Charlottenburg-Bahnhof Zoo

:Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten is called “Bahnhof Zoo” by the locals, and is so named because of its proximity to the Berlin Zoo. The station is a hub of bus and railway transport. Long distance trains from all over German and Europe stop at this two-platform and four-tracks train station. From here, any capital city in Europe can be reached. The longest train route travelling out of here is the Sibirjak, of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which terminates in Novosibirsk in south-western Siberia.
:The station building is a long and rectangular structure of glass panels framed with grey steel beams. A raised train platform allows trains to enter and leave the building one level above the road. Under the ground are the U-bahn tracks of the Berlin subway. The station overlooks a wide tarmac area which is Berlin’s largest city bus and long distance bus terminal.
:The Bahnhof Zoo embodies its own special brand of Berlin sleaze. It is a haven for pimps, drug dealers, and johns cruising the entryways and parking lots. The rear of the station facing Jebensstrasse is where rent-boys and hookers meet to solicit clients. Groups of strung-out teens gather here when they have nowhere else to go. The hallways are littered with cigarette butts and flyers written in some sort of code.
====Men’s Bathroom====
The bathroom is marked by a stench of urine and disinfectant. A row of urinals face the bathroom stalls, and both the walls and the floor are clad in a sickly yellow tile. The walls of the stalls are covered in graffiti. On the wall between the last two bathroom stalls, a hole had been punched out at groin level, roughly the size of a fist.
====Women’s Bathroom====
The bathroom is marked by a stench of urine and disinfectant. The bathroom stalls are six in all, and both the walls and the floor are clad in a sickly yellow tile. The walls of the stalls are covered in graffiti. The mirror above the sink seems to be broken, shattered to about five or six shards. The last stall is locked, with a sign on the door saying “Out of Order”.
Category:Charlottenburg