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Berlin-Karow station

Berlin–Szczecin railway

Platforms1 island platformTracks2Train operatorsNiederbarnimer Eisenbahn
S-Bahn BerlinConnections

ConstructionArchitectKarl CorneliusOther informationStation code546DS100 codeBKARCategory5 ^[1]Fare zone

: Berlin B/5656^[2]Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpened15 November 1882Services

Preceding station	Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn		Following station
Terminus		RB 27	Schönerlinde towards Groß Schönebeck or Schmachtenhagen
Preceding station	Berlin S-Bahn		Following station
Buch towards Bernau		S2	Blankenburg towards Blankenfelde

Location
Berlin-Karow Location within Berlin

Berlin-Karow station is a railway station on the Berlin–Szczecin railway in the Pankow district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn line S2 and the line NE27 (also known as the Heidekrautbahn), operated by the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn.

2009 Train Collision

On 17 April 2009, twenty-four people were injured when a regional train from Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, crashed into a freight train carrying propane, north of Berlin.^[3] The passengers and railway staff were hurt in the accident which took place 250m outside of Berlin-Karow railway station.^[4] Nine of the injured,^[5] five of them in critical condition, were taken to nearby hospitals.^[3]

References

^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "24 injured after trains collide in Germany". cnn.com. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ "24 blessés dans un accident à Berlin". Webtrains.net (in French). 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ "A damaged locomotive is pictured at the scene of a train crash ..." 2Space Network. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2009.