First-time traveler guide
Berlin, Germany
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From BER Airport
It shows live platforms and delays and sells long-distance and local tickets.
Yes. Deutsche Bahn lists luggage lockers at the station (Badstraße 1–3): 32 lockers of 24 × 42 × 76 cm for €3.00. All are paid with coins only and can be used for up to 24 hours. Prices are as listed by Deutsche Bahn in October 2026.
From BER Airport
From the City Centre
Gesundbrunnen is a long station in a cutting below street level, with the Ringbahn and the north–south lines running side by side.
Footbridges cross over the platforms and connect them with the station entrances and the entrance building. The S-Bahn platforms and the long-distance and regional platforms are separate, so look at the signs on the footbridge before going down.
The U8 underground station is beneath the street nearby and is signposted from the station entrances.
Before You Arrive
At the Station
Common Mistakes
Yes. Deutsche Bahn lists luggage lockers at the station (Badstraße 1–3): 32 lockers of 24 × 42 × 76 cm for €3.00. All are paid with coins only and can be used for up to 24 hours. Prices are as listed by Deutsche Bahn in October 2026.
There is no direct train. Take the S-Bahn S1, S2, S25 or S26 to Potsdamer Platz and change there to the FEX or RE20 to the airport. You need an ABC ticket.
DB Information at Gesundbrunnen is open every day, including public holidays, from 06:00 to 22:30.
Long-distance and regional trains on the north–south line, the S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S25 and S26, the Ringbahn S41 and S42, and the U8 underground line.
The Gesundbrunnen-Center shopping mall is next to the station and Humboldthain park is across the road. The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße is a short U8 ride away.
Lifts lead to the platforms from the footbridges. Deutsche Bahn's Mobility Service helps with boarding, changing and alighting between 06:00 and 22:30 every day. Book it in advance through the Mobilitätsservice-Zentrale to make sure help is available, and check the lift status on bahnhof.de before you travel.
Through station in the north of central Berlin, in the Gesundbrunnen part of Mitte. It was rebuilt as part of Berlin's north–south main line and has a modern entrance building.
Gesundbrunnen is the northern counterpart to Südkreuz: long-distance and regional trains on the north–south line through Hauptbahnhof also stop here, and some start or end here. It is also a busy interchange between the Ringbahn, the north–south S-Bahn lines and the U8 underground line.
Next to the station are the Gesundbrunnen-Center shopping mall and Humboldthain park. The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße and the Mauerpark are a short ride or a longer walk away.
