Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station

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Potsdamer Platz
Architectural information
Location Berlin
State Berlin
Country Germany
Potsdamer Platz
10785 Berlin
Operations
DS100 code BPOF long distance
BPOP S-Bahn
Station code 5016
Type Hp long distance
Bf S-Bahn
Category 4
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany

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Potsdamer Platz is a railway station in Berlin. It is completely underground and situated underneath the Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin. Regional and S-Bahn services call at the station.

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[edit] History

The first station at Potsdamer Platz was the Potsdamer Bahnhof terminus, which was closed on September 27, 1945 due to war damage. The S-Bahn station, situated in the Nord-Süd-Tunnel, was situated directly under the Berlin Wall and became a ghost station between 1961 and 1989.

The station was extensively remodeled and rebuilt in the 1990s.

[edit] U-Bahn

U-Bahn entrance
U-Bahn entrance

The station also has the U2 line of the Berlin U-Bahn calling at a subterranean platform.

[edit] Trivia

The long-distance station is, strictly speaking, not a station but just a stop, as it lacks the points required to be classified as a station under German law.

[edit] External links

Preceding station   Berlin S-Bahn   Following station
toward Wannsee
S1
toward Blankenfelde
S2
toward Bernau
toward Teltow Stadt
S25
toward Hennigsdorf
Preceding station   Berlin U-Bahn   Following station
toward Ruhleben
U2
toward Pankow

Coordinates: 52°30′34″N, 13°22′33″E