Berlin Storkower Straße station

Location
	Storkower Straße Location in Berlin Storkower Straße Location in Germany Storkower Straße Location in Europe

Storkower Straße
Storkower Straße
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	Platform view
General information
Location	Storkower Straße, Fennpfuhl; Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße, Prenzlauer Berg; Pankow, Berlin, Berlin; Germany
Coordinates	52°31′26″N 13°27′52″E / 52.52389°N 13.46444°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz; DB Station&Service;
Line(s)	Ringbahn
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	S-Bahn Berlin
Connections	; 156 240
Other information
Station code	6042
DS100 code	BSTO
IBNR	8089041
Category	4
Fare zone	VBB: Berlin A/5555
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	4 May 1881; 143 years ago
Services
Location
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	Storkower Straße Location in Berlin Storkower Straße Location in Germany Storkower Straße Location in Europe

Storkower Straße is a railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg locality of Berlin, close to the locality's border with Fennpfuhl. Located at the Ringbahn it is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42, S8 and S85.

History

The station was opened in 1881 under the name of Zentralviehhof, as the vast area south of the station then was the site of Berlin's central slaughterhouse that received animals by rail here. An over 400-metre (0.25 mi) long pedestrian bridge (called the Langer Jammer, i.e. "Long Misery") crossed the processing plant connecting the station with the Friedrichshain residential areas.

The station was renamed in the 1970s, while in 1991 the slaughterhouse finally closed. The notorious bridge except for about 150 m (490 ft) above the tracks was demolished in 2002. The remaining portion of the bridge, which stretches from Storkower Straße north of the station to Hermann-Blankenstein-Straße south of the station, was renovated and now serves as the only entrance and exit to the station.

References

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.