Berlin Südkreuz station

Berlin Südkreuz station (German: Bahnhof Berlin Südkreuz, lit.'Berlin South Cross') is a railway station in the German capital Berlin. The station was originally opened in 1898 and is an interchange station. The Berlin Ringbahn line of the Berlin S-Bahn metro railway is situated on the upper level and connects to the east and west, whilst the Anhalter Bahn and Dresdner Bahn intercity railway routes reach the station on the lower, north-south level. The station was extensively rebuilt between the late 1990s and 2006, and was renamed Berlin Südkreuz on 28 May 2006.

Berlin Südkreuz
Berlin S-Bahn
Bf
Berlin Südkreuz looking north
General information
LocationGeneral-Pape-Straße, 10829, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°28′32″N 13°21′52″E / 52.47556°N 13.36444°E / 52.47556; 13.36444
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code4859
DS100 code
  • BSKR (S-Bahn, upper)
  • BPAF (long-distance, lower)
  • BSKV (S-Bahn, lower)[1]
IBNR
  • 8011113 (long-distance)
  • 8089073 (S-Bahn)
Category1[2]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin A/5555[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1898; 126 years ago (1898)
Previous namesBerlin Papestraße (1898-2006)
Key dates
1990s–2006Rebuilt as Südkreuz
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Berlin Hbf ICE 8 Halle (Saale) Hbf
towards München Hbf
Berlin Hbf
towards Bonn Hbf
ICE 9 Terminus
Berlin Hbf ICE 11 Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
Berlin Hbf
towards Hamburg Hbf
ICE 12 Leipzig Hbf
One-way operation
Berlin Hbf ICE 13 Terminus
Berlin Hbf ICE 15 Bitterfeld
Berlin Hbf
towards Warnemünde
ICE 17 Terminus
Berlin Hbf ICE 18 Bitterfeld
towards München Hbf
Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
One-way operation
Berlin Hbf ICE 28 Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
towards München Hbf
Berlin Hbf
towards Rostock Hbf
ICE 29 Halle (Saale) Hbf
towards München Hbf
ICE 91 Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
Berlin Hbf
towards Warnemünde
IC 17
BER Airport
towards Chemnitz Hbf
Riesa
towards Chemnitz Hbf
Berlin Hbf EC 27 Dresden-Neustadt
towards Praha or Budapest
Preceding station Following station
Berlin Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
FLX 30 Leipzig Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Berlin Potsdamer Platz RE 3 Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost
Berlin Potsdamer Platz RE 5 Terminus
Berlin Potsdamer Platz
towards Nauen
RB 10
RB 14
Preceding station Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station
Berlin Potsdamer Platz
towards Rathenow
RE 4 Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost
Berlin Potsdamer Platz
towards Berlin Hbf
RE 8 Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost
towards Elsterwerda
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Yorckstraße
towards Bernau
S2 Priesterweg
towards Blankenfelde
Yorckstraße
towards Hennigsdorf
S25 Priesterweg
towards Teltow Stadt
Yorckstraße
towards Blankenburg
S26
Tempelhof
One-way operation
S41 Schöneberg
Ringbahn (clockwise)
Tempelhof
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
S42 Schöneberg
One-way operation
Terminus S45 Tempelhof
towards BER Airport
Schöneberg
towards Westend
S46 Tempelhof
Map
Location
Berlin Südkreuz is located in Berlin
Berlin Südkreuz
Berlin Südkreuz
Location in Berlin
Berlin Südkreuz is located in Germany
Berlin Südkreuz
Berlin Südkreuz
Location in Germany
Berlin Südkreuz is located in Europe
Berlin Südkreuz
Berlin Südkreuz
Location in Europe

History

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Construction works in 2005

The station's original name (Berlin Papestraße) originates from the nearby General-Pape-Straße, which is named after the Prussian general Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape. The Ringbahn platform opened as an island platform on 1 December 1901.[4]

The original Papestrasse station building, constructed from 1898 to 1901 was demolished, although a corner of the building, incorporating a clock tower, has been preserved as part of the new station.[5]

Becoming Südkreuz

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The station played a vital part in Deutsche Bahn's new concept for long-distance services in Berlin; it was deemed necessary to have a long-distance station in southern Berlin for the new north-south axis, so it was decided to rebuild Papestraße and rename the station to Südkreuz, giving the station a more intuitive name like the Ostkreuz (East Cross) and Westkreuz (West Cross) stations on the Berlin Stadtbahn. Construction, however, was severely delayed due to unexpected difficulties and NIMBY complaints of residents living near the long-disused north-south lines. Instead of opening in 2000 as scheduled, the station only opened on 28 May 2006, together with the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) in the center of Berlin. It is now used as a terminal station for ICE trains to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, and sees a number of north-south services heading to and from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof or Halle Hauptbahnhof plus EuroCity services to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia via Dresden Hauptbahnhof.

