Berlin Gesundbrunnen station () is a railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the Gesundbrunnen district, part of the central Mitte borough, as an interconnection point between the northern Ringbahn and Nord-Süd Tunnel lines of the Berlin S-Bahn, as well as a regional and long distance station of the Deutsche Bahn network. The station is operated by the DB Station&Service subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG and is classified as a Category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and four in Berlin, the others being Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Südkreuz and Berlin Ostbahnhof.

History

When the Berlin–Stettin railway was opened in 1842, the tracks ran farther northwestwards with a hazardous level crossing on Badstraße. Nearby Gesundbrunnen station was inaugurated on 1 January 1872 with the northern Ringbahn line; it became an important railway hub with the opening of the Berlin Northern Railway to Neubrandenburg; the junction was finished on 10 July 1877. From 1 May 1897, it also offered access to the Berlin–Stettin line, whose original tracks were shifted southwards to meet the parallel Ringbahn here.

On 8 August 1924 Gesundbrunnen was one of the first stations to become part of the Berlin S-Bahn system when third rail trains ran from Stettiner Bahnhof to Bernau. After the opening of the Nord-Süd Tunnel in 1939, trains ran from Gesundbrunnen via Humboldthain station and Stettiner Bahnhof directly to Anhalter Bahnhof in the south.

Plans for an access of Gesundbrunnen station to the Berlin U-Bahn network were already developed by the AEG electric company prior to World War I. Nevertheless, the present-day station, located on the , was not opened until 18 April 1930. Designed in a New Objectivity style according to plans by Alfred Grenander with a separate reception building, the U-Bahn platform crossed deep beneath the railway tracks and served as an air-raid shelter during the bombing of Berlin in World War II.

World War II and Cold War On 3 February 1945, this station was destroyed by an air raid.

After World War II and the division of Berlin, long-distance train service diminished and was finally discontinued on 18 May 1952. The S-Bahn system was also affected by the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, when the network was partitioned into an eastern and western half.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

In the Pilzkonzept master plan the station was modernized as Berlin's northern long-distance train station and during 2005 there were discussions to rename the station to Nordkreuz (North Cross) reflecting the names of the other connection stations on the Ringbahn namely Ostkreuz (East Cross), Südkreuz (South Cross) and Westkreuz (West Cross). Work on the railway hub was completed on 26 May 2006, with no development on the rename until 2016, when Nordkreuz was appended to Gesundbrunnen as an official alternative name.

Despite its station category 1 the station had no representative entrance building - the old entrance building had been demolished and it had never been replaced giving the new station a peculiar appearance. The area designated for the entrance building was left as a public open space (Hanne-Sobek-Platz). The planning was stopped not only by financial cuts but also due to the existence of the nearby Gesundbrunnen-Center shopping center that was opened in 1997 offering 25000 square meters of shopping facilities plus a direct connection to the railway station. The planning resumed during 2010 and construction work on a new entrance building began by the end of 2011, with the 3300 square meters projected to cost a total of 7.4 million euros. The new entrance building opened in autumn 2015.

Rail services Long-distance services The station was served by the following long-distance services in 2026: Line Route Frequency Stuttgart – Nuremberg –  – Berlin – Berlin Gesundbrunnen Once a day Munich – Stuttgart – Mannheim – Frankfurt – Erfurt – Leipzig – Berlin – Berlin GesundbrunnenEvery two hours Saarbrücken – Kaiserslautern – Mannheim – Darmstadt – Frankfurt – Erfurt – Halle – Berlin – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Stralsund – BinzRostock – Waren – Neustrelitz –  – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf –  –  – Doberlug-Kirchhain –  –  – Dresden Hbf (– Freiberg – Chemnitz) Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich Some trainsBerlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Fulda – Frankfurt – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich5 train pairs München – Nürnberg – Erfurt – Leipzig – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – (Stralsund – Ostseebad Binz) Some trainsOstseebad Binz – Stralsund – Greifswald – Prenzlau – Eberswalde– Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Augsburg – Munich3 train pairs Nuremberg (train split) Augsburg – MunichOne train pair Passau – Linz – Wien (running with ) Rostock – Waren – Neustrelitz – Oranienburg – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf – Potsdam – Brandenburg – Magdeburg One train towards MagdeburgBerlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin Hbf – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) – Heidelberg – StuttgartOne train pair

In March 2026 GoVolta services began calling.GoVolta launches to make international rail travel affordable, comfortable and accessible to everyone Railway Gazette International 20 March 2026GoVolta enters European passenger market International Railway Journal 23 March 2026GoVolta launches international services Modern Railways issue 932 May 2026 page 86

Regional services The station was served by the following regional services in 2026: Line RouteFrequency Lutherstadt Wittenberg –  –  – Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Eberswalde –  – Prenzlau – Pasewalk – Greifswald – Stralsund Berlin Südkreuz –  – Berlin Gesundbrunnen –  – Neustrelitz –  – Rostock  – Stralsund Berlin Gesundbrunnen –  –  –  –  –  – Potsdam60 min Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Schönerlinde – Schönwalde – Basdorf – KlosterfeldeSome trains

S-Bahn and U-Bahn services Gesundbrunnen is a station on Berlin S-Bahn and Berlin U-Bahn networks. The station was served by the following services in 2026:

S1 (Oranienburg – Frohnau – Wittenau – Gesundbrunnen – Friedrichstraße – Schöneberg – Rathaus Steglitz – Wannsee) S15 (Hauptbahnhof – Wedding – Gesundbrunnen) S2 (Bernau – Karow – Pankow – Gesundbrunnen – Friedrichstraße – Südkreuz – Blankenfelde) S25 (Hennigsdorf – Tegel – Gesundbrunnen – Friedrichstraße – Südkreuz – Teltow Stadt) S26 (Blankenburg – Gesundbrunnen – Friedrichstraße – Südkreuz – Teltow Stadt) S41 (Ring Clockwise) (Gesundbrunnen – Ostkreuz – Treptower Park - Hermannstraße – Südkreuz – Innsbrucker Platz – Westkreuz – Westend – Gesundbrunnen) S42 (Ring Anti-clockwise) (Gesundbrunnen – Westend – Westkreuz – Innsbrucker Platz – Südkreuz – Hermannstraße – Treptower Park – Ostkreuz – Gesundbrunnen) U8 (Wittenau – Osloer Straße – Gesundbrunnen – Alexanderplatz – Hermannstraße)

See also List of railway stations in the Berlin area Rail transport in Germany

References

External links

Berlin S-& U-Bahn network map S-Bahn station information Long distance/Regional station information