Berlin Savignyplatz railway station

Savignyplatz

Island platform

Location

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin
Germany

Coordinates

52°30′19″N 13°19′8″E / 52.50528°N 13.31889°ECoordinates: 52°30′19″N 13°19′8″E / 52.50528°N 13.31889°E

Line(s)

Stadtbahn

Platforms

Other information

Station code

5523

DS100 code

BSAV

IBNR

8089037

Category

History

Opened

1 August 1896

Services

Preceding station	Berlin S-Bahn	Following station
Charlottenburg toward Westkreuz	S3	Zoologischer Garten toward Erkner
Charlottenburg toward Spandau	S5	Zoologischer Garten toward Strausberg Nord
Charlottenburg toward Potsdam Hbf	S7	Zoologischer Garten toward Ahrensfelde

Berlin Savignyplatz is a railway station on the Berlin Stadtbahn line in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S3, S5 and S7. It is the newest of the stations on the Stadtbahn. The island platform, which is covered by a gable roof supported by cast iron columns, and the open entrance hall have monument protection. It has two entrances, one from a pedestrian zone connecting from the park of Savigny Platz via the street of Else-Ury-Bogen and a second from Schlüterstraße.

The station was built in 1895/1896 on typical arches of the Berlin Stadtbahn in the middle of the then new residential area around Savigny Platz (named after the jurist Friedrich Carl von Savigny) between the stations of Zoologischer Garten (Zoo) and Charlottenburg. The opening took place on 1 August 1896.

In 1934, the station’s two stairwells with their nameplates and the entrance rooms were modernised. At the same time the railway arches in this area were given a dark brick facade.

Between 1986 and 1989, the section between Zoo and Savigny Platz was extensively renovated and the superstructure was completely rebuilt. The platforms and entrance structures were largely rebuilt on the historical design. Since then a 100-metre-long gallery, called Weltenbaum II ("World Tree II"), has been located on the firewall of the western platform. This gallery was created under the guidance of the artist Ben Wagin as a warning against the destruction of the environment. 18 different artists, among them Joseph Beuys, took part in the gallery.

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