Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof

Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof is historically the most important and now the only remaining station in the city of Eberswalde in the German state of Brandenburg. It was opened in the summer of 1842 outside the then city limits on the Berlin–Szczecin railway. The city fathers of Eberswalde did not want a modern railway in their city, so the station was built three kilometres west of the city centre in a wooded area where the Westend district is today.

Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Rear of the station (2010)
General information
LocationBahnhofsring 17, Eberswalde, Brandenburg
Germany
Coordinates52°50′02″N 13°47′50″E / 52.833830°N 13.797092°E / 52.833830; 13.797092
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Other information
Station code1444
DS100 codeWE[1]
IBNR8010093
Category3[2]
Fare zoneVBB: 4862[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 August 1842
Passengers
< 5,000/day[4]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Angermünde ICE 15 Berlin Gesundbrunnen
One-way operation
ICE 21 Bernau bei Berlin
ICE 28 Bernau bei Berlin
towards München Hbf
ICE 29 Berlin Gesundbrunnen
ICE 91
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Bernau bei Berlin RE 3
Britz
Melchow RB 24 Terminus
Preceding station Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn Following station
Terminus RB 60 Niederfinow
RB 62 Britz
towards Angermünde
RB 63 Britz
towards Joachimsthal
Map
Location
Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof is located in Brandenburg
Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof
Eberswalde Hauptbahnhof
Location within Brandenburg

Station

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Eberswalde was one of the first cities in Germany to be connected by rail. Seven years after the first German railway line was opened between Nuremberg and Fürth, it was then still unusual for German cities to be connected to the very new railway networks. It soon became clear that the development of the railway line was important for the supply of the city. In the following years the city grew mainly to the west towards the station, whose buildings were designed by F. Neuhaus. In 1867, a wooden bridge was built over the tracks.

 
Truss bridge built in 1910 before its demolition in 2004
 
2012
 
2017

On 1 May 1844 the following buildings and facilities were present at Eberswalde station:[5]

  • entrance building, including four official residences
  • a two stall engine shed
  • facility for supplying water and coke to locomotives
  • carriage and freight sheds
  • coke and salt shed
  • stables
  • restaurant

Eberswalde has been a junction since 1866, when a line to Wriezen was opened; it was extended to Frankfurt (Oder) in 1876/77. The station was extended between 1866 and 1867. In 1873, a roundhouse was built with eight stalls and the old two-stall engine shed was demolished. On 7 January 1878, the repair shop of the Berlin-Stettin Railway Company (German: Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) (now the Deutsche Bahn maintenance depot), was opened. Near the station, a line towards Joachimsthal and Templin was opened in 1898, starting from a junction at the nearby station of Britz on the Berlin–Szczecin line. Between 1906 and 1910, the station was remodelled extensively for the first time. It received several platforms, a pedestrian tunnel, a large lobby and several restaurants. In the following decades Eberswalde was a popular destination for Berliners and the station restaurants were especially well attended.

Because of the construction of the Westend district in 1904, a railway bridge was built in 1910 to replace the old wooden bridge. A trolley bus line (Gleislose Bahn Eberswalde) operated for a few months in 1901. From 1910 to 1940 an electric tramway (Straßenbahn Eberswalde) operated from Eberswalde Marktplatz (market place) to the station forecourt. In 1940 the tramway was converted into a trolley bus line, which is now the oldest existing trolley bus line in Germany.

Until about 2004, Eberswalde Station remained largely in its 1910 state, few improvements had taken place. The station facilities were mostly in a poor condition, so a complete reconstruction was then carried out, which involved moving the tunnel to the north and the platforms to the south. The Eberswalde railway station bridge was demolished and replaced by a new structure. Only the main building of the former station is preserved. An old mechanical destination indicator, which is protected as a monument, has been returned to the platform.

Train services

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The station is served by the following service(s):[6]

Line Route Frequency (min)
ICE 15 Ostseebad BinzStralsundEberswaldeBerlinHalleErfurtGothaEisenach one train Eisenach-Binz Fr-Sa
ICE 21 (Ostseebad Binz –) Stralsund – Angermünde – EberswaldeBerlin (– Berlin Südkreuz) every 4 hours
ICE 28 Ostseebad Binz – Stralsund – Eberswalde – Berlin – Leipzig (– Jena-Göschwitz) – NurembergMunich Individual trains
ICE 29 Ostseebad Binz – Stralsund – Angermünde – Eberswalde – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg (train split) AugsburgMunich 1 train pair
ICE 91 PassauLinzWien
RE 3 Schwedt (Oder) Angermünde – Eberswalde – Berlin – LudwigsfeldeJüterbogLutherstadt Wittenberg 120
Stralsund – Züssow
RB 24 EberswaldeBernauHohenschönhausenLichtenbergOstkreuzSchönweideSchönefeld 60
RB 60 (Frankfurt (Oder) Neutrebbin) Wriezen Falkenberg – EberswaldeBernauBerlin Gesundbrunnen 60
RB 62 Prenzlau – Angermünde (– Eberswalde) Individual services
RB 63 EberswaldeBritzGolzowAlt-HüttendorfJoachimsthal KaiserbahnhofJoachimsthal 60

References

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Footnotes

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  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 28 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Bahnhofsentwicklungsprogramm Brandenburg. Aktueller Stand und Konzeption 2006" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. November 2006. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  5. ^ Wegemund, Andreas. Das Bw Eberswalde (in German). ISBN 3-88255-443-6.
  6. ^ "Fahrpläne – Eberswalde Hbf". www.bahnhof.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-14.

Sources

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  • Krüger, Ronald; Pofahl, Ulrich; Schindler, Mattis (2000). Stadtverkehr Eberswalde. "Gleislose Bahn" – Straßenbahn – Obus (in German). Berlin: GVE. ISBN 3-89218-058-X.
  • Grusenick, Dieter; Morlok, Erich; Regling, Horst (1996). Die Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn (in German). transpress. ISBN 3-344-71046-X.