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Luckenwalder Straße Postal Station

Postbahnhof Luckenwalder Straße was a postal railway station for parcel traffic at Luckenwalder Straße 4/5 in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. It was initially responsible for the rail lines leaving the city to the south and southwest, the associated post office SW 77 being considered the largest German parcel post office before World War II. More than 50 percent of Berlin's total parcel volume and a much higher volume of through traffic were handled by Post Office SW 77 and the Postbahnhof, respectively.

Parts of the Postbahnhof, which was closed in 1997, are now home to the STATION Berlin trade fair and event center.

Location

The Postbahnhof bordered directly southeast on the site of the Berlin U-Bahn triangular junction, whose structure influenced the layout of the complex. To the west it was bordered by the tracks of Potsdamer Bahnhof, to the east by those of Anhalter Bahnhof. Located between Luckenwalder Strasse and Yorckstrasse, the site is now part of the Park am Gleisdreieck.

History

Berlin’s postal station and the post office SW 77 were built between 1907 and 1915 on the site of Berlin Dresdner Bahnhof that had been closed for passengers in 1882. Designed in the historicist style, the facility was built according to designs by Wilhelm Walter and plans by Hermann Struve.

The postal station, which opened in 1913, had become necessary because the passenger stations could not handle the increased number of parcels anymore. It was its own unit under the management of the post office and operated with four electric locomotives. During the peak of its existence, up to 400 shunting trips per day were carried out. The station was equipped with an arrival and a departure packing chamber, each of which was preceded by a head building. Five covered loading platforms and the rails were connected to these processing chambers/sorting rooms where packages were stacked and prepared for shipment.

Postbahnhof Luckenwalder Straße

Der Postbahnhof Luckenwalder Straße war ein Bahnhof der Post für den Paketverkehr an der Luckenwalder Straße 4/5 im Berliner Ortsteil Kreuzberg. Er war zunächst für die von der Stadt nach Süden und Südwesten abgehenden Bahnstrecken zuständig, das zugehörige Postamt SW 77 galt vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als das größte deutsche Paketpostamt. Mehr als 50 Prozent des gesamten Berliner Paketaufkommens und ein noch weit höherer Durchgangsverkehr wurden über das Postamt SW 77 beziehungsweise den Postbahnhof abgewickelt.

In Teilen des 1997 stillgelegten Postbahnhofs befindet sich heute das Messe- und Veranstaltungszentrum STATION Berlin.

Luckenwalder Straße Postal Station

Postbahnhof Luckenwalder Straße was a postal station for parcel traffic at Luckenwalder Straße 4/5 in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. It was initially responsible for the rail lines leaving the city to the south and southwest, the associated post office SW 77 being considered the largest German parcel post office before World War II. More than 50 percent of Berlin's total parcel volume and a much higher volume of through traffic were handled by Post Office SW 77 and the Postbahnhof, respectively.

Parts of the Postbahnhof, which was closed in 1997, are now home to the STATION Berlin trade fair and event center.

Lage

Der Postbahnhof grenzte unmittelbar südöstlich an das Gelände des Gleisdreiecks der Berliner U-Bahn, dessen Struktur den Grundriss der Anlage beeinflusste. Nach Westen hin wurde er von den Gleisanlagen des Potsdamer Bahnhofs, nach Osten von denen des Anhalter Bahnhofs begrenzt. Zwischen der Luckenwalder Straße und der Yorckstraße gelegen gehört das Gelände heute zum Park am Gleisdreieck.

Location

The Postbahnhof bordered directly southeast on the site of the Berlin U-Bahn triangular junction, whose structure influenced the layout of the complex. To the west it was bordered by the tracks of Potsdamer Bahnhof, to the east by those of Anhalter Bahnhof. Located between Luckenwalder Strasse and Yorckstrasse, the site is now part of the Park am Gleisdreieck.

Geschichte

Auf dem Gelände des 1882 als Personenbahnhof stillgelegten Dresdener Bahnhofs wurden zwischen 1907 und 1915 der Berliner Postbahnhof und das Paketpostamt SW 77 errichtet. Die im historistischen Stil gestaltete Anlage entstand nach Entwürfen von Wilhelm Walter und nach Plänen von Postbaurats Hermann Struve (1857–1916).

Der 1913 eröffnete Bahnhof war notwendig geworden, da die Personenbahnhöfe den angewachsenen Paketumschlag nicht mehr bewältigen konnten. Er stellte eine eigene Einheit unter der Leitung der Post dar, die mit vier Elektrolokomotiven den Betrieb abwickelte. In Spitzenzeiten wurden bis zu 400 Rangierfahrten pro Tag durchgeführt. Der Bahnhof erhielt eine Ankunfts- und eine Abgangs-Packkammer, denen jeweils ein Kopfbau vorgesetzt wurde. An die Packkammern wurden fünf überdachte Ladesteige und die Gleise angeschlossen.

History

Berlin’s postal railway station and the post office SW 77 were built between 1907 and 1915 on the site of Berlin Dresdner Bahnhof that had been closed for passengers in 1882. Designed in the historicist style, the facility was built according to designs by Wilhelm Walter and plans by Hermann Struve.

The Postbahnhof, which opened in 1913, had become necessary because the passenger stations could not handle the increased number of parcels anymore. It was its own unit under the management of the post office and operated with four electric locomotives.During the peak of its existence, up to 400 shunting trips per day were carried out. The station was equipped with an arrival and a departure packing chamber, each of which was preceded by a head building. Five covered loading platforms and the rails were connected to these packing chambers where packages were stacked and prepared for shipment.