Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg station

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Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg
Deutsche Bahn
Bahnhof Medienstadt Babelsberg 071021.jpg
View of the platform from the level crossing
LocationDrewitz, Potsdam, Brandenburg
Germany
Coordinates52°22′55″N 13°7′18″E / 52.38194°N 13.12167°E / 52.38194; 13.12167Coordinates: 52°22′55″N 13°7′18″E / 52.38194°N 13.12167°E / 52.38194; 13.12167
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code5013
DS100 codeBDW [1]
IBNR8011430
Category5[2]
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin C and Potsdam B/5851[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 May 1879
Previous namesDrewitz (1879–2000)
Passengers
< 2,500/day
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nordost   Following station
toward Dessau HbfRE 7
via Berlin		toward Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
Preceding station   Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn   Following station
toward JüterbogRB 33
via Michendorf		Terminus
Location
Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg is located in Brandenburg
Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg
Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg
Location within Brandenburg

Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg station is a station on the Berlin–Blankenheim railway located in the east of the Potsdam district of Drewitz near Babelsberg, the historic center of the German film industry, and the former West Berlin exclave of Steinstücken. The station's DS-100 code is BDW[1] and its station’s numerical code is 5013.[2] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[2]

Station building in October 2007, still displaying the old name

The station was opened on 15 May 1879 with the name of Drewitz. It was a freight border crossing point from East Germany to West Berlin from 1949 to 1990. Numerous safety devices were installed for this purpose such as special points that would prevent an unauthorized movement of a locomotive towards Berlin-Wannsee in the American sector of Berlin. This meant that some sets of points would cause trains making unauthorized movements to derail.

After the reunification of Germany, an ICE connecting train ran from Berlin Zoologischer Garten through Drewitz station to Michendorf as electrification had not been completed on any line from the west to Berlin.

On 28 May 2000, the station’s name was changed to the current name in order to emphasize its proximity to the Babelsberg Media City (Medienstadt), including Babelsberg Studio.

The entire building is under heritage protection.

Rail services[]

The following services stop at the station:

Line Route
RE 7 Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Berlin Brandenburg Airport Flughafen BER - Terminal 1-2 – Berlin – Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg – Michendorf – Bad Belzig – Dessau
RB 33 Berlin-Wannsee – Potsdam Medienstadt Babelsberg – Michendorf – Beelitz Stadt – Treuenbrietzen – Jüterbog

References[]

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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