Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Berlin Hauptbahnhof
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View of the station building from the south plaza
Location	Europaplatz 1 10557 Berlin Mitte, Berlin, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°31′30″N 13°22′09″E / 52.52493°N 13.369181°E / 52.52493; 13.369181Coordinates: 52°31′30″N 13°22′09″E / 52.52493°N 13.369181°E / 52.52493; 13.369181
Line(s)	Stadtbahn North–South mainline
Construction
Architect	Meinhard von Gerkan of Gerkan, Marg and Partners
Other information
Station code	1071
DS100 code	BLS (main line, upper level), BL (main line, lower level), BHBF (S-Bahn)
Category	1
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	26 May 2006; 10 years ago (2006-05-26)
Traffic
Passengers	300,000 per day

Berlin Hauptbahnhof ( listen) (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, and until it opened as a main line station, it was a stop on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway temporarily named Berlin Hauptbahnhof–Lehrter Bahnhof. The station is operated by DB Station&Service, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, and is classified as a Category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and four in Berlin, the others being Berlin Gesundbrunnen, Berlin Südkreuz and Berlin Ostbahnhof.

Lehrter Bahnhof (Lehrte Station) opened in 1871 as the terminus of the railway linking Berlin with Lehrte, near Hanover, which later became Germany's most important east-west main line. In 1882, with the completion of the Stadtbahn (City Railway, Berlin's four-track central elevated railway line, which carries both local and main line services), just north of the station, a smaller interchange station called Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was opened to provide connections with the new line. This station later became part of the Berlin S-Bahn. In 1884, after the closure of nearby Hamburger Bahnhof (Hamburg Station), Lehrter Bahnhof became the terminus for trains to and from Hamburg.