allee
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
S42 Frankfurter Allee
One-way operation
Landsberger Allee
towards Birkenwerder
S8 Frankfurter Allee
towards Wildau
Landsberger Allee S85 Frankfurter Allee
towards Grünau
Map
Location
Storkower Straße is located in Berlin
Storkower Straße
Storkower Straße
Location in Berlin
Storkower Straße is located in Germany
Storkower Straße
Storkower Straße
Location in Germany
Storkower Straße is located in Europe
Storkower Straße
Storkower Straße
Location in Europe

History edit

The station was opened in 1881 under the name of Zentralviehhof, as the vast area south of the station then was the site of Berlin's central slaughterhouse that received animals by rail here. An over 400-metre (0.25 mi) long pedestrian bridge (called the Langer Jammer, i.e. "Long Misery") crossed the processing plant connecting the station with the Friedrichshain residential areas.

 
The northern entrance to the station on Storkower Straße

The station was renamed in the 1970s, while in 1991 the slaughterhouse finally closed. The notorious bridge except for about 150 m (490 ft) above the tracks was demolished in 2002. The remaining portion of the bridge, which stretches from Storkower Straße north of the station to Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße south of the station, was renovated and now serves as the only entrance and exit to the station.

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.