Berlin-Charlottenburg station

Berlin-Charlottenburg is a railway station in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The station is located on the Stadtbahn line, served by the , , , and lines of the Berlin S-Bahn, as well as by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn trains operated by Deutsche Bahn. The U-Bahn station Wilmersdorfer Straße (U7) can be reached via short footpath.

Berlin-Charlottenburg
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Station building in 2017
Location	Stuttgarter Platz 36 10627 Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin Germany
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Other information
Station code	0537
DS100 code	BCHB
IBNR	10403
Category	3
Fare zone	: Berlin A/5555[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nordost   Following station Berlin-Wannsee toward Magdeburg Hbf or Brandenburg Hbf RE 1 via Brandenburg (Havel) - Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) Berlin Zoologischer Garten toward Frankfurt (Oder) or Cottbus Berlin-Wannsee toward Dessau Hbf RE 7 via Berlin Berlin Zoologischer Garten toward Wünsdorf-Waldstadt Berlin-Spandau toward Nauen RB 14 via Berlin Berlin Zoologischer Garten toward BER Airport – Terminal 1-2 Berlin-Wannsee toward Wustermark RB 21 via Potsdam Berlin Zoologischer Garten toward Berlin Friedrichstraße Berlin-Wannsee toward Königs Wusterhausen RB 22 via Potsdam Berlin Zoologischer Garten toward Berlin Friedrichstraße Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station Westkreuz toward Spandau Savignyplatz toward Erkner Westkreuz Terminus Savignyplatz toward Strausberg Nord Westkreuz toward Potsdam Hbf Savignyplatz toward Ahrensfelde Westkreuz toward Spandau Savignyplatz toward BER Airport – Terminal 1-2
Location
Berlin-Charlottenburg Location within Berlin Berlin-Charlottenburg Location within Germany Berlin-Charlottenburg Location within Europe

History

Charlottenburg Station on Stuttgarter Platz, 1907 postcard

The station was opened on 7 February 1882 as the western endpoint of the Stadtbahn line in the then independent town of Charlottenburg. From here the Berlin-Blankenheim railway ran southwestwards, a section of the Kanonenbahn rail route to Metz in Alsace-Lorraine.

The old station hall was damaged in World War II and only provisionally repaired afterwards. During the Cold War era parts of the track installations were reserved for the deployment of British Forces in Berlin. The station was the Berlin terminus for the British Military Train ("The Berliner") which carried allied military and diplomatic passengers across the GDR to Braunschweig in West Germany.[2]

Platforms

When nearby Wilmersdorfer Straße was converted into a pedestrian zone, a new railway underpass was built at the site of the old station hall, which was then completely demolished and rebuilt, with the replacement opening on 6 July 1971. After the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn state railway passed the West Berlin S-Bahn network to the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) public transport company, Charlottenburg Station in the early morning of 9 January 1984 was the starting point of the first BVG operated train.

In 2003 the distance to the U-Bahn station Wilmersdorfer Straße was shortened by shifting the two S-Bahn platforms about 200 m (660 ft) further to the east and the opening of a new eastern entrance near the corner of the shopping street. In recent years the tracks have been equipped with noise barriers and the 1970s entrance building has been thermally refurbished.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:[3]

• Regional services RE 1 Magdeburg – Brandenburg – Potsdam – Berlin – Fürstenwalde – Frankfurt (Oder) (– Cottbus)
• Regional services RE 7 Dessau – Bad Belzig – Michendorf – Berlin – Berlin-Schönefeld Airport – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
• Local services RB 14 Nauen – Falkensee – Berlin – Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
• Local services RB 21 Wustermark – Golm – Potsdam – Berlin
• Local services RB 22 Königs Wusterhausen – Berlin-Schönefeld Airport – Saarmund – Golm – Potsdam – Berlin
• Berlin S-Bahn services Spandau - Westkreuz – Hauptbahnhof – Alexanderplatz – Ostbahnhof – Karlshorst – Köpenick – Erkner
• Berlin S-Bahn services Westkreuz - Hauptbahnhof - Alexanderplatz - Ostbahnhof - Lichtenberg - Strausberg Nord
• Berlin S-Bahn services Potsdam - Wannsee - Westkreuz - Hauptbahnhof - Alexanderplatz - Ostbahnhof - Lichtenberg - Ahrensfelde
• Berlin S-Bahn services Spandau - Westkreuz - Hauptbahnhof - Alexanderplatz - Ostbahnhof - Schöneweide - Flughafen Schönefeld

References

1. "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
2. British Military Train Card, retrieved 2007-11-09
3. Timetables for Berlin-Charlottenburg station (in German)

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