Bahnhof Berlin-Spandau, Spandau's main railway station was opened in 1998.  As the first new station built in Germany after rail privatisation, it is a showcase station that serves as Berlin's western starting point for high speed rail connections to places such as World Cup venues Hanover and Hamburg.

World Cup connections
Having replaced the old Spandau-West station, the new station includes a large shopping mall, with over 100 stores, and direct transfers to and between long-distance trains, regional trains, metro and underground services, as well as numerous bus routes.

Mainline Services
Numerous mailine services run to and from Spandau.  These include direct trains to/from 7 other World Cup venues as follows:

• Frankfurt am Main (Munich or Innsbruck trains), c. 4 hrs
• Hamburg (Hamburg, Kiel or Westerland trains), c. 2 hrs 15 mins
• Dortmund (Cologne/Bonn airport trains), c. 3 hrs 20 mins
• Cologne, (Bonn or Koblenz trains) c. 4 hrs 10 mins 
• Hanover (Amsterdam, Münster, Frankfurt, Cologne/Bonn airport or Bonn trains), c. 1 hrs 25 mins
• Munich, (Munich or Innsbruck trains) c. 7 hrs 45 mins
• Stuttgart, (Innsbruck trains) c. 5 hrs 20 mins

Local transport
The station is served by all modes of local transport: line S5 and S75 of the metro (S-Bahn); line U7 of the underground (U-Bahn); numerous buses; and mainline trains including the regional RB 10 and 13 and regional express RE 2, 4, 5 and 6 services.

The station is in Zone B.

Click here for directions from Spandau station to the Olympic Stadium.

Local sights
The town of Spandau is one of the oldest within Berlin, with parts of the 15th century city wall and a humer of half-timbered houses remaining.  Main tourist attactions include the Gothic St. Nikolai church and the mighty 16th century citadel.  The prison in which Hitlers' no. 2, Rudolf Hess, was held until 1987 was pulled down after his death.