Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station explained

Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
Type:Through station
Zone:

Berlin C/5957[1]

Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:rail
Symbol2:s
Symbol Location:de
Symbol Location2:berlin
Address:Schönefeld, Brandenburg
Country:Germany
Platform:
  • 3 (long distance)
  • 2 (S-Bahn)
Passengers:< 10,000 per day
Former:1951-1962 Schönefeld (b. Berlin)
1962 Zentralflughafen Schönefeld
1962–1976 Zentralflughafen Berlin-Schönefeld
1976–2020 Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen
2020 – December 2023 BER Airport – Terminal 5
Electrified:, 750 V DC system (3rd rail)
main line:, 15 kV AC system (overhead)
Coordinates:52.3914°N 13.5128°W
Owned:DB InfraGO
Line:
Website:www.bahnhof.de
Map Type:Berlin#Brandenburg#Germany#Europe
Embedded:
Stroke-Colour:
  1. C60C30
Stroke-Width:3
Marker:rail-underground
Marker-Colour:
  1. 009D58
Zoom:15
Services Collapsible:yes

Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station (German: Bahnhof Schönefeld (bei Berlin)) (formerly named Berlin Schönefeld Airport station and BER Airport – Terminal 5 station) is a railway station in Schönefeld next to the former Berlin Schönefeld Airport (briefly renamed as Terminal 5 and now defunct), just outside Berlin. The station is on the Grünauer Kreuz–Berlin Brandenburg Airport railway and is served by S-Bahn lines S9 and S45. It is also served by RB 24 and RB 32.

History

Schönefeld Airport

Berlin-Schönefeld railway station was built within 150 days and opened for the public on 10 July 1951 as part of the Berliner Außenring. On 26 February 1962, an additional platform was added and Schönefeld was connected to the Berlin S-Bahn.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport

From May to October 2020, Intercity 17 (Dresden-Berlin-Rostock/Warnemünde) stopped in Schönefeld.[2] Since the opening of BER, it serves BER Airport station instead.[3]

On 25 October 2020, the station was renamed to "Flughafen BER – Terminal 5"[4] to reflect the re-development of Schönefeld Airport into an operational terminal of Berlin Brandenburg Airport. A few days later all train services except the S-Bahn switched to the new Terminal 1 station.

Despite the shutdown of Terminal 5 in early 2021, the station continues to be served to the same extent as during Terminal 5's existence as a part of BER, as the Terminal then hosted a vaccination center for the administration of Covid 19 vaccines.[5]

Due to the indefinite closure of Terminal 5, this station was renamed Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station in December 2023, reflecting it is no longer an airport station.[6]

Train services

The station is served by the following services S-Bahn and Regionalbahn services:[7]

LineRouteInterval
SchönefeldBerlin OstkreuzBerlin OstbahnhofBerlin AlexanderplatzBerlin FriedrichstraßeBerlin HbfBerlin Zoologischer GartenBerlin-CharlottenburgOne nighttime service
Königs WusterhausenSchönefeldLudwigsfelde-StruveshofSaarmundPotsdamPirschheideGolmPotsdam Park SanssouciPotsdam CharlottenhofPotsdam HbfSome nighttime services
SchönefeldBerlin-SchöneweideBerlin OstkreuzBerlin-LichtenbergBerlin-HohenschönhausenBernau – Rüdnitz – Biesenthal – Melchow – Eberswalde60 min
SchönefeldBerlin-SchöneweideBerlin OstkreuzBerlin-LichtenbergBerlin-HohenschönhausenOranienburg60 min
Flughafen BERSchönefeldSchöneweideWarschauer StraßeOstbahnhofAlexanderplatzFriedrichstraßeHauptbahnhofZoologischer GartenCharlottenburgWestkreuzSpandau20 min
Flughafen BERSchönefeldSchöneweideNeuköllnHermannstraßeTempelhofSüdkreuz20 min

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche. Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 26 November 2019. 1 January 2017. 27 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201027142308/https://www.swp-potsdam.de/content/verkehr/pdf_7/vbb_wabenkarte_und_tarifbereiche.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: InterCity 17 timetable. https://archive.today/20201108183151/https://www.deutschebahn.com/resource/blob/5224224/7e64926a6232e581a177be548a33adb4/DB_IG_IC_Linie_17_Fahrplantabelle_Mai2020-data.pdf. dead. 2020-11-08. Deutsche Bahn. 2020-05-01.
  3. https://assets.static-bahn.de/dam/jcr:68578d5f-2924-40a2-955e-feb5cf95bab6/246453-327489.pdf Unbenannt
  4. News: Ab 26. Oktober fährt die S-Bahn zum BER. Der Tagesspiegel Online. 2020-10-17. de.
  5. Web site: Terminal 5 vorübergehend geschlossen. rw. 2021-11-14. 2021-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20211114160101/https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/news/schliessung-t5.html. dead.
  6. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/mobilitaet-neue-stationsnamen-flughafen-ber-umbenennung-in-sicht-so-heissen-die-berliner-flughafenbahnhoefe-kuenftig-li.325866 berliner-zeitung.de
  7. Web site: Kursbuch der Deutschen Bahn. kursbuch.bahn.de.