Berlin Südkreuz station

Berlin Südkreuz
Berlin Südkreuz
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	Berlin Südkreuz
General information
Location	General-Pape-Straße, 10829, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin; Germany
Coordinates	52°28′32″N 13°21′52″E / 52.47556°N 13.36444°ECoordinates: 52°28′32″N 13°21′52″E / 52.47556°N 13.36444°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz; DB Station&Service;
Line(s)	North–South mainline (KBS 203, 204, 205); Anhalt Suburban Line (KBS 200.2, 200.25); Ringbahn (KBS 200.41, 200.42, 200.46);
Other information
Station code	4859
DS100 code	BSKR (S-Bahn, upper); BPAF (long-distance, lower); BSKV (S-Bahn, lower);
IBNR	8011113 (long-distance); 8089073 (S-Bahn);
Category	1
Fare zone	: Berlin A/5555
History
Opened	1898; 125 years ago
Previous names	Berlin Papestraße (1898-2006)
Key dates
1990s–2006	Rebuilt as Südkreuz
Services
Berlin Hbf toward Ostseebad Binz Hbf	Dresden-Neustadt toward Prague
Berlin Hbf toward Westerland (Sylt)	Terminus
Location
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Berlin Südkreuz station (German: Bahnhof Berlin Südkreuz) (in English, literally: 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.

History[edit]

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 1898-1901 was demolished, although a corner of the building, incorporating a clock tower, has been preserved as part of the new station.^[5]

Becoming Südkreuz[edit]

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, plus EuroCity services to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia via Dresden Hauptbahnhof.

Facial recognition trial[edit]

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[edit]

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

Long distance[edit]

Line	Route	Interval
ICE 11	(Hamburg –) Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Stuttgart – Munich	Every 2 hours
ICE 15	(Binz – Stralsund –) Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt	Every 2 hours
ICE 18	Hamburg – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg – Munich	Every 2 hours
ICE 28	Hamburg – or (Stralsund/Rostock –) Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg – Munich	Every 2 hours
ICE 29	(Rostock –) Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich	5 train pairs
ICE 91	(Rostock –) Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nürnberg – Regensburg – Passau – Linz – Vienna	One train pair
EC 27	(Kiel ¹ or Westerland ¹ –) Hamburg – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Dresden – Prague (– Budapest)	Every 2 hours ^{1 pair of trains each of Kiel and Westerland}
IC 28	(Binz –) Stralsund – Pasewalk – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz	2 train pairs
IC 32	(Berlin Südkreuz – Hannover –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart (– Nürtingen – Reutlingen – Tübingen) or (– Ulm – Augsburg – Munich)	Individual services
IC 32	Berlin Südkreuz – Wolfsburg – Hannover – Dortmund – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Aachen (– Düren – Cologne)	One train pair on Fri/Sun
FLX 10	Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Gotha – Eisenach – Fulda – Frankfurt South – Darmstadt – Weinheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart	1-2 train pairs
FLX 30	Leipzig – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen	1-2 train pairs

Regional[edit]

Line	Route			Interval (min)
RE 3	Lutherstadt Wittenberg –	Jüterbog – Berlin Südkreuz – Eberswalde – Angermünde –	Schwedt (Oder)	120
RE 3	Falkenberg/Elster –	Jüterbog – Berlin Südkreuz – Eberswalde – Angermünde –	Prenzlau – Greifswald – Stralsund	120
RE 4	(Jüterbog –) Ludwigsfelde – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin-Spandau – Dallgow-Döberitz – Wustermark – Rathenow (– Stendal)			060
RE 5	Elsterwerda – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Berlin Südkreuz – Oranienburg – Neustrelitz –		Güstrow – Rostock	120
RE 5			Neubrandenburg – Stralsund	120
RB 10	Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau – Falkensee – Nauen			060

S-Bahn[edit]

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 Waidmannslust - Wittenau - 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[edit]

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Stationspreisliste 2022" [Station price list 2022] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "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.
^ Kuhlmann, B. Bahnknoten Berlin - Die Entwicklung des Berliner Eisenbahnnetzes seit 1838. Berlin, Verlag GVE, 2006.
^ Preuss, E. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Stuttgart, Transpress, 2006.
^ Facial recognition technology to be trialled at Berlin railway station
^ Timetables for Berlin Südkreuz station (in German)

External links[edit]

[Eisenbahnatlas-1] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[categories-2] "Stationspreisliste 2022" [Station price list 2022] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[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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v t e Long-distance stations in Berlin
ICE/IC stops	BER Airport – Terminal 1-2 (not actually in Berlin) Gesundbrunnen Hauptbahnhof Ostbahnhof Spandau Südkreuz Wannsee
Other stations	Alexanderplatz Friedrichstraße Lichtenberg Potsdamer Platz Zoologischer Garten