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Berlin Südkreuz station

{{short description|Railway station in Berlin}}

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{{Infobox station

| style = Deutsche Bahn

|name=Berlin Südkreuz

| symbol = B| symbol2 = s-bahn

| symbol_location = berlin

| symbol_location2 = berlin

| former=Berlin Papestraße (1898-2006)

| image=Bahnhof Berlin Südkreuz denis apel.JPG

| caption=Berlin Südkreuz looking north

| type =

| address = General-Pape-Straße, 10829, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin

| country = Germany

| code = {{Deutsche Bahn station codes|code=4859|ds100={{Unbulleted list|BSKR (S-Bahn, upper)|BPAF (long-distance, lower)|BSKV (S-Bahn, lower){{cite book|title=Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)| edition=2009/2010 |publisher= Schweers + Wall | year= 2009 |isbn= 978-3-89494-139-0}}}}|ibnr={{Unbulleted list|8011113 (long-distance)|8089073 (S-Bahn)}}|category=1{{DBCatsURL}}}}

| zone = {{Rail-interchange|berlin|VBB}}: Berlin A/5555{{cite web |title=Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche |url=https://www.swp-potsdam.de/content/verkehr/pdf_7/vbb_wabenkarte_und_tarifbereiche.pdf |website=Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam |publisher=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg |access-date=25 November 2019 |date=1 January 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027142308/https://www.swp-potsdam.de/content/verkehr/pdf_7/vbb_wabenkarte_und_tarifbereiche.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| platforms = 8

| accessible = Yes

| line={{Unbulleted list|North–South mainline ({{Kursbuchlink|Region=200-299|Nummer=203}}, 204, 205)| Anhalt Suburban Line (KBS 200.2, 200.25)|Ringbahn (KBS 200.41, 200.42, 200.46)}}

|opened = {{start date and age|1898}}

|years1 = 1990s–2006

|events1 = Rebuilt as Südkreuz

| coordinates = {{coord|52|28|32|N|13|21|52|E|region:DE-BE_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| owned = Deutsche Bahn

| operator = {{Plainlist|1= *DB InfraGO

}}

| website = [https://www.bahnhof.de/en/berlin-suedkreuz www.bahnhof.de]

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=rail-underground|marker-colour=#009D58}}

| services_collapsible=yes

| services =

{{Adjacent stations|system1=DB Fernverkehr

|line1=ICE 8|left1=Berlin|right1=Halle (Saale)

|line2=ICE 9|left2=Berlin

|line3=ICE 11|left3=Berlin|right3=Lutherstadt Wittenberg|to-right3=Innsbruck

|line5=ICE 13|left5=Berlin

|line6=ICE 15|left6=Berlin|right6=Bitterfeld|to-left6=Ostseebad Binz or Hamburg-Altona|to-right6=Saarbrücken or Hamburg-Altona

|line7=ICE 17|left7=Berlin

|line8=IC 17|left8=Berlin|right8=Lutherstadt Wittenberg

|line9=IC 17|left9=Berlin|right9=BER Airport|to-right9=Chemnitz

|line10=ICE 18|left10=Berlin|right10=Bitterfeld|to-left10=Kiel

|line11=ICE 18|left11=Berlin|right11=Lutherstadt Wittenberg|to-left11=Kiel|oneway-right11=yes

|line12=ICE 21|left12=Berlin

|line13=ICE 28|left13=Berlin|right13=Lutherstadt Wittenberg|to-left13=Hamburg, Binz or Stralsund|to-right13=Munich

|line14=ICE 29|left14=Berlin|right14=Halle (Saale)|to-left14=Rostock

|line15=ICE 91|left15=Berlin|right15=Lutherstadt Wittenberg|to-left15=Rostock

|line16=EC 27|left16=Berlin|right16=Dresden-Neustadt|to-left16=Hamburg-Altona, Kiel or Westerland (Sylt)

|system18=FlixTrain|line18=30|left18=Berlin|right18=Leipzig

|system21=DB Regio Nordost

|line21=RE 3|left21=Berlin Potsdamer Platz|right21=Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost

