Platforms at Berlin Central Station in the Moabit district by Silva Wischeropp

About "Platforms at Berlin Central Station in the Moabit district"

by Silva Wischeropp

About the artwork

This photographic urban shot shows the hall in and railway tracks at Berlin Hauptbahnhof in the Berlin district of Moabit in the city district of Mitte.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the most important passenger railway station in Berlin and also the largest tower railway station in Europe. With around 330,000 travellers and visitors daily, it is the fourth busiest long-distance station of Deutsche Bahn after Hamburg, Frankfurt (Main) and Munich and is one of the 21 stations in the highest price category 1 of DB Station&Service. It is comparatively heavily relieved by the other three price class 1 stations and metropolitan stations of regional transport in Berlin.

The station building has two main levels serving rail traffic and three connecting and commercial levels. The upper track level consists of six tracks on four bridge structures. The two outer ones are single-track and the inner ones are double-track. In between are three platforms at a height of around ten metres above street level.
On the lower track level there are four platforms with the eight tracks of the north-south connection at a depth of 15 metres. Adjacent to this to the east is another platform with two tracks of the U5 underground line. To the east of the underground station, a similar double-track platform is currently being built as part of the S21 suburban railway project.
The bridges on the Stadtbahn level span not only the station area but also the adjoining Humboldthafen and are therefore around 680 m long. They are curved in plan in accordance with the alignment of the urban railway and widen from 39 to 66 m in width due to the widening from four to six tracks and the additional platforms. The Humboldthafen Bridge with a span of 60 m spans the Humboldthafen. It consists of an arch with steel pipes and a prestressed concrete beam as the upper chord.