The Lehrter Bahnhof was built in 1871 just
north of the Spree and the Reichstag and close to the Hamburger
Bahnhof (Hamburg Station). This later station having been closed in
1884, the Lehrter Bahnhof took over the trafic towards Hamburg,
northeast Germany, and Scandinavia. As Berlin had no proper central
station at the time, a traveller from Stockholm to Vienna i.e. had to
transfer to the Anhalter Bahnhof to resume his journey.
In Mr Norris changes trains, by Christopher Isherwood, Arthur Norris has to leave Berlin in a hurry. He is headed for Mexico, via Hamburg, and boards his northbound train at the Lehrter Bahnhof.
The Lehrter Bahnhof was a magnificent building in renaissance style, and it was considered « the castle among Berlin stations ». Its neighbourhood was less glamour though : a prison and some mietskasernen (rental barracks).
In 1932, the Fliegender Hamburger, the fastest train of its time, linked the Lehrter Bahnhof with Hamburg at a speed of 160 km/h.
The original mainline, in east-west direction, went from Berlin to the small town of Lehrte (hence the station’s name), where it connected with the more important line Braunschweig-Hanover.
The station was demolished in 2002 to make place for the new Central Station (Hauptbahnhof).
In Mr Norris changes trains, by Christopher Isherwood, Arthur Norris has to leave Berlin in a hurry. He is headed for Mexico, via Hamburg, and boards his northbound train at the Lehrter Bahnhof.
The Lehrter Bahnhof was a magnificent building in renaissance style, and it was considered « the castle among Berlin stations ». Its neighbourhood was less glamour though : a prison and some mietskasernen (rental barracks).
In 1932, the Fliegender Hamburger, the fastest train of its time, linked the Lehrter Bahnhof with Hamburg at a speed of 160 km/h.
The original mainline, in east-west direction, went from Berlin to the small town of Lehrte (hence the station’s name), where it connected with the more important line Braunschweig-Hanover.
The station was demolished in 2002 to make place for the new Central Station (Hauptbahnhof).
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| From South, 1930s |
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