|line22=RE 5|left22=Berlin Potsdamer Platz

|line23=RB 10|left23=Berlin Potsdamer Platz

|line24=RB 14|left24=Berlin Potsdamer Platz

|system31=Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn

|line31=RE 4|left31=Berlin Potsdamer Platz|right31=Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost

|line32=RE 8S|left32=Berlin Potsdamer Platz|right32=Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost

|system41=Berlin S-Bahn

|line41=S2|left41=Yorckstraße|right41=Priesterweg

|line42=S25|left42=Yorckstraße|right42=Priesterweg

|line43=S26|left43=Yorckstraße|right43=Priesterweg

|line44=S41|left44=Tempelhof|right44=Schöneberg

|line45=S42|left45=Tempelhof|right45=Schöneberg

|line46=S45|right46=Tempelhof

|line47=S46|left47=Schöneberg|right47=Tempelhof

}}

| other_services =

}}

Berlin Südkreuz station ({{langx|de|Bahnhof Berlin Südkreuz|lit=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

{{stack|File:Train station Berlin Papestrasse 1.jpg}}

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.Kuhlmann, B. Bahnknoten Berlin - Die Entwicklung des Berliner Eisenbahnnetzes seit 1838. Berlin, Verlag GVE, 2006.

The original Papestrasse station building, constructed from 1898 to 1901 was demolished, although a corner of the building, incorporating a clock tower, has been preserved as part of the new station.Preuss, E. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Stuttgart, Transpress, 2006.

= Becoming Südkreuz =

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

After upgrades on the Berlin Dresden railway, the airport express (FEX) is to run via Südkreuz.

Facial recognition trial

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.[https://www.globalrailnews.com/2017/08/02/facial-recognition-technology-to-be-trialled-at-berlin-railway-station/ Facial recognition technology to be trialled at Berlin railway station]

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):[http://kursbuch.bahn.de/hafas/kbview.exe/dn?st_name=Berlin+S%FCdkreuz&st_filter=&cat_name=&searchmode=station&mainframe=result&orig=sS&dosearch=1&oblig_st=1&submitButton=Suche+starten Timetables for Berlin Südkreuz station] {{in lang|de}}

= Long distance =

class="wikitable"

! Line !! Route !! Interval

align=center|{{Ric|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 8}}

|Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich

|Every 2 hours

align=center|{{Ric|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 9}}

|Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin – Cologne – Bonn

|

align="center" | {{ric|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 11}}

| Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Munich – Innsbruck

| Every 2 hours

align="center" | {{rcb|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 15|inline=croute}}(Rostock1 –) Berlin Hbf – {{nowrap|Berlin Südkreuz –}} Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt (– Saarbrücken1, Stuttgart1 or Darmstadt1)

| Every 2 hours

align="center" | {{rcb|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 18|inline=croute}}(Kiel2 –) Hamburg – Berlin Hbf – {{nowrap|Berlin Südkreuz –}} Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg3 – Munich

| Every 2 hours

align="center" | {{rcb|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 28|inline=croute}}Hamburg – or (Binz1 – Stralsund1 –) Berlin Hbf – {{nowrap|Berlin Südkreuz –}} Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt/Augsburg3 – MunichEvery 2 hours
align="center" | {{rcb|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 29|inline=croute}}(Rostock –) Berlin Hbf – {{nowrap|Berlin Südkreuz –}} Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich5 train pairs
align="center" |{{rcb|DB Fernverkehr|ICE 91|inline=croute}}

|(Rostock –) Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nürnberg – Regensburg – Passau – Linz – Vienna

| One train pair

style="text-align:center" |{{rcb|DB Fernverkehr|IC 17|inline=croute}}

|{{stn|Warnemünde}} – Rostock – Waren – Neustrelitz – {{stn|Oranienburg}} – {{stn|Berlin Gesundbrunnen}} – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – {{stn|BER Airport}} – Doberlug-Kirchhain – {{stn|Elsterwerda}} – {{stn|Dresden-Neustadt}} – Dresden

| Every 2 hours

align="center" |{{rcb|DB Fernverkehr|EC 27|inline=croute}}(Kiel 1 or Westerland 1 –) Hamburg – Berlin Hbf – {{nowrap|Berlin Südkreuz –}} Dresden – Prague (– Budapest)Every 2 hours
{{rcb|FlixTrain|FLX 30|inline=croute}}

| Leipzig – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen

| 1 train pair

style="text-align:center"|Notes.

