Because of the strike, Lichtenrade – Frohnau and Lichterfelde Süd – Heiligensee were the only ones

left from 1980 to 1984. And it was replaced, although it remains the same for Lichtenrade to
Frohnau, and Anhalter Bahnhof to Wannsee until the German reunification in 1990.

Fall of the Berlin Wall[edit]

After German reunification in 1990, Gesundbrunnen was rebuilt extensively - it did delay the
reopening of the rapid transit link to Berlin Schönhauser Allee station until 17 September 2001. The
last stretch, from Westhafen to Gesundbrunnen was reopened on 15 June 2002.
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.

Train services[edit]
National and Regional services[edit]
The station is served by the following service(s):[6]

 Intercity Express services (ICE 10) (Bonn -) Köln - Wuppertal - Hamm - Hannover - Berlin
 Intercity Express services (ICE 10) (Köln/Bonn Airport -) Düsseldorf - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm
- Hannover - Berlin
 Intercity-Express service (ICE 28) (Stralsund - Eberswalde -) Berlin - Halle - Jena - Nuremberg -
Munich
 Intercity-Express service (ICE 1005) Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Nuremberg - Munich
 Intercity service (EC 27) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Dresden - Prague
 Intercity service (IC 50) Binz - Stralsund - Eberswalde - Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Frankfurt (Main)
 Regional services RE 3 Stralsund - Greifswald - Pasewalk - Angermünde - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde
- Jüterbog - Falkenberg - Elsterwerda
 Regional services RE 3 Schwedt - Angermünde - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog - Lutherstadt
Wittenberg
 Regional services RE 5 Rostock - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt - Elsterwerda
 Regional services RE 5 Stralsund - Neustrelitz - Berlin - Wunsdorf-Waldstadt - Elsterwerda
 Regional services RE 6 Berlin – Hennigsdorf – Neuruppin – Wittstock – Pritzwalk – Wittenberge
 Regional services RE 66 Berlin – Eberswalde – Angermünde – Szczecin Głowny
 Local services RB 27 Berlin - Karow - Basdorf - Groß Schönebeck / Wensickendorf (-
Schmachtenhagen)