From Adenauerplatz to Wittenbergplatz
Zoo Station
Initially anticipated as an urban and long-distance train station, Zoo Station became the main railway station after the construction of the Berlin Wall and, by extension, the social hub of the west part of the city.
Like many purpose-built structures, Zoo Station was to undergo frequent reconstruction. Generation after generation altered the building designed in 1882 by Ernst Dircksen, adapting it with ancillary buildings and conversions to the relevant technical, aesthetic and social character of the time. In 1934, highly modern hall buildings were constructed (by architect Fritz Hane) over the railway platforms of Zoo Station. In 1957, Horst Engel added a restaurant on stilts to the first floor.
In the second half of the 1990s, Deutsche Bahn AG renovated the station. The interior was redesigned in a first phase between 1994 and 1996, followed by refurbishment of the facade in 1998.
With the implementation of the mushroom concept by May 2006, the movement of trains in Berlin were reorganised and the new long-distance train stations Hauptbahnhof, Südkreuz and Gesundbrunnen were openend. As a consequence none of the ICE (Intercity Europe) and IC (Intercity) trains stop at Zoo Station any more.
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Landesarchiv Berlin (3)
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Jörg Küster
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