Berlin Schönhauser Allee station

Schönhauser Allee
General information
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
LineRingbahn
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeBelow grade (S-Bahn)
Elevated (U-bahn)
Other information
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555
History
Opened:1 August 1879 (1879-08-01)
: 1913 (1913)
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Gesundbrunnen
One-way operation
S41 Prenzlauer Allee
Ringbahn (clockwise)
Gesundbrunnen
Ringbahn (counter-clockwise)
S42 Prenzlauer Allee
One-way operation
Bornholmer Straße
towards Birkenwerder
S8 Prenzlauer Allee
towards Wildau
Bornholmer Straße S85 Prenzlauer Allee
towards Grünau
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Eberswalder Straße
towards Ruhleben
U2 Vinetastraße
towards Pankow
Location

Berlin Schönhauser Allee is a U-Bahn and S-Bahn railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin, servicing the U2 as well as S-Bahn routes S8, S41, S42, and S85. Built in 1913 and opened as "Bahnhof Nordring", the station was renamed to "Schönhauser Allee" in 1936. On an average day approximately 500 trains and more than 26,000 people pass through the station.

At this station, the elevated U2 crosses the below-grade S-Bahn, while at the other crossing of the U2 and the Ringbahn, Messe-Nord/ICC S-Bahn station and Kaiserdamm U2 station, the U2 crosses S-Bahn below-ground on the bottom deck of a road bridge.