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Berlin-Karow station

Coordinates: 52°36′54″N 13°28′09″E / 52.6150°N 13.4692°E / 52.6150; 13.4692
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Berlin-Karow
Deutsche Bahn Berlin S-Bahn
Through station
A platform at Karow station, from which S-Bahn as well as regional trains arrive and depart
General information
LocationPankow, Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°36′54″N 13°28′09″E / 52.6150°N 13.4692°E / 52.6150; 13.4692
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsNiederbarnimer Eisenbahn
S-Bahn Berlin
ConnectionsS2
Construction
ArchitectKarl Cornelius
Other information
Station code546
DS100 codeBKAR
Category5 [1]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin B/5656[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 November 1882
Services
Preceding station Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn Following station
Terminus RB 27 Schönerlinde
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station
Buch
towards Bernau
S2 Blankenburg
towards Blankenfelde
Location
Berlin-Karow is located in Berlin
Berlin-Karow
Berlin-Karow
Location within Berlin

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "24 injured after trains collide in Germany". cnn.com. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.