After upgrades on the Berlin Dresden railway, the airport express (FEX) is to run via Südkreuz.

Facial recognition trial

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During 2017 Germany's Ministry of the Interior announced a pilot project to employ facial recognition technology at Berlin Südkreuz station. The six-month trial will overlay facial recognition software over the station's existing video surveillance system and will track a database of volunteers. The project is being jointly undertaken by the Ministry of the Interior, the Federal Police, the Federal Criminal Police Office and Deutsche Bahn. Announcing the pilot, the ministry said the technology would be able to detect people in need of help, as well as suspicious behaviour, and report it automatically.[6]

Train services

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The station is served by the following service(s):[7]

Long distance

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Line Route Interval
ICE 8 Berlin GesundbrunnenBerlinBerlin SüdkreuzHalleErfurtNurembergMunich Every 2 hours
ICE 9 Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin – CologneBonn
ICE 11 Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Berlin SüdkreuzLeipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – MannheimStuttgart – Munich – Innsbruck Every 2 hours
ICE 15 (Rostock1 –) Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt (– Saarbrücken1, Stuttgart1 or Darmstadt1) Every 2 hours
ICE 18 (Kiel2 –) Hamburg – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg3 – Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 28 Hamburg – or (Binz1 – Stralsund1 –) Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg3 – Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 29 (Rostock –) Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich 5 train pairs
ICE 91 (Rostock –) Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nürnberg – RegensburgPassauLinzVienna One train pair
IC 17 Warnemünde – Rostock – Waren – Neustrelitz – Oranienburg – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – BER Airport – Terminal 1-2 – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Elsterwerda – Dresden-Neustadt – Dresden Every 2 hours
EC 27 (Kiel 1 or Westerland 1 –) Hamburg – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz Dresden – Prague (– Budapest) Every 2 hours
FLX 30 Leipzig – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen 1 train pair
Notes. 1 = one pair of trains each

2 = one train on line 11 to Kiel, one train on line 18 from Kiel
3 = train stops either in Ingolstadt, in Augsburg and Munich-Pasing or runs between Nuremberg and Munich without intermediate stops
4 = one train only towards Graz

Regional

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Line Route
RE 3 Lutherstadt WittenbergJüterbog – Berlin SüdkreuzEberswalde – Angermünde – Schwedt (Oder)
Prenzlau – Greifswald – Stralsund
RE 4 Falkenberg (Elster) – Jüterbog – Ludwigsfelde – Berlin SüdkreuzBerlin-Spandau – Dallgow-Döberitz – Wustermark – Rathenow
RE 5 Berlin SüdkreuzBerlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Oranienburg – Neustrelitz – Güstrow – Rostock
Neubrandenburg – Stralsund
RE 8 Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Südkreuz – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Luckau-Uckro – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Elsterwerda
Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz)
RB 10 Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau – Falkensee – Nauen
RB 14 Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau – Falkensee – Nauen
As of 11 December 2022

S-Bahn

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  • Berlin S-Bahn services   Bernau - Karow - Pankow - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Südkreuz - Blankenfelde
  • Berlin S-Bahn services   Hennigsdorf - Tegel - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Südkreuz - Lichterfelde - Teltow
  • Berlin S-Bahn services   Blankenburg - Pankow - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Südkreuz - Lichterfelde - Teltow
  • Berlin S-Bahn services   (Ring Clockwise) Südkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Westkreuz - Westend - Jungfernheide - Gesundbrunnen - Ostkreuz - Treptower Park - Hermannstraße - Südkreuz
  • Berlin S-Bahn services   (Ring Anti-clockwise) Südkreuz - Hermannstraße - Treptower Park - Ostkreuz - Gesundbrunnen - Jungfernheide - Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz
  • Berlin S-Bahn services   Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (T1-T2)
  • Berlin S-Bahn services   Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Grünau - Königs Wusterhausen

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. ^ "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 25 November 2019.
  4. ^ Kuhlmann, B. Bahnknoten Berlin - Die Entwicklung des Berliner Eisenbahnnetzes seit 1838. Berlin, Verlag GVE, 2006.
  5. ^ Preuss, E. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Stuttgart, Transpress, 2006.
  6. ^ Facial recognition technology to be trialled at Berlin railway station
  7. ^ Timetables for Berlin Südkreuz station (in German)
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