Großbeeren station

Großbeeren
Through station
Heritage-listed station building
Location	Großbeeren, Brandenburg Germany
Coordinates	52°21′03″N 13°17′05″E / 52.35083°N 13.28472°E / 52.35083; 13.28472Coordinates: 52°21′03″N 13°17′05″E / 52.35083°N 13.28472°E / 52.35083; 13.28472
Line(s)	Anhalt Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	2325
DS100 code	BGSB
Category	6
History
Opened	16 October 1841
Services
Preceding station   Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn   Following station Teltow toward Rathenow RE 4 Birkengrund toward Jüterbog

Großbeeren station is a station in the town of Großbeeren on the Anhalt Railway south of Berlin. The station, which was inaugurated in1841, is one of the oldest railway stations in the state of Brandenburg. The now disused station building is a listed building.

The station is located south of Berlin on the Berlin–Halle railway about two kilometres west of Großbeeren. It is connected by connecting curves to the Berlin Outer Ring. Federal highway 101 and the Berliner Ring run nearby.

At the establishment of the Anhalt line, Großbeeren was only a stop for steam locomotives so that they could be resupplied with water. However, from the beginning there was interest in establishing a stop for passengers.

Just a few months after the opening of the line, Großbeeren station was put into operation on 16 October 1841. Before that, on 29 August, there had been special services there to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Großbeeren. The station opened at the same time as the start of freight operations on the line. In the early years the nearby Ludwigsfelde station, which was opened at the same time as Großbeeren, was served during the day by just one freight train that also carried passengers; it could be used to travel to Berlin in the morning and to return in the afternoon. In 1849, Großbeeren was initially only served in the summer timetable, but soon passenger trains were stopping throughout the year. Initially, the station was called Großbeeren, although for several decades from the later 1840s the name was written as Groß-Beeren.

The original station building was south of the road to Neubeeren. In 1868, the large station building that still exists was built to the north of the road, but like its predecessor it was built on the west side away from the tracks and sidings. The original building was preserved as a residence and was probably demolished during the construction of additional tracks in 1940.

For the extension of the railway station in 1867–68, part of the Großbeeren estate had to be expropriated because its owner, von Briesen, had refused to sell the land. Previously he had been listed as an opponent of the railway.

On 1 December 1926, as part of the development of the Bypass Railway, the Michendorf–Großbeeren railway was opened, connecting the Berlin–Halle railway to the Seddin marshalling yard. Plans to extend the Bypass Railway from Großbeeren to the east were not realised initially.