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Berlin Jungfernheide is a
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located at Charlottenburg-Nord, in the
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district of
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, served by the
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lines and , the
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line and
Regional-Express In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (; RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with a top speed of and an average speed of about as it calls at fewer stations than ''R ...
trains of the
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. Its name literally translates into "maidens' heathland"; it was named after the Jungfernheide, a former large forest in the proximity of this station.


S-Bahn station

The S-Bahn station Jungfernheide was opened in 1894, around 20 years after the tracks were first laid on that stretch. It originally had a single
island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
, served by trains of the Berlin Ringbahn. This was supplemented in 1908 by a second platform for suburban trains and then later by a third, built specifically for the new Siemensbahn, which was funded by the company
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to serve their plant some distance west of the station. Following the building of the
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in 1961, however, services were disrupted and the station was reduced to having two platforms. The station fell into complete disuse after 1980, when passenger numbers fell to unsustainable levels. This situation was intensified by the building of the U-Bahn line , which was essentially a parallel service to the S-Bahn to
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. Following the fall of the Wall, many disused S-Bahn lines were brought back into use. This included the Ringbahn but none of the other routes through Jungfernheide, which therefore reopened with only one platform on 15 April 1997, at which time only the line from the south was in use. It was not until 2002 that the Ringbahn was operated again in its entirety and Jungfernheide enjoyed a status as an important interchange between S-Bahn and U-Bahn, owing to its being served by direct trains from the majority of Berlin's central districts.


U-Bahn station

The subway station was opened on 1 October 1980 on the occasion of the commissioning of the route from Rohrdamm to Richard-Wagner-Platz on the . Originally, a changeover to the S-Bahn was planned at this time. However, this had been shut down as a result of the
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of the Reichsbahn two weeks before. As with other new Berlin U-Bahn buildings of the time, the architect ''Rainer Gerhard Rümmler'' was responsible for the visual design. The result was decorated with colorful floral motifs fired on ceramic tiles. The station is designed with two stacked platforms, as a connection to Tegel Airport (Urban Tech Republic) and Rathaus Reinickendorf was provided by the Urban Ring "U0" and the extended line. For this purpose, the eastern platform edge would have been used on both levels. Today, the trains are stacked in two levels, stopping in the direction of Rudow at the upper platform and at the lower platform in the direction of Rathaus Spandau. On 17 December 1997, the subway station received an
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that connects both platforms with the front hall for accessibility reasons. In one part of the station and the adjoining unused track tunnel the fire-brigade exercise facility of the Berlin subway is located. It was inaugurated on 14 July 2003. The facility is 350 meters long, including a 90-meter
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chamber. This makes the U5 platforms and tracks totally unusable. The U5 extension was later cancelled and became a tram route. In addition to the BVG-own staff firefighters, police, emergency physicians and
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train in the emergency training center ''(Notfallübungscenter (NÜC))'' the
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and evacuation. An emergency exit can also be included in the exercises.


Deutsche Bahn station

The part of the station for regional trains was opened on 28 May 2006 along with the new
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, which also included a major reorganisation of the train services in and around Berlin. The station is served around half-hourly for most of the day by the
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line RE4, which runs between
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and
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, and the
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service RB10, from
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to Berlin Hbf. Before the Ringbahn was reactivated in this area, its ''platform B'' was used in the early 1990s as a terminus for regional trains.


Rail services

The station is serves by the following services:Timetables for Berlin Jungfernheide station
*: – – Berlin Jungfernheide –
Berlin Hauptbahnhof Berlin Hauptbahnhof () (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, ...
- – – Falkenberg (Elster) *: – – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – – *: Nauen – Falkensee – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Südkreuz *:  – Berlin Jungfernheide – Berlin-Spandau –  – Wustermark –  –
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Berlin S-Bahn services: * (Ring Clockwise) ''Jungfernheide - Gesundbrunnen - Ostkreuz - Treptower Park - Hermannstraße - Südkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Westkreuz - Westend - Jungfernheide'' * (Ring Anti-clockwise) ''Jungfernheide - Westend - Westkreuz - Innsbrucker Platz - Südkreuz - Hermannstraße - Treptower Park - Ostkreuz - Gesundbrunnen - Jungfernheide'' U-Bahn services: * ''Spandau - Jungfernheide - Charlottenburg - Fehrberlliner Platz - Yorckstraße - Mehringdamm - Neukölln - Rudow''


Other transport links

The station is also served by four bus lines during the day. There is also one night bus service.


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