Großbeeren station

Großbeeren station is a station in the town of Großbeeren on the Anhalt Railway south of Berlin. The station, which was inaugurated in1841, is one of the oldest railway stations in the state of Brandenburg. The now disused station building is a listed building.LocationThe station is located south of Berlin on the Berlin–Halle railway about two kilometres west of Großbeeren. It is connected by connecting curves to the Berlin Outer Ring. Federal highway 101 and the Berliner Ring run nearby.HistoryAt the establishment of the Anhalt line, Großbeeren was only a stop for steam locomotives so that they could be resupplied with water. However, from the beginning there was interest in establishing a stop for passengers.Just a few months after the opening of the line, Großbeeren station was put into operation on 16 October 1841. Before that, on 29 August, there had been special services there to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Großbeeren. The station opened at the same time as the start of freight operations on the line. In the early years the nearby Ludwigsfelde station, which was opened at the same time as Großbeeren, was served during the day by just one freight train that also carried passengers; it could be used to travel to Berlin in the morning and to return in the afternoon. In 1849, Großbeeren was initially only served in the summer timetable, but soon passenger trains were stopping throughout the year. Initially, the station was called Großbeeren, although for several decades from the later 1840s the name was written as Groß-Beeren.