Berlin Dresdner Bahnhof
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Berlin Dresdner Bahnhof | |
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General information | |
Location | Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Berlin Germany |
History | |
Opened | 17 June 1875 |
Closed | 15 October 1882 |
The Dresdner Bahnhof was a short-lived passenger railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, operating from 1875 to 1882 and handling train services to and from Dresden over the Berlin–Dresden railway.
Characteristics
The station building was fairly small in size and inconveniently located some distance from the Berlin city centre, south of the
History
As a passenger terminus was inaugurated with the opening of the Berlin–Dresden railway line on 17 June 1875. Trains ran to the Berliner Bahnhof in Dresden's
The Dresdner Bahnhof received its last passenger train on 15 October 1882, and was officially closed the year after.[2] Following the recent rebuilding of both the Anhalter and Potsdamer passenger termini to cope with rapidly increasing traffic, all services were transferred from the Dresdner Bahnhof to these two other stations, the Anhalter Bahnhof receiving the lion's share. It took on all long-distance services, and it was largely through this that it became known as Berlin's "Gateway to the South," its trains ultimately reaching Rome, Naples and Athens. The Potsdamer Bahnhof inherited mainly short-haul and suburban traffic.
The temporary passenger station was removed over the next years. In 1913, the area was used to build a much larger facility - the
In the photograph on the top, taken in October 2005, the bridge carries U-Bahn lines 1 and 3. A train crossing it from left to right (east to west) will run into Gleisdreieck station (high level platforms) just seconds later. The Postbahnhof is nowadays used for concerts, parties, exhibitions and cultural events (please note that this Postbahnhof should not be confused with another venue, apparently of the same name, about 3 km away near Berlin Ostbahnhof).
See also
External links
Media related to Berlin Dresdener Bahnhof at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ Bley, P. (1999). 125 Jahre Berlin-Dresdener Eisenbahn. Berlin-Zossen-Elsterwerda-Dresden. Düsseldorf: Alba.
- ^ Verein Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen (1896). Berlin und seine Eisenbahnen 1846 - 1896. Im Auftrage des Verein Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen, Verband der Preussischen Eisenbahnen, Königlich Preussischer Minister der Oeffentlichen Arbeiten. Erster Band. Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer, p. 489.
- ^ Gympel, J. (1997). Wie der Postbahnhof zum Dresdener Bahnhof wurde Die DB AG entdeckte einen neuen alten Bahnhof - und hat sich damit gründlich blamiert [signalarchiv.de]. Signal, 1997(7), 9-11.