Berlin Ostbahnhof
Station building
Architectural information
Opened	1842
Location	Berlin
State	Berlin
Country	Germany
Local authority	Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Am Ostbahnhof 10559 Berlin
Operations
DS100 code	BHF [1], BOSB [2]
Station code	1071
Type	Bf
Category	1
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany
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History

Early history

The station opened in 1842 as Frankfurter Bahnhof as the terminus of the 100-km railway to Frankfurt (Oder). Frankfurt (Oder is a City in Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Oder River on the German- Polish border directly opposite the The first building was slightly north of its present location. In 1845, it was renamed Niederschlesisch-Märkischer Bahnhof (Lower Silesia-Brandenburg Station) after a railway merger. Lower Silesia (Niederschlesien Silesia Inferior Dolny Śląsk is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. When the railways were taken over by the Prussian state in 1852, it was renamed Schlesischer Bahnhof (Silesia Station). Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people It was rebuilt on the present site in 1882 when construction began on the Berlin Stadtbahn, the elevated railway through the city center built to link the city's major stations, completed in 1886. History In 1871 eight main line railways existed in Berlin each with its own Terminal station at the city's edge or outside the city limits Two of the four tracks on the Stadtbahn later came to form one of the main routes of the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway. The Berlin S-Bahn is a Rapid transit system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. The Ostbahnhof has never had a link to the Berlin U-Bahn subway, nor is one planned. The Berlin de U-Bahn (de Untergrundbahn underground railway is a major part of the Public transport system of the German capital Berlin.

The station concourse contains shops and eating facilities

World War II and DDR

The station was severely damaged in the Second World War and completely rebuilt by the East German railway, the Deutsche Reichsbahn; in 1950 it was renamed Berlin Ostbahnhof, as Silesia was now largely in Poland. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR (German Reich Railways was the national Railway of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland

Following the division of Germany the station was, together with Berlin-Lichtenberg, one of two major railway stations in East Berlin. Berlin-Lichtenberg is a railway station in the Lichtenberg district of Berlin East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 The wall ran only 200 m away from the station; today that part is the East Side Gallery, the longest remaining fragment of the Berlin Wall. The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom In 1987 the postwar building was demolished and the station began to be rebuilt as East Berlin’s main station, grandly renamed Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station). The plan called for a hotel and a large reception area for arriving Soviet bloc dignitaries. During the Cold War, the term Communist Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) was used to refer to the Soviet Union and countries it either controlled or that were However, only part of the work was complete by the time of German reunification in 1990. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany A partially built staircase to the underground car park from this period in front of the station remains (in 2006) unfinished and fenced off. A partly constructed hotel was demolished in the early 1990s.

Looking west from a mainline platform, facing the two S-bahn platforms

Last years

The name Hauptbahnhof remained long after the division of Berlin ended, until 1998, when the station was re-renamed Berlin Ostbahnhof. One year later, work began to demolish the station and rebuild it once again, which was completed in 2002. Little remains of the 1980s structure except for an administrative block, some façade elements, and parts of the platform structure.

Characteristics

The station has 11 tracks. 5 are used for main line, 4 for S-Bahn and the other 2 are through tracks. The Mainline or Main line of a Railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which Branch lines, This article has been partially translated from the German Wikipedia article

Operational usage

S-Bahn, regional and long-distance services call at the station; though a number of InterCityExpress and InterCity services were lost to the newly-opened Berlin Hauptbahnhof station further west, the Ostbahnhof still remains an important station for the eastern parts of Berlin. This article has been partially translated from the German Wikipedia article The InterCityExpress or ICE (German pronunciation) is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries InterCity (commonly abbreviated IC on timetables and tickets is the classification applied to certain long-distance Passenger train services in or Berlin Central Station, is the main Railway station in Berlin, Germany and the largest crossing station in Europe.

The station has been known by several names over its 160-year history

In popular culture

The Ostbahnhof was featured in the 2004 movie The Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 spy mystery Thriller film loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name In the film, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is seen parking his car here, entering the station and leaving a bag in a locker, and tracking down Pamela Landy (Joan Allen). Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American multiple Academy Award -nominated and Tony Award -winning Actress, perhaps

References

1. ^ Code for DB Main line
2. ^ Code for S-Bahn

See also

• East Side Gallery
• Maria am Ostbahnhof
• Deutsche Bahn
• S-Bahn Berlin
• B.V.G.

External links

• Media related to Berlin Ostbahnhof from the Wikimedia Commons. The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom Deutsche Bahn AG ( DB AG, DBAG or DB) is the German national Railway company The Berlin S-Bahn is a Rapid transit system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn.

Preceding station		Berlin S-Bahn		Following station
Terminus		S3		Warschauer Straße toward Erkner
Jannowitzbrücke toward Westkreuz		S5		Warschauer Straße toward Strausberg Nord
Jannowitzbrücke toward Potsdam Hbf		S7		Warschauer Straße toward Ahrensfelde
Jannowitzbrücke toward Spandau		S75		Warschauer Straße toward Wartenberg
		S9		Warschauer Straße toward Flughafen Schönefeld