Berlin-Lichterfelde West (in German Bahnhof Berlin-Lichterfelde West) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

Lichterfelde West Lichterfelde West is part of Lichterfelde (Berlin), Lichterfelde in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough of Berlin. It is known for its historic mansions, tree-lined streets and green squares. Next to Dahlem (Berlin), Dahlem and Grunewald (locality), G ...

, within the district of Lichterfelde (

Steglitz-Zehlendorf Steglitz-Zehlendorf () is the sixth Boroughs of Berlin, borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf, Berlin, Zehlendorf. Home to the Free University of Berlin, the Be ...

) in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is served by the

Berlin S-Bahn The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system that services the reigon in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under the name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff are ...

and several local bus lines. The station was built in 1872 in the style of a Tuscan villa as a train station for the elegant development of ''Villenkolonie

'', a newly created expensive residential area for wealthy Berliners. From 1946 until 1993 ''Lichterfelde West'' was the terminus of the Duty-Train of the United States Forces in Berlin. On 9 January 1984, S-Bahn services were taken over by BVG. This initially operated a 21-kilometre-long truncated network, but gradually put some of the lines that had been closed in 1980 into operation, including the Wannseebahn on 1 February 1985. The comprehensive refurbishment of the line was started immediately after the takeover. Some areas that had been neglected for decades were repaired, such as the station building, which had been damaged in a fire in 1965. However, the left side wing could not be saved. The wooden sculpture ‘’Flora von Lichterfelde‘’ by the Berlin-based sculptor Wolf van Roy has stood in the centre of the station concourse since 1986. A citizens‘ initiative centred around

Nils Seethaler Nils Seethaler (born August 18, 1981, in West Berlin) is a German cultural anthropologist. He researches historical collections of ethnological objects and human remains. Personal life Nils Seethaler was born in Berlin-Lichterfelde and spent hi ...

has been campaigning since 2022 for the restoration and reinstallation of the sculpture, which has since been relocated.

Connection

The S-Bahn station is served by the S1 line of the Berlin S-Bahn. There are connections to the Omnibus lines 101, 188, M11, M48 and N88 of the BVG.

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Station information
Berlin S-Bahn stations Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf Railway stations in Germany opened in 1872 {{Berlin-railstation-stub