Berlin Schöneweide station

Berlin-Schöneweide
Through station
Location	Cajamarcaplatz 1, Niederschöneweide, Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°27′18″N 13°30′34″E / 52.455°N 13.509444°E / 52.455; 13.509444Coordinates: 52°27′18″N 13°30′34″E / 52.455°N 13.509444°E / 52.455; 13.509444
Line(s)	Berlin–Görlitz Schöneweide–Spindlersfeld
Connections
Other information
Station code	559
DS100 code	BSW
IBNR	8010041
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	24 May 1868; 149 years ago (1868-05-24)
Electrified	6 November 1928; 89 years ago (1928-11-06), 750 V DC system (3rd rail) main line 2 June 1984; 33 years ago (1984-06-02), 15 kV AC system (overhead)
Previous names	1868-1874 Neuer Krug 1874-1896 Neuer Krug-Johannisthal 1886-1929 Niederschöneweide-Johannisthal
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nordost   Following station Berlin Ostkreuz toward Eberswalde Hbf RB 24 Königs Wusterhausen toward Senftenberg Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station Baumschulenweg toward Südkreuz S45 Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide toward Flughafen Schönefeld Baumschulenweg toward Westend S46 Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide toward Königs Wusterhausen Baumschulenweg toward Hermannstraße S47 Oberspree toward Spindlersfeld Baumschulenweg toward Birkenwerder S8 Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide toward Zeuthen Baumschulenweg toward Pankow S85 Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide toward Grünau Baumschulenweg toward Spandau S9 Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide toward Flughafen Schönefeld

Berlin-Schöneweide is a railway station in Niederschöneweide, part of the Treptow-Köpenick borough of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn and regional trains, buses and trams. It was a terminal for long-distance trains until 2011.

The station was opened as a halt in the outskirts of the Landgemeinde (rural municipality) of Niederschöneweide on 24 May 1868 on the Berlin–Görlitz railway. Until 1874, it was called Neuer Krug (new tavern), the name of a nearby inn, after which it was renamed Neuer Krug-Johannisthal, after the rural municipality of Johannisthal, which was also near the station. In 1880–1882, it was rebuilt as a station.

As Niederschöneweide and Oberschöneweide were industrialising rapidly, a particularly high number of railways were built in the district. Apart from the state railways, these included tramways and a network of industrial railways called the Bullenbahn (bulls railway). In 1890/91, a branch line to Spindlersfeld was opened from the station. This was used for trials of electric suburban passenger trains between 1903 and 1906, although suburban electric trains were not introduced in Berlin until the construction of the S-Bahn in the 1920s.

The station was renamed in 1896 as Niederschöneweide-Johannisthal at the request of the municipality of Niederschöneweide because Niederschöneweide had provided finance for the branch to Spindlersfeld. Several private industrial railways connected to the rail network in Niederschöneweide. Private railways also connected in nearby Oberschöneweide, such as the line built in 1889 by Emil Rathenau to AEG-owned factories, using a wooden bridge over the Spree, which is at the current location of the Stubenrauch bridge.

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