Berlin-Neukölln station

Railway station in Berlin, Germany

Ringbahn (KBS 200.4x)
Baumschulenweg–Neukölln link line (KBS 200.4x)

Platforms1 island platformTracks2Connections

171 N7 N79Other informationStation code554DS100 codeBNK^[1]IBNR8089077Category4^[2]Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555^[3]Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpenedmain line: 1 January 1872; 152 years ago (1872-01-01)

21 December 1930; 93 years ago (1930-12-21)Electrified

6 November 1928; 95 years ago (1928-11-06)

at openingPrevious names1872-1912 Rixdorf
1912-1938 Neukölln

1930-1961 and since 1993 Neukölln (Südring)

1961-1993 NeuköllnKey dates1930current building erected1945, late April - 18 June

operation interrupted1980-1993

operation interruptedServices

Preceding station	Berlin S-Bahn		Following station
Sonnenallee One-way operation		S41	Hermannstraße Ringbahn (clockwise)
Sonnenallee Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)		S42	Hermannstraße One-way operation
Hermannstraße towards Südkreuz		S45	Köllnische Heide towards BER Airport
Hermannstraße towards Westend		S46	Köllnische Heide towards Königs Wusterhausen
Hermannstraße Terminus		S47	Köllnische Heide towards Spindlersfeld
Preceding station	Berlin U-Bahn		Following station
Karl-Marx-Straße towards Rathaus Spandau		U7 transfer at Neukölln	Grenzallee towards Rudow

Location
Berlin-Neukölln Neukölln (Südring) Location within Berlin

Berlin-Neukölln is a railway station in the Neukölln district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42, S45, S46 and S47 and the U-Bahn line U7.

History

Berlin-Neukölln opened in 1872, first under the name Rixdorf, as a station on the Ringbahn. Both the district and the station changed name from Rixdorf to Neukölln in 1912. The current station building was erected in 1930 by Alfred Grenander to create an interchange with the underground station which opened in that year.

Until 1961 the U-Bahn station was named Neukölln (Südring) to refer to the S-Bahn connection. However, Südring was removed from the name after the Berlin Wall was built. The S-Bahn had become unpopular and subject to boycotts in West Berlin due to its link to the East German government. In 1980 the Ringbahn ceased operating. The Ringbahn connection was reestablished in 1992 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the addition Südring was also reinstated.^[4]

Popular culture

The front of the station features heavily in the German documentary Neukölln Unlimited as a place where the film's main subjects are often seen.

References

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "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.
^ J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)