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Berlin Gesundbrunnen
Berlin Gesundbrunnen
Bf
	2012
General information
Location	Badstraße 1-3; Mitte, Berlin; Germany
Coordinates	52°32′55″N 13°23′22″E / 52.54861°N 13.38944°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB InfraGO;
Line(s)	Berlin Ringbahn (KBS 200.41) (KBS 200.42); Berlin–Szczecin railway (KBS 200.2) (KBS 203) (KBS 205); Berlin Northern Railway (KBS 200.1) (KBS 200.25);
Platforms	5 island platforms
Tracks	10
Other information
Station code	528
DS100 code	BGS (long distance); BGB (S-Bahn)
IBNR	8011102 (long distance); 8089015 (S-Bahn)
Category	1
Fare zone	: Berlin A/5555
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 January 1872; 152 years ago
Passengers
	130,000
Services
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	Berlin Gesundbrunnen Location within Berlin Berlin Gesundbrunnen Location within Germany Berlin Gesundbrunnen Location within Europe

Berlin Gesundbrunnen station (German: Bahnhof Berlin Gesundbrunnen) is a railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the Gesundbrunnen district, part of the central Mitte borough, as an interconnection point between the northern Ringbahn and Nord-Süd Tunnel lines of the Berlin S-Bahn, as well as a regional and long distance station of the Deutsche Bahn network. The station is operated by the DB Station&Service subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG and is classified as a Category 1 station, one of 21^[4] in Germany and four in Berlin, the others being Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Südkreuz and Berlin Ostbahnhof.

History

When the Berlin–Stettin railway was opened in 1842, the tracks ran farther northwestwards with a hazardous level crossing on Badstraße. Nearby Gesundbrunnen station was inaugurated on 1 January 1872 with the northern Ringbahn line; it became an important railway hub with the opening of the Berlin Northern Railway to Neubrandenburg; the junction was finished on 10 July 1877. From 1 May 1897, it also offered access to the Berlin–Stettin line, whose original tracks were shifted southwards to meet the parallel Ringbahn here.

On 8 August 1924 Gesundbrunnen was one of the first stations to become part of the Berlin S-Bahn system when third rail trains ran from Stettiner Bahnhof to Bernau. After the opening of the Nord-Süd Tunnel in 1939, trains ran from Gesundbrunnen via Humboldthain station and Stettiner Bahnhof directly to Anhalter Bahnhof in the south.

Plans for an access of Gesundbrunnen station to the Berlin U-Bahn network were already developed by the AEG electric company prior to World War I. Nevertheless, the present-day station, located on the U8, was not opened until 18 April 1930. Designed in a New Objectivity style according to plans by Alfred Grenander with a separate reception building, the U-Bahn platform crossed deep beneath the railway tracks and served as an air-raid shelter during the bombing of Berlin in World War II.

World War II and Cold War

On 3 February 1945, this station was destroyed by an air raid.

After World War II and the division of Berlin, long-distance train service diminished and was finally discontinued on 18 May 1952. The S-Bahn system was also affected by the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, when the network was partitioned into an eastern and western half.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

In the Pilzkonzept master plan the station was modernized as Berlin's northern long-distance train station and during 2005 there were discussions to rename the station to Nordkreuz (North Cross) reflecting the names of the other connection stations on the Ringbahn namely Ostkreuz (East Cross), Südkreuz (South Cross) and Westkreuz (West Cross). Work on the railway hub was completed on 26 May 2006, with no development on the rename until 2016, when Nordkreuz was appended to Gesundbrunnen as an official alternative name.

Despite its station category 1 the station had no representative entrance building - the old entrance building had been demolished and it had never been replaced giving the new station a peculiar appearance. The area designated for the entrance building was left as a public open space (Hanne-Sobek-Platz). The planning was stopped not only by financial cuts but also due to the existence of the nearby Gesundbrunnen-Center shopping center that was opened in 1997 offering 25000 square meters of shopping facilities plus a direct connection to the railway station. The planning resumed during 2010 and construction work on a new entrance building began by the end of 2011, with the 3300 square meters projected to cost a total of 7.4 million euros.^[5] The new entrance building opened in autumn 2015.

