First-time traveler guide
Berlin, Germany
The facts people look for first, pulled from this guide.
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 (Seegefelder Straße 1): 56 lockers of 24 × 42 × 76 cm for €4.00; 54 lockers of 44 × 61 × 93 cm for €6.00. All are paid with coins only and can be used for up to 24 hours.
The departure boards in the hall show which platform your train leaves from; stairs, escalators and lifts lead up from the hall to each platform.
From BER Airport
From the City Centre
Berlin-Spandau sits under a row of long, arched glass roofs, with platforms side by side. The station hall and main entrance face Spandau town hall and the shopping centre.
Long-distance, regional and S-Bahn trains use separate platforms. The departure boards in the hall show which platform your train leaves from; stairs, escalators and lifts lead up from the hall to each platform.
The U7 station Rathaus Spandau is underground next to the town hall, a short walk from the station entrance.
Before You Arrive
At the Station
Common Mistakes
Yes. Deutsche Bahn lists luggage lockers at the station (Seegefelder Straße 1): 56 lockers of 24 × 42 × 76 cm for €4.00; 54 lockers of 44 × 61 × 93 cm for €6.00. 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.
Normally yes, but not until 12 December 2026: during the Stadtbahn works, trains to and from Hamburg cannot stop at Spandau. Board them at Berlin Hauptbahnhof instead.
The S9 runs directly to the airport every 20 minutes, but it crosses the whole city. A train to Hauptbahnhof and the FEX from there is usually faster. You need an ABC ticket.
DB Information at Spandau is open every day, including public holidays, from 06:00 to 22:30.
Take the U7 from Rathaus Spandau, next to the station, one stop to Zitadelle, or walk for about 15 minutes.
Lifts lead from the station hall to the platforms. 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 Spandau, Berlin's westernmost district. The present station, with its row of arched glass roofs, opened in the late 1990s.
Spandau is the last stop in Berlin for most long-distance trains heading west and north-west, towards Hamburg, Hanover and on to the Rhine and the Netherlands. If you are staying in the west of the city, boarding here saves the trip to Hauptbahnhof.
The station is next to the Spandau Arcaden shopping centre and a few minutes' walk from Spandau's old town. The Spandau Citadel, one of Europe's best-preserved Renaissance fortresses, is one U-Bahn stop away.
Construction until 12 December 2026: trains to and from Hamburg cannot stop at Spandau because of the Stadtbahn works. Board them at Hauptbahnhof instead.
