Berlin Travel Forum

What was the name of Berlin main railway station before modernisation a couple of years ago. thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof
http://www.berlin-hauptbahnhof.de/site/berlin__hauptbahnhof/en/start.html

Lehrter Bahnhof

I wouldn't call this modernisation. Apart from the location the new Hauptbahnhof has nothing in common with the old station. Not even the routes of the tracks.
There have been actually 2 stations before at this location.
Lehrter Bahnhof was a major terminal station. Badly damaged in WWII and after the war demolished.
Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was a S-Bahn stop in front of the above station and in use till the new Hauptbahnhof was built. "Over the first weekend of July 2002 the bridges and main station hall were brought into service so that traffic could be diverted onto the new alignment. The old Lehrter Stadtbahnhof S-Bahn station was closed and rapidly demolished to make way for further new building."

Or do you mean Bahnhof Zoo? This was the main train station before the new station, at least for trains coming from the west.