Rail services

Long-distance services

Gesundbrunnen station is served by the following services:

Line	Route		Frequency
ICE 8	Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich		120 min
ICE 15	(Ostseebad Binz –) Stralsund – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main)		120 min
ICE 18	Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich		One train pair
ICE 20	Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Fulda – Frankfurt – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich		5 train pairs
ICE 21	Ostseebad Binz – Stralsund – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf		every 4 hours
ICE 28	München – Nürnberg – Erfurt – Leipzig – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – (Stralsund – Ostseebad Binz)		Some trains
ICE 29	Ostseebad Binz – Stralsund – Greifswald – Prenzlau – Eberswalde– Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Augsburg – Munich		3 train pairs
ICE 29	Ostseebad Binz – Stralsund – Greifswald – Prenzlau – Eberswalde– Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg (train split)	– Augsburg – Munich	1 train pair
ICE 91		– Passau – Linz – Wien	1 train pair
IC 17	Rostock – Waren – Neustrelitz – Oranienburg – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Flughafen BER - Terminal 1-2 – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Elsterwerda – Dresden-Neustadt – Dresden Hbf (– Freiberg – Chemnitz)		120 min
IC 56	Rostock – Waren – Neustrelitz – Oranienburg – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf – Potsdam – Brandenburg – Magdeburg		One train towards Magdeburg
FLX 10	Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) – Heidelberg – Stuttgart		One train pair

Regional services

Gesundbrunnen station is served by the following services:

Line	Route		Frequency
FEX	Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Ostkreuz – BER Airport – Terminal 1-2		30 min
RE 3	Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Jüterbog – Ludwigsfelde – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Eberswalde – Angermünde –	Schwedt (Oder)
RE 3		Prenzlau – Pasewalk – Greifswald – Stralsund
RE 5	Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Oranienburg – Neustrelitz –	Güstrow – Rostock
RE 5		Neubrandenburg – Stralsund
RB 10	Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau – Albrechtshof – Seegefeld – Falkensee – Finkenkrug – Brieselang – Nauen		Single train towards Nauen
RB 21	Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau – Dallgow-Döberitz – Wustermark – Golm – Potsdam		60 min
RB 27	Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Schönerlinde – Schönwalde – Basdorf – Klosterfelde		Individual services
RB 54	Berlin-Lichtenberg – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Oranienburg – Löwenberg (Mark) – Herzberg (Mark) – Rheinsberg (Mark)		Individual services

S-Bahn and U-Bahn services

Gesundbrunnen is a station on Berlin S-Bahn and Berlin U-Bahn networks. The station is served by the following services:

S1 (Oranienburg - Frohnau - Wittenau - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Schöneberg - Rathaus Steglitz - Wannsee)
S2 (Bernau - Karow - Pankow - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Südkreuz - Blankenfelde)
S25 (Hennigsdorf - Tegel - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Südkreuz - Teltow Stadt)
S26 (Blankenburg - Gesundbrunnen - Friedrichstraße - Südkreuz - Teltow Stadt)
S41 (Ring Clockwise) (Gesundbrunnen - Ostkreuz - Treptower Park - Hermannstraße - Südkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Westkreuz - Westend - Gesundbrunnen)
S42 (Ring Anti-clockwise) (Gesundbrunnen - Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Hermannstraße - Treptower Park - Ostkreuz - Gesundbrunnen)
U8 (Wittenau - Osloer Straße - Gesundbrunnen - Alexanderplatz - Hermannstraße)

References

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Bahnhofskategorieliste 2015" (PDF). DB Station&Service AG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
^ "Grünes Licht für Bahnhof Gesundbrunnen". Deutsche Bahn. 2011-02-08. press release.