Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof
Railway station in Mitte, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Potsdamer Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in Berlin, Germany. It was the first railway station in Berlin, opening in 1838. It was located at Potsdamer Platz, about 1 km south of the Brandenburg Gate, and kick-started the transformation of Potsdamer Platz from an area of quiet villas near the south-east corner of the Tiergarten park into the bustling focal point that it eventually became. For more than a century it was the terminus for long-distance and suburban trains. Also located at this spot were underground stations on the Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn, and today's new underground Regionalbahnhof, known as Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz, while the short-lived M-Bahn crossed the site of the former terminus.
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Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof | |
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General information | |
Location | Mitte, Berlin, Berlin Germany |
Line(s) | Prussian Trunk Line (as of 1838) Wannsee Line (as of 1874) Anhalt Suburban Line (as of 1893) |
History | |
Opened | 29 October 1838; 185 years ago (1838-10-29) |
Closed | 27 July 1946; 77 years ago (1946-07-27) |
Rebuilt | 30 August 1872; 151 years ago (1872-08-30) |
Electrified | Ring 18 April 1929; 95 years ago (1929-04-18) Wannseenahnhof–Zehlendorf commuter line 15 May 1933; 91 years ago (1933-05-15) |
Key dates | |
1945, February - August 6 | operation interrupted |
1957-1960 | ruined buildings removed |