The Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin was designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, with Heinrich Seidel designing the iron-and-glass train-shed roof. The terminus served the Anhalt Railway, which gave it its name. The infobox gives 1841 as opening, which refers to the original station. The text says construction began on April 15, 1839, the new terminus was begun in 1876 and it opened on June 15, 1880.
The article names no style. The facade is 331 feet (101 m) across, and the train shed was 561 feet (171 m) long, 203 feet (62 m) wide and 112 feet (34 m) high.
About 9,600 Berlin Jews were deported from the station in 1941 to 1945, and bombing destroyed most of it. It closed on May 17, 1952, and demolition in August 1960 left the central facade standing. The S-Bahn station reopened in 1992, and the Tempodrom stands on the shed site. The article gives no hours.
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