Hamburg Station / Lehrter Station

(Local Name: Hamburger Bahnhof / Lehrter Bahnhof) About 1,500 m/1,650yd northeast of the Congress Hall near Invalidenstrasse stands the Neo-Classical building of the former Hamburger Bahnhof, the oldest passenger station still in existence in Berlin. Its architects were Friedrich Neuhaus and Ferdinand Wilhelm Holz, who in 1845-47 built a departure hall with two-storied wings. The entrance hall later served as a model for many other German railroad stations. The concourse by Borsig was constructed solely in iron.

It is more than 100 years since trains ran from the Hamburger Bahnhof. After 1879 the neighboring Lehrter Bahnhof met the increased demands for trains and the Hamburger Bahnhof was closed down. In