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.

Contents

 1History
o 1.1World War II and Cold War
o 1.2Fall of the Berlin Wall
 2Train services
o 2.1National and Regional services
o 2.2S- and U-Bahn services
 3References
 4External links

History[edit]

Rebuilt Gesundbrunnen station in 1898

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.
U-Bahn platform

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  , 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.

New entrance building

World War II and Cold War[edit]

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. When
the wall was built, it became a terminus for the Berlin Ringbahn, because of the breakup. Its services
are Sonnenallee/Köllnische Heide and Gesundbrunnen. Bernau and Helligensee service were
merged into Helligensee and Waidmannlust - Lichterfelde and Lichtenrade services, because
Bornholmer Straße was also closed due to the Berlin Wall construction.