Kottbusser Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kottbusser Tor station

Kottbusser Tor is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U1 and U8. 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 become quite rare in most other parts of the district. 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.

Platform view of the U8

The station on the first Berlin U-Bahn line from Potsdamer Platz to Stralauer Tor was opened on February 18, 1902 on a viaduct above Skalitzer Straße. When in 1926 the U8 was built, the station was demolished and shifted about 100m westwards to make both lines meet within a new two-level station.

Notes

Preceding station		Berlin U-Bahn		Following station
Prinzenstraße toward Uhlandstraße		U1		Görlitzer Bahnhof toward Warschauer Straße
Moritzplatz toward Wittenau		U8		Schönleinstraße toward Hermannstraße