Construction Project
North-South Connection Berlin-Railway Station Papestrasse |
Location
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Client
- DB Projekt GmbH Knoten Berlin
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Planning
- J. S. K. Planungs- und Architekturbüro
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Investment volume
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Construction period
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Contracted services for BMG
- Contract management
- Subsequent work management
- Cost steering
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Structures constructed
- Bridge section (L = 271.30 m) through the railway station to connect the S-Bahn tracks
- Connection of the two S-Bahn tracks using a ring platform (L/W = 183.00/7.00 m)
- Construction of a railway station (L/W/H = 183.00/47.00/ 12.50 m) made of steel and glass suspended over the ring platform
- Southerly bypass of the freight train tracks over a bridge section (L = 280.0 m)
- Design of the platform for the north-south S-Bahn (L = 152.00 m) immediately under the ring platform
- Construction of three platforms (L/W = 405.00/11.00 m) for the north-south long-distance and regional railways
- Twenty escalators, six lifts
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Special features
- Planning of two car parks over the tracks and platforms of the north-south routes (2,671 parking spaces for cars)
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Utilization
- Second-most important railway station after Berlin Central Station with 200,000 travellers expected daily
- About 500 long-distance and regional trains daily and an S-Bahn stopping every 2.5 minutes
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Construction
- Expansion based on state-of-the-art railway construction and safety technology
- Bridge sections in reinforced concrete
- Railway station in steel/glass design
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