Berlin Potsdamer Platz 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.

Contents 1 History 2 U-Bahn 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] History

The first station at Potsdamer Platz was the Potsdamer Bahnhof terminus, which was closed on 27 September 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

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

For a brief time during 1991, the site was served by Kemperplatz station, slightly to the north-west and on the M-Bahn. Following reunification, the M-Bahn was removed to all U-Bahn U2 to be reinstated.

[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

• Station information (S-Bahn) (German)

Preceding station		Berlin S-Bahn		Following station
Anhalter Bahnhof toward Wannsee		S1		Unter den Linden toward Oranienburg
Anhalter Bahnhof toward Blankenfelde		S2		Unter den Linden toward Bernau
Anhalter Bahnhof toward Teltow Stadt		S25		Unter den Linden toward Hennigsdorf
Preceding station		Berlin U-Bahn		Following station
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park toward Ruhleben		U2		Mohrenstraße toward Pankow

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Coordinates: 52°30′34″N 13°22′33″E / 52.50944°N 13.37583°E / 52.50944; 13.37583