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PDB 69

Construction Project
North-South Connection Berlin-Railway Station Papestrasse
Location
  • Berlin
Client
  • DB Projekt GmbH Knoten Berlin
Planning
  • J. S. K. Planungs- und Architekturbüro
Investment volume
  • approx. EUR 60.0 million
Construction period
  • July 2000 to April 2003
Contracted services for BMG
  • Contract management
  • Subsequent work management
  • Cost steering
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
Special features
  • Planning of two car parks over the tracks and platforms of the north-south routes (2,671 parking spaces for cars)
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
Construction
  • Expansion based on state-of-the-art railway construction and safety technology
  • Bridge sections in reinforced concrete
  • Railway station in steel/glass design