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Date : between 1882 and 2006
Material : Steel, Glass, Concrete
| Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten
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Outdoor architecture (Building)
Area related
Berlin (Germany)
Site related :
Berlin Central Station
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Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten was the central transport facility in West Berlin during the division of the city, and thereafter for the western central area of Berlin until opening of the new Berlin Central Station on 28 May 2006. Situated within the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough on Hardenbergplatz, adjacent to the Berlin Zoo, it is also an interchange with the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn, which uses the Berlin Stadtbahn, along with regional trains, known as RegionalExpress or RegionalBahn.
Hardenbergplatz is West Berlin's largest city bus terminal and is also used by long-distance buses/coaches. "ZOB", Berlin's central bus terminal for regional and long-distance travel, is located on the Messedamm not far from the Funkturm.
Zoologischer Garten is also a Berlin U-Bahn station and S-Bahn station located at the Berlin Zoologischer Garten terminal, serving the U2, U9, S5, S7, S75 and S9.
History
The Bahnhof Zoo was originally a Stadtbahn station, opened in February 1882. On March 11, 1902 the first Berlin U-Bahn line, today the U2, was opened under ground. Between 1934 and 1940 the station was rebuilt, and the track installations were expanded. In August 1961, below the U2, the new U-Bahn Line 9 was opened, which connected the station with the transportation network in the north-south direction.
The fact that with only two platforms and four tracks for long-distance trains the station was still the most important in West Berlin was another unnatural phenomenon of the divided city. Despite the outcry from nearby retailers and local politicians, the station has dramatically lost its importance following the launching of the new central station on 28 May 2006, with long-distance services now passing through the station without stopping.
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