Berlin Savignyplatz station

Savignyplatz
Bf
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	2
Other information
Station code	5523
DS100 code	BSAV[1]
IBNR	8089037
Category	4[2]
History
Opened	1 August 1896
Services
Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station Charlottenburg toward Spandau S5 Zoologischer Garten toward Strausberg Nord Charlottenburg toward Potsdam Hbf S7 Zoologischer Garten toward Ahrensfelde Charlottenburg toward Spandau S75 Zoologischer Garten toward Wartenberg

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 S5, S7 and S75. 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.^[3] 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.

History

Savignyplatz station about 1900

The station was built in 1895/1896^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[4]

Class 481 in Savignyplatz station

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
3. "Heritage listing of Savignyplatz station" (in German). Senate of Berlin. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
4. "S-Bahnhof Savignyplatz" (in German). Luise Berlin. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

References

• Berliner S-Bahn-Museum (2002). Die Stadtbahn. Eine Baugeschichte von 1875 bis heute. (in German). Berlin: GVE. ISBN 3-89218-046-6.

External links

• "Berlin Savignyplatz station" (in German). Stadtschnellbahn Berlin. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
• "Map of the local area" (PDF, 33 kB). BVG. Retrieved 5 January 2015.