Kottbusser Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)
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| Location | Kottbusser Tor Kreuzberg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |     140 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | VBB: Berlin A/5555[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 February 1902 (U1/3 level) 12 February 1928 (U8 level) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kottbusser Tor is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the 
, 
and 
. Many Berliners use the affectionate term Kotti.
It is located in central Kreuzberg. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively high, mainly drug-related crime rate, instances of which have recently[when?] become quite rare in most other parts of the district[citation needed].The original Kottbusser Tor was a southern city gate of Berlin; the road through the gate led via the Neukölln suburb to the town of Cottbus.
History[edit]
The station on the first Berlin U-Bahn line from Potsdamer Platz to Stralauer Tor was opened on 18 February 1902 on a viaduct above Skalitzer Straße. When in 1926 the U8 was built, a new two-level station was constructed 100 metres (330 ft) westwards to allow both lines to meet in one location, and the original station was demolished.[2]
It was directly hit on 26 February 1945.
Gallery[edit]
U1/3 platform
U8 platform
Kottbusser Tor metro station at night
References[edit]
- ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)
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Coordinates: 52°29′57″N 13°25′05″E / 52.49917°N 13.41806°E
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