Berlin Frankfurter Allee station

Frankfurter Allee
Through station
Entrance building
Location	Berlin, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°30′51″N 13°28′29″E / 52.51417°N 13.47472°E / 52.51417; 13.47472
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Ringbahn (KBS 200.41, 200.42, 200.8, 200.85)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections
Other information
Station code	526
DS100 code	BFAL
Category	4
Fare zone	Berlin A
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 May 1872 (1872-05-01)
Services
Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station Storkower Straße One-way operation S 41 Ostkreuz toward Ringbahn (clockwise) Ostkreuz One-way operation S 42 Storkower Straße toward Ringbahn (counter-clockwise) Storkower Straße toward Birkenwerder S 8 Ostkreuz toward Zeuthen Storkower Straße toward Pankow S 85 Ostkreuz toward Grünau Preceding station   Berlin U-Bahn   Following station Samariterstraße towards Alexanderplatz U 5 Magdalenenstraße towards Hönow
Location
Frankfurter Allee Location within Berlin

Berlin Frankfurter Allee is a railway station situated on Frankfurter Allee in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin, close to the district's border with Lichtenberg. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S 41, S 42 (the ringbahn), S 8, S 85 and the U-Bahn line U 5.

History

The station was first opened on 1 May 1872 as Friedrichsberg. In 1890-91 the current station Frankfurter Alle was opened, in addition to the platform between the tracks, the station had a brick entrance. When the U5 was built at the end of the 1920s, the old Ringbahn bridge was torn down and replaced with a wider bridge. There was intended to be a direct connection between the underground U5 station and the above ground S-bahn station;- however, this was never developed. It is not practical to build such a connection now as the S-bahn platform would need to be on the bridge over the road. As the rails are not wide apart enough to fit a platform between them, the bridge would need to be entirely rebuilt.

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