Berlin-Karow station
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Location | Pankow, Berlin, Berlin Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°36′54″N 13°28′09″E / 52.6150°N 13.4692°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | DB Netz | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | DB Station&Service | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn S-Bahn Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Architect | Karl Cornelius | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 546 | ||||||||||||||||||||
DS100 code | BKAR | ||||||||||||||||||||
Category | 5 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | : Berlin B/5656[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 15 November 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Berlin-Karow station is a railway station on the Berlin–Szczecin railway in the Pankow district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn line S2 and the line NE27 (also known as the Heidekrautbahn), operated by the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn.
2009 Train Collision
[edit]On 17 April 2009, twenty-four people were injured when a regional train from Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, crashed into a freight train carrying propane, north of Berlin.[3] The passengers and railway staff were hurt in the accident which took place 250m outside of Berlin-Karow railway station.[4] Nine of the injured,[5] five of them in critical condition, were taken to nearby hospitals.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ a b "24 injured after trains collide in Germany". cnn.com. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "24 blessés dans un accident à Berlin". Webtrains.net (in French). 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "A damaged locomotive is pictured at the scene of a train crash ..." 2Space Network. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
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