Berlin Messe Nord/ICC station

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Berlin Messe Nord/ICC (Witzleben)
Deutsche Bahn Berlin S-Bahn
Hp
Station building on Neue Kantstraße
General information
LocationCharlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)Berlin Ringbahn
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Other information
Station code6840
DS100 code
BMN[2]
IBNR8089110
Category4[1]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin A/5555[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened
  • 1916
  • 1993
Closed1980
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Westkreuz
One-way operation
S41
 Westend
Ringbahn (clockwise)
Westkreuz
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
S42
 Westend
One-way operation
Westend
Terminus
 S46 Westkreuz
towards Königs Wusterhausen
Map
Location
Messe Nord/ICC is located in Berlin
Messe Nord/ICC
Messe Nord/ICC
Location in Berlin
Messe Nord/ICC is located in Germany
Messe Nord/ICC
Messe Nord/ICC
Location in Germany
Messe Nord/ICC is located in Europe
Messe Nord/ICC
Messe Nord/ICC
Location in Europe

Messe Nord/ICC (Witzleben) is a

station in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It is located on the Ringbahn circle line, served by S-Bahn lines S41/S42 and S46. It is linked to the Kaiserdamm U-Bahn station on line U2
via a short footpath.

Overview

S-Bahn platform and Stadtring motorway

The station is located on the border with the

International Congress Centrum, which lend the station its name. Here the Ringbahn railway line runs in-between the carriageways of the parallel Bundesautobahn 100
(Stadtring) and can be reached from road and pedestrian bridges in the south and north.

The station is a listed monument of the State of Berlin. The monument protection covers the S-Bahn platform, built in its current form between 1913 and 1916, and the northern and southern entrance buildings.

History

Northern station building with remains of the Stadtbahn platform
Funkturm

The Charlottenburg U-Bahn line to Reichskanzlerplatz was extended in 1908 and passed under the Ringbahn at the Kaiserdamm bridge. A station was built on the Ringbahn over three years to enable interchange between the U-Bahn and the Ringbahn and opened to traffic as Witzleben on 1 April 1916. It was named after a former Charlottenburg manor to its east, which had been purchased by the Prussian general and minister Job von Witzleben in 1823. The station layout consisted of two symmetrically arranged island platforms, at the north and south end of which are two almost identical entrance buildings. The eastern platform was used for trains to and from the Stadtbahn, while the Ringbahn services stopped at the western one. The only track connecting the two lines was at the subsequent Westend station. In operational terms, Witzleben was considered a Haltepunkt (halt) on two parallel lines.

In 1944, operations on the connecting curve to Charlottenburg station and thus to the Stadtbahn were stopped due to bomb damage and did not restart after the Second World War. As a result, the Stadtbahn platform was no longer used and fell into disrepair. The Ringbahn platform, however, was still served. Due to the increasing separation of the city into two halves and ultimately the separation of the S-Bahn networks as well, the number of passengers decreased rapidly. The station was temporarily closed during the Berlin S-Bahn strike in 1980.

The station was reactivated when the Ringbahn reopened on 17 December 1993. The roof of the Ringbahn platform was repaired even before the plans for the recommissioning were finalised. It was also rebuilt to be more passenger-friendly and widened a little. Since then, the structure gauge of the S-Bahn trains has extended almost to the old Stadtbahn platform. To prevent unfamiliar passengers from getting off on the wrong side, warning signs and fences were installed on the platform that is no longer used. The unused staircase was demolished in mid-2015.[4]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8
    .
  3. ^ "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 63. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ausfälle bei der S-Bahn, Stau auf der Autobahn". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 18 March 2016.
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