 In the course of the work the former Potsdam freight yard was demolished.The long-distance service remaining now is a single daily Intercity train pair on the Cottbus–Berlin–Magdeburg–Hannover–Norddeich Mole route.Branching off from Lichterfelde West station a rail connection was opened in 1905, to the Schönow district on theTeltow Canal and the industrial area on the canal.