Berlin-Staaken is a railway station located in Staaken, a locality in the Spandau district of Berlin.
He served the control of freight trains between West Berlin and the Federal territory or the GDR.
Before, since 1961, the Hamburg long-distance trains had to take the detour via the Berlin outer ring and Griebnitzsee.
The transit tracks were sealed off between border and control station on both sides by a high protective wall.
The trains could no longer approach the head track on Feldstraße, the stop in Staaken was dropped.
As of 1996, the Lehrter Bahn was expanded as one of the transport projects German unit for a top speed of 250 km / h. The rail traffic was replaced by buses for two years.
In 1998, the newly built platform was inaugurated on the side of the ICE route in the amount of existing from 1951 to 1976 station.