Berlin Schönhauser Allee station

Berlin Schönhauser Allee is a railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. It is located on the Berlin U-Bahn line and also on the Ringbahn (Berlin S-Bahn). Built in 1913 by A.Grenander opened as "Bahnhof Nordring". As the station was well accepted the roof was elongated in 1925 and a new entrance build. In 1936 the station was named "Schönhauser Allee". On an average day approximately 500 trains and more than 26000 people cross this station.[2]

Schönhauser Allee
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)Ringbahn
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Other information
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555[1]
Services
Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station
One-way operation
Ringbahn (clockwise)
One-way operation
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
toward Birkenwerder
toward Zeuthen
toward Pankow
toward Grünau
Berlin U-Bahn
towards Ruhleben
towards Pankow
Location
Schönhauser Allee
Location within Berlin

At this station, the Elevated U2 crosses the below-ground S-bahn, while at the other crossing of the U2 and the ringbahn, messe-nord/Icc S-bahn station and kaiserdamm U2 station, the U2 crosses above the below-ground s-bahn on the bottom deck of a road bridge.[3]

References

  1. "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)
  3. Robert Schwandl: U-Bahn, S-Bahn and tram in berlin. (2014)

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