Overview
- Deutsche Bahn has begun work at the south entrance on a five‑storey interim station that will operate for about ten years and then be removed.
- The facility will house the ticket office, waiting area, DB Lounge, lost‑and‑found, lockers, public toilets, and Federal Police rooms to maintain daily services.
- Prefab concrete assembly is set to start in summer with one floor added each month, a finished shell targeted by December 2026, and opening planned for summer 2027.
- Part of the structure sits over preserved World War II bunker spaces, which rules out a basement and requires the building to rest on the bunker roof.
- The city has also commissioned a concrete shell for a possible U9 subway stop at the site, and the former IC‑Hotel is due to be demolished in late 2027 to clear space, while the broader rail projects now stretch into the 2030s.