Talk:Berlin Zoologischer Garten station

Assessment logic
Category 2 station (of national importance) - one of 63 in Germany.

Tracks and platforms
I think the number of tracks and platforms is reversed. There are two platforms (one westbound, one eastbound), each with one track on either side. Angr/ talk 14:45, 14 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Depends what you mean, but I suppose my change there was a bit hasty, and you are correct, but we should perhaps clarify the terms used. The mainline railway only has two tracks, but these branch into four upon reaching the station, with two in each direction. I wrote "four platforms" in the German sense, which is half of the flat structure you stand on to board a train, which is how they are numbered at Bahnhof Zoo.


 * Meanwhile, the S-Bahn has two tracks and an island platform, simplifying things a bit. Regards, ProhibitOnions 20:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure Bahnsteig in German refers to the whole platform, not just one half of it. I have often heard that the next train is departing "Vom selben Bahnsteig gegenüber", i.e. on the opposite side of the same platform. Each side of the platform is called a Gleis, but that corresponds to "track" in English. Angr/ talk 20:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You are right. However, in contrast to some places, where a platform might, for example, be numbered 1 with each side denoted by a letter, thus Platform 1, Track A (or 1A), Bahnhof Zoo only numbers its Gleise; eastbound are 1 and 2 and westbound are 3 and 4. This is what I meant. Cheers, ProhibitOnions 23:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Just to clarify. It's true that Bahnsteig means platform and Gleis means track... except when it comes to numbering them for passenger services, when Gleis means platform. So Gleis 3 would be platform 3. The confusion arises because in Britain at least, we can have several platform numbers on one physical platform e.g. platforms 3a and 3b on one side and platform 4 on the other side of the same physical structure called a platform. Bermicourt (talk) 20:04, 8 November 2008 (UTC)