Berlin Olympiastadion station

Olympiastadion is a railway station in the Westend district of Berlin. Located at the southern entrance of the Olympic Stadium, it is served by the S-Bahn lines and . The station consists of one island platform which is in regular use, as well as four further terminal island platforms which are only used for the extra trains during major events.

Olympiastadion station: platforms
For the U-Bahn station called Olympia-Stadion, see Olympia-Stadion (Berlin U-Bahn).
Olympiastadion
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LocationCharlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Connections
Other information
Station code7731
DS100 codeBOLS
Category4
Fare zone: Berlin B/5656[1]
History
Opened23 May 1909 (1909-05-23)
Closed1945, 27 April to 9 June
19 September 1980 to 16 January 1998 (1998-01-16)
Rebuilt1935/1936
Electrified23 August 1928 (1928-08-23)
Previous names1909-1930: Rennbahn
1930-1935: Stadion – Rennbahn Grunewald
1935-1960: Reichssportfeld
Services
Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station
Pichelsberg
toward Spandau
toward Erkner
Pichelsberg
toward Spandau
Location
Olympiastadion
Location in Berlin
Olympiastadion
Location in Germany
Olympiastadion
Location in Europe

The station opened in 1909 on the Westbahn suburban railway north of the Grunewald forest. It was then called Rennbahn after a horse racing circuit at the site of the today's stadium. Like the nearby U-Bahn station it received the name Stadion in 1913, when the Deutsches Stadion, projected for the 1916 Summer Olympics, was inaugurated. After Berlin was awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics the station was again renamed Reichssportfeld until it got its actual designation in 1960, spelled without a hyphen in contrast to the Olympia-Stadion U-Bahn station. Adjacent to the south is the Berlin Unité d'Habitation, erected in 1958 according to plans by Le Corbusier. The station was closed in 1980, following the boycott by West Berliners on the East German-run S-Bahn, and the 1980 Deutsche Reichsbahn strike, taking away almost all traffic from the terminus. Most of the West Berlin portion of the S-Bahn, including Olympiastadion, was closed until 1998. The station re-opened in 1999.

References
  1. "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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