Talk:Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof

Facade photo

• I've replaced the picture of the facade taken in 2002. Although an excellent picture, the structure has been restored (again) since it was taken, and in its place there is now a photograph I took in 2005, showing the true colour of the brickwork, and also the Tempodrom concert venue in the distance. I've also added a photo of part of a platform that still remains.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonythepixel (talk • contribs) 07:21, August 21, 2006

Sculptor

In de:Anhalter Bahnhof, the Sculptor of "Nigth and Day" is Ludwig Brunow, here it is Emil Hundrieser. Which one is correct? de:Emil Hundrieser says that he created a statue of "Berolina" at Anhalter Bahnhof, but "Night and Day" are only mentioned at de:Ludwig Brunow. DrTomDE 18:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Name changed to "Brunow" according to discussion for de:Anhalter Bahnhof. DrTomDE 10:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• In re-checking my information sources for the article I wrote on the Anhalter Bahnhof, I have found several references to works by Emil Hundrieser at the station ("The International Traffic" - what was that?) One of these sources (a British travel guide) specifically attributes the "Day and Night" sculptures to him. However, guide books can be wrong, and after looking at articles on Ludwig Brunow I have conceded that it was he who created these sculptures. In the Anhalter Bahnhof article I have added his dates, and changed the photo caption (which still gave Emil Hundrieser's name), also adding that in the recent restoration of the facade remnant the sculptures were replaced with copies. If you know what "International Traffic" refers to, please let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonythepixel (talk • contribs) 09:47, September 2, 2006

Repositioned photo

I've moved the 1900 postcard view down to the former position of the deleted 1933 postcard. A better place for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonythepixel (talk • contribs) 13:35, November 22, 2006

Which admin block was bombed?

Although it is definitely the eastern admin block at the Goods Station that survives today, a photograph I have seen dated 1948 shows it severely damaged while its western twin is virtually unscathed. The article originally reflected this, saying it was "surprising" that the bombed block had been restored while the intact one had been demolished. However, I have now concluded that the photograph was in fact reversed, and I have reworded the article accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonythepixel (talk • contribs) 13:30, March 17, 2007

North-South transversal line

I move these text portions here as a scratch pad, because this should be in the actual article on the North-South S-Bahn link, and does not add necessary information to the article on the Anhalter Bahnhof railway station:

"on 20 August 1935, a tunnel collapse just south of the Brandenburg Gate buried 23 workmen of whom only four survived; then on 28 December 1936, a fire near the Potsdamer Platz station destroyed vital equipment."

"it was opened from Unter den Linden down to Potsdamer Platz on 15 April 1939, "

" extended to Anhalter Bahnhof on 9 October, and then to Yorckstrasse, to complete the link, on 6 November. "
--L.Willms (talk) 16:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Needs rewriting in real English

Parts of this article are written in "English after the manner of a Germanised Google Translate", if such a thing existed. This passage is particularly noteworthy: " The station disposes of two siding tracks behind its south head. The construction work had to pause for several months in 1937, after Hitler proclaimed his plans forWelthauptstadt (World Capital) Germania on January 30, 1937, with plans for a thorough remodeling of Berlin's railway structure. As one of these plan's several results for the North-South S-Bahn link, the northern end of the station, already largely finished in 1936, had to be rebuilt to accommodate connecting pieces for a new S-Bahn line going the Görlitzer Bahnhof; as a result, track 1, the westernmost track can no longer be used for trains coming from Potsdamer Platz station, but only from the blind connecting piece for that line to be built later. The war and its outcome made all those plans obsolete - the S-Bahn to Görlitzer Bahnhof was never started to build, and the Görlitzer Bahnhof itself is also gone." Unfortunately I have given up on editing Wikipedia - I find it too cumbersome, opaque and one opens oneself up to abuse from arrogant "experts". Therefore, I'll content myself with pointing out the Germanised English. APW (talk) 07:44, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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Needs references

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