Berlin-Rummelsburg Betriebsbahnhof station
S-Bahn station in Berlin
Berlin-Rummelsburg Betriebsbahnhof is a halt of Berlin S-Bahn. It is named after the adjacent former freight yard Berlin-Rummelsburg, currently used as a Betriebsbahnhof (“service station”), in the suburb of Rummelsburg in the Lichtenberg district of Berlin. It is not to be confused with the more westerly Berlin-Rummelsburg S-Bahn station.
The station Berlin-Rummelsburg is primarily used as a depot for the storage and maintenance of passenger train sets used for long-distance traffic. In particular, InterCity Express trains terminating in Berlin are stored there. The halt Berlin-Rummelsburg Betriebsbahnhof is served by S-Bahn line S3.
Location
The station is located on the Berlin-Frankfurt (Oder) railway (“Lower Silesian–Markish Railway”) between the S-Bahn Berlin-Rummelsburg station and Berlin-Karlshorst station. The northern pair of tracks is used by S-Bahn services, while the remaining tracks serve regional and mainline services and are not connected to the station. To the west of the station, the VnK Railway (which once connected to Kaulsdorf station) branches from the northeast and crosses the S-Bahn station over a long iron truss bridge. The Berlin Frankfurter Allee–Berlin-Rummelsburg railway connects to the Berlin Ringbahn in the area.
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