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Bahnhof Berlin-Alexanderplatz

Bahnhof Berlin Alexanderplatz is a railway station in the Mitte district of Berlin's city centre. Due to its importance and central location Alexanderplatz is one of the busiest transport hubs in Berlin and also a major hub of the Berlin U-Bahn network.  The station opened in 1882 on the Berlin Stadtbahn viaduct from Charlottenburg to Ostbahnhof (then named Schlesischer Bahnhof). In 1926, the station hall, spanning two platforms with four tracks, was rebuilt in its present plain style. Heavily damaged in World War II, train service at the station resumed on November 1945, while the reconstruction of the hall continued until 1951. The first underground station of the present U-Bahn line U2 entered service in 1913. U8- and U5 stations opened in 1930. The U8 station was a ghost station during the division of Berlin from 1961 to 1990. All three U-bahn stations have since been renovated.

October 29th 2024

 

 
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