Berlin – Longer platforms, additional station entrances, barrier-free expansion: Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced that more than 50 S-Bahn stations in this city are to be modernized. This is what it says in the framework agreement that it signed with the State of Berlin in mid-December. But which stations should benefit from the improvements? The left-wing traffic politician Kristian Ronneburg asked the Senate. Now he has received an answer from the outgoing State Secretary Ingmar Streese (Greens) – which, however, does not entirely satisfy him.
The federal company and the state had been in talks since 2015, according to the Senate Transport Administration. Individual projects were initiated independently of this. 230 million euros are to be invested by 2032. Half of the money comes from Berlin, the other half from the railway and the federal government. In many cases, however, passengers will have to be patient for a long time – several projects are scheduled to run until 2031.
Demanded for years
The Ostkreuz train station is also on the list, for which a roof over the lower regional platform has been required for many years. The plan approval decision, with which the conversion of the heavily used railway junction was once approved, provides for a roof on tracks 1 and 2. But the DB decided not to protect the growing number of regional and, in the meantime, long-distance train passengers from the wet and hot. The Ringbahnhalle offers enough weather protection, it was said. It is now clear: in 2023 the platform will have a 60-meter-long roof.
There is also construction going on at Westkreuz. The S-Bahn station in Charlottenburg will have a new overpass with barrier-free access by 2028. This opens up the adjoining residential areas from the eastern end of the city platforms. Additional entrances are intended to save passengers detours elsewhere – including at the Kaulsdorf, Nöldnerplatz and Zehlendorf S-Bahn stations. The S-Bahn stations Tegel, Eichborndamm, Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik and Alt-Reinickendorf are to be expanded by 2027. Among other things, the platforms will be extended there so that eight-car trains can stop in the future.
“The measures negotiated between the Senate and Deutsche Bahn are the first important steps towards modernizing Berlin’s S-Bahn stations,” praised Linke-Verkehrspolitiker Ronneburg. “Some of the measures that have been required and have been required for a long time, such as the extension of the pedestrian crossing at Kaulsdorf S-Bahn station, in order to improve access to the station.”
On the other hand, those involved would have avoided important decisions. S-Bahn stations such as Raoul-Wallenberg-Straße, where access to a cemetery and social facilities are concerned, are still not completely barrier-free, complained the MP. “Likewise, one could finally have devoted oneself to neglected terminal stations like Ahrensfelde in order to make them an attractive gateway to Berlin. I will therefore advocate further adjustments to the new Senator and DB, the framework agreement should ultimately be updated annually. “
The list of S-Bahn stations:
Additional entrances are planned for the S-Bahn stations Kaulsdorf (southeast, until 2025), Eichborndamm, Prenzlauer Allee, Lichterfelde Süd, Nöldnerplatz, Prenzlauer Allee, Westend and Wollankstraße (each until 2028), Tempelhof (to the east, to Tempelhofer Feld) and Zehlendorf (Teltower Damm, each until 2031).
Additional entrances to the tram are planned for Schöneweide station. Construction period: until 2025.
Accessibility is the subject of work at these S-Bahn stations: Kaulsdorf (until 2025), Buckower Chaussee, Johannisthal, Nöldnerplatz, Plänterwald and Westend (planned construction period until 2028), Biesdorf, Marienfelde, Prenzlauer Allee, Sundgauer Straße and Tempelhof (each until 2031) .
Platform extensions are intended for the S-Bahn stations Alt-Reinickendorf, Tegel, Eichborndamm and Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik. Completion: according to the railway by 2027, according to the Senate by 2025.
The modernization of the platforms plans the railway for Gehrenseestraße (until 2025), Altglienicke, Köpenick, Nöldnerplatz, Plänterwald, Schönhauser Allee (each until 2028), Marienfelde, Biesdorf, Grünbergallee and Sundgauer Straße (each until 2031).
Platform roofsr are also being modernized. This is planned until 2025 in Frohnau, Feuerbachstrasse and Gehrenseestrasse. Altglienicke, Grünau, Hermsdorf, Köpenick, Frohnau, Friedenau, Mehrower Allee, Messe Nord / ICC, Mexikoplatz, Nikolassee, Plänterwald, Poelchaustraße, Rathaus Steglitz, Schönhauser Allee, Schöneberg (S1) and Westkreuz are on the list until 2028. Roof modernizations are due in these S-Bahn stations by 2031: Neukölln, Tempelhof, Zehlendorf, Botanical Garden, Grünbergallee, Prenzlauer Allee, Raoul-Wallenberg-Straße, Springpfuhl, Sundgauer Straße and Waidmannslust.
Volkmar Otto
Not only S-Bahn trains stop at Ostkreuz, but also regional and even some long-distance trains. But the platform on the Frankfurt Railway, where the regional express to Potsdam also stops, is still without a roof.
A platform roof receives the lower regional platform at Ostkreuz – according to Bahn 2023.
Also underpasses to the platforms will be renewed: by 2028 in Grünau, Köpenick and Plänterwald, by 2031 in Marienfelde, Neukölln and Tempelhof.
Flyovers are to be modernized at the Biesdorf and Prenzlauer Allee train stations – by 2031.
More benches are planned in Gesundbrunnen (until 2025).
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