| colspan="2" |1 = one pair of trains each
2 = one train on line 11 to Kiel, one train on line 18 from Kiel
3 = train stops either in Ingolstadt, in Augsburg and Munich-Pasing or runs between Nuremberg and Munich without intermediate stops
4 = one train only towards Graz

= Regional =

class="wikitable"

! Line

! colspan="3"| Route

align="center" rowspan="2" | {{rcb|DB Regio Nordost|RE 3|inline=croute}}

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Lutherstadt Wittenberg – {{stn|Jüterbog}} – Berlin Südkreuz – Eberswalde – Angermünde –

| {{stn|Schwedt (Oder)}}

Prenzlau – Greifswald – Stralsund
align="center" | {{rcb|Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn|RE 4|inline=croute}}

| colspan="3" | {{stn|Falkenberg (Elster)}} – Jüterbog – Ludwigsfelde – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin-Spandau – Dallgow-Döberitz – Wustermark – Rathenow

align="center" rowspan="2" | {{rcb|DB Regio Nordost|RE 5|inline=croute}}

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Berlin Südkreuz – {{stn|Berlin Potsdamer Platz}} – {{stn|Berlin Gesundbrunnen}} – {{stn|Oranienburg}} – Neustrelitz –

| {{stn|Güstrow}} – Rostock

{{stn|Neubrandenburg}} – Stralsund
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|{{rcb|Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn|RE 8S|inline=croute}}

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Südkreuz – {{stn|Wünsdorf-Waldstadt}} – {{stn|Luckau-Uckro}} –

| {{stn|Doberlug-Kirchhain}} – {{stn|Elsterwerda}}

{{stn|Finsterwalde (Niederlausitz)}}
align="center" | {{rcb|DB Regio Nordost|RB 10|inline=croute}}

| colspan="3" | Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau – {{stn|Falkensee}} – {{stn|Nauen}}

style="text-align:center"|{{rcb|DB Regio Nordost|RB 14|inline=croute}}

| colspan="3" | Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau – Falkensee – Nauen

colspan="4" style="text-align:right; font-size:smaller;" |As of 11 December 2022

= S-Bahn =

  • Berlin S-Bahn services {{Rail-interchange|berlin|S2}} Bernau - Karow - Pankow - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Südkreuz - Blankenfelde
  • Berlin S-Bahn services {{Rail-interchange|berlin|S25}} Hennigsdorf - Tegel - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Südkreuz - Lichterfelde - Teltow
  • Berlin S-Bahn services {{Rail-interchange|berlin|S26}} Blankenburg - Pankow - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Potsdamer Platz - Südkreuz - Lichterfelde - Teltow
  • Berlin S-Bahn services {{Rail-interchange|berlin|S41}} (Ring Clockwise) Südkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Westkreuz - Westend - Jungfernheide - Gesundbrunnen - Ostkreuz - Treptower Park - Hermannstraße - Südkreuz
  • Berlin S-Bahn services {{Rail-interchange|berlin|S42}} (Ring Anti-clockwise) Südkreuz - Hermannstraße - Treptower Park - Ostkreuz - Gesundbrunnen - Jungfernheide - Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz
  • Berlin S-Bahn services {{Rail-interchange|berlin|S45}} Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (T1-T2)
  • Berlin S-Bahn services {{Rail-interchange|berlin|S46}} Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Neukölln - Schöneweide - Grünau - Königs Wusterhausen

See also

References

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External links

{{Berlin long distance stations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sudkreuz}}

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