page_title: Ostkreuz
section_title: Entrance building
hierarchical_section_title: Ostkreuz / Infrastructure / Entrance building
caption_attribution_description: Berliner S-Bahnhof Ostkreuz, dreiteiliger Aufgang der 1923 erbauten Fußgängerbrücke in Richtung Sonntagstraße – Lichtverhältnisse in den frühen Abendstunden werden realistisch wiedergegeben
context_page_description: Berlin Ostkreuz is a station on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway and the busiest interchange station in Berlin. It is in the former East Berlin district of Friedrichshain, now part of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. A smaller part of the station is in Rummelsburg, part of the borough of Lichtenberg. The station is a Turmbahnhof with the Berlin–Frankfurt railway and the Prussian Eastern Railway on the lower level and the Berlin Ringbahn on the upper level. It is used by a total of around 235,000 passengers every day on eight lines, entering or leaving.
  The station was completely reconstructed from 2006 to December 2018 while train operations at the station continued. In the past it was exclusively used as a Berlin S-Bahn station, but it is now also a stopping point for regional services.
context_section_description: The entrance building built in 1903 was on the west side of platform D at the entrance to the oldest part of the station and near platform A. It was destroyed during the Second World War. Its location was still visible on the west side of platform D, which is unusually wide in this area.
  Small access buildings were later built at the entrances from Sonntagsstraße and Markgrafendamm.
caption: Pedestrian bridge, designed by Richard Brademann. It was replaced by a new structure based on the old bridge.
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