Berlin Warschauer Straße station

Warschauer Straße station is an S-Bahn and U-Bahn station on Warschauer Straße on the northern bank of the river Spree in the Friedrichshain neighborhood of Berlin, Germany. The two train stations as well as the trams that terminate adjacent to the U-Bahn station together accommodate over 85,000 passengers daily.[4]

Warschauer Straße
S-Bahn U-Bahn
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S-Bahnhof Warschauer Straße in 2019
General information
LocationWarschauer Straße 34
10243 Berlin
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4 (only S-Bahn)
Train operatorsS-Bahn Berlin
ConnectionsU1 U3

: 300, 347, N1
Construction
AccessibleNo (under construction)
ArchitectDörr Ludolf Wimmer Architekten, Berlin
Other information
Station code6550
DS100 codeBWRS[1]
IBNR8089045
Category4[2]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin A/5555[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Passengers
85,000
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Ostbahnhof
towards Spandau
S3 Ostkreuz
towards Erkner
Ostbahnhof
towards Westkreuz
S5 Ostkreuz
Ostbahnhof
towards Potsdam Hbf
S7 Ostkreuz
towards Ahrensfelde
Terminus S75 Ostkreuz
towards Wartenberg
Ostbahnhof
towards Spandau
S9 Treptower Park
towards BER Airport
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Schlesisches Tor U1 Terminus
Schlesisches Tor
towards Krumme Lanke
U3
Map
Location
Warschauer Straße is located in Berlin
Warschauer Straße
Warschauer Straße
Location within Berlin

S-Bahn station

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Warschauer Brücke and Warschauer Straße station (1930)
 
S-Bahn Warschauer Straße station (1994)
 
S-Bahnhof Warschauer Straße (1992)

The Warschauer Straße S-Bahn station is located on the eastern side of Warschauer Bridge. The station's current configuration consists of a temporary footbridge and two platforms, one for trains inbound towards the city center, the other outbound towards Ostkreuz and Lichtenberg. The first station building opened on 11 August 1884 and stood until 1903. The second station building, designed by Karl Cornelius, stood from 1903 until 1924. The third station building, designed by Richard Brademann and constructed in 1924, was heavily damaged due to the destruction of Warschauer Bridge during World War II and required extensive reconstruction and alteration.[5]

The station remained largely unchanged for decades. Warschauer Straße station was reconstructed in 1983, and a new platform opened on 20 December 1986. This was in order to provide greater transport access to the increasingly developed northeast districts of the city, Neu-Hohenschönhausen and Marzahn. Due to a lack of maintenance, the station building developed acute structural defects and was closed in late 2004. Soon after, the station building and platform access were demolished in April 2005 and replaced with a temporary walkway and stairs.

As part of a long term renovation and reconstruction project for S-Bahn Ostkreuz, Warschauer Straße, and Ostbahnhof stations, a new reception building and two new central platforms are being built at S-Bahn Warschauer Straße station. March 2012 saw the removal from service and demolition of platforms B and C. The newly rebuilt platform B returned to operation in May 2013 with only one edge of the platform active. Construction planners initially planned to begin construction of the new entrance hall in the summer of 2013, with an opening in 2016. Construction began in 2016 and has progressed quickly to the point where the concrete and steel of the new building has been completed. On Sunday 2 July, two of the temporary Imbiss street food huts were torn down, to be followed in time by the remainder, when the temporary foot bridge along the side of the new station building is also removed.

Nearby landmarks

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The Oberbaumbrücke, the East Side Gallery, and the Mercedes-Benz Arena (former O2 World arena) can be reached on foot. Three discothèques are located in the basement vaults of the U-Bahn building: The Matrix Club, since 1996, one of the biggest venues in Berlin with up to nine bars and five dancefloors, the Narva Lounge and the Busche.

Line information

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The station is served by S-Bahn lines S3, S5, S7, S75 and S9, and U-Bahn lines U1 and U3. Connections are available to tram lines M10 and M13, and to bus lines 300 and 347.

52°30′22″N 13°26′56″E / 52.506°N 13.449°E / 52.506; 13.449

References

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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. ^ "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 65. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Startseite » punkt3".
  5. ^ "S-Bahn Berlin GMBH - News - 2011 - an der Warschauer Brücke entsteht Bahnhofsgebäude Nummer 5". Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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