Berlin Frankfurter Allee station

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 S41, S42 (the ringbahn), S8, S85 and the U-Bahn line U5.

Frankfurter Allee
Berlin S-Bahn Berlin U-Bahn
Through station
Entrance building
General information
LocationBerlin, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°30′51″N 13°28′29″E / 52.51417°N 13.47472°E / 52.51417; 13.47472
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)Ringbahn (KBS 200.41, 200.42, 200.8, 200.85)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsU5
Other information
Station code526
DS100 codeBFAL
Category4
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 May 1872; 152 years ago (1872-05-01)
21 December 1930; 93 years ago (1930-12-21)
Electrified1 February 1929; 95 years ago (1929-02-01)
Previous names1872-1897 Friedrichsberg
1897-1949 Frankfurter Allee
1949-1961 Stalinallee
Key dates
1890/1891current building erected
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Storkower Straße
One-way operation
S41 Ostkreuz
Ringbahn (clockwise)
Storkower Straße
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
S42 Ostkreuz
One-way operation
Storkower Straße
towards Birkenwerder
S8 Ostkreuz
towards Wildau
Storkower Straße S85 Ostkreuz
towards Grünau
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Samariterstraße
towards Berlin Hbf
U5
transfer at Frankfurter Allee
Magdalenenstraße
towards Hönow
Location
Frankfurter Allee is located in Berlin
Frankfurter Allee
Frankfurter Allee
Location within Berlin
Frankfurter Allee is located in Germany
Frankfurter Allee
Frankfurter Allee
Location within Germany
Frankfurter Allee is located in Europe
Frankfurter Allee
Frankfurter Allee
Location within Europe

History

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.