Berlin Frankfurter Allee station explained

Frankfurter Allee
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s-bahn
Symbol2:u-bahn
Symbol Location:berlin
Type:Through station
Borough:Berlin, Berlin
Country:Germany
Coordinates:52.5142°N 13.4747°W
Line:Ringbahn (KBS 200.41, 200.42, 200.8, 200.85)
Owned:DB Netz
Operator:DB Station&Service
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections:
Zone:VBB

Berlin A/5555[1]

Opened:
Former:1872-1897 Friedrichsberg
1897-1949 Frankfurter Allee
1949-1961 Stalinallee
Years:1890/1891
Events:current building erected
Website:www.bahnhof.de
Map Type:Berlin#Germany#Europe

Berlin Frankfurter Allee is a railway station situated on Frankfurter Allee in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin, close to the district's border with Lichtenberg. It is served by the S-Bahn lines, (the ringbahn),, and the U-Bahn line .

History

The station was first opened on 1 May 1872 as Friedrichsberg. In 1890-91 the current station Frankfurter Allee was erected, in addition to the platform between the tracks, the station had a brick entrance building. When the U5 was built at the end of the 1920s, the old Ringbahn bridge was torn down and replaced with a wider bridge. There was intended to be a direct connection between the underground U5 station and the above ground S-bahn station;- however, this was never developed. It is not practical to build such a connection now as the S-bahn platform would need to be on the bridge over the road. As the rails are not wide apart enough to fit a platform between them, the bridge would need to be entirely rebuilt. The station was named Stalinallee between 1949 and 1961.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche. Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 25 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.