Here probably the execution for the normal price of 10 Pfennig and the reduced price of
5 Pfennigs.
Also the entitlement card for the guided tour in the court carriage at 12:30 pm, which, as far as I can remember, did not take place that day.
The former Verkehrs- and Baumuseum in Berlin can be visited 17.03.1984
The former Verkehrs- und Baumuseum in Berlin can be visited
In the long gone Hamburger Bahnhof the railway collection of the Verkehrs- und Baumuseum was exhibited from the beginning of the 20th century until the end of the Second World War.
Situated in the western part of Berlin, but under the administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR, the exhibits that survived the Second World War and its aftermath slumbered in a forced hibernation. Some DR employees probably took care to preserve what was there as best they could. Because of this situation, many rumours were circulating about what was still there behind the locked gates. Only a view over the wall into the outside area was possible at that time.
Longing view over the outer wall into the open air area on 10. 04. 1977
In this state the building presented itself with a view of the entrance area.
At the beginning of 1984, the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR waived the operating rights for the S-Bahn service in the western part of Berlin, which it had been allowed to exercise since the end of the Second World War. With the transfer of the S-Bahn to BVG, the site of the former Verkehrs- und Baumuseum was also transferred to the Berlin Senate of the western part of the city.
How my railway friend Martin and I found out about the possibility of a visit at short notice, we both unfortunately cannot understand anymore. There was no internet or social electronic media at that time. Since a publication in the then relevant railway magazines, which mostly appeared monthly, would have required a longer lead time, I assume that information would have been available in the daily press or television news.
So we made ourselves at short notice for an inspection on 17. 03. 1984 on the way to Berlin. This date does not correspond with the information available today about the first opening on Wikipedia etc. There is talk of the beginning of April. For our visit the 17. 03. 1984 is however correct, which was confirmed to me by my until today meticulous record leading railway friend Martin.
New admission tickets had not yet been printed. Tickets could be purchased from pre-war stocks.
The curtain rises:
The exhibits were later handed over to the Dresden Transport Museum and the German Museum of Technology in Berlin.
Since the end of 1996, the building has borne the name Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin and houses completely different exhibits.
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