Kottbusser Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kottbusser Tor
General information
Location	Kottbusser Tor Kreuzberg
Owned by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Train operators	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Connections	Template:Bmti Template:Bmti Template:Bmti Template:Bmti 140
Other information
Fare zone	Berlin A
History
Opened	15 February 1902 (1902-02-15) (U1/3 level) 12 February 1928 (1928-02-12) (U8 level)
Services
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Location Kottbusser Tor Location within Berlin

Window cleaner at Kottbusser Tor, by Elsa Thiemann c.1946

Kottbusser Tor station

view Kottbusser Tor station at night

Kottbusser Tor is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the Template:BVG lines, Template:BVG lines and Template:BVG lines. 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.

History

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.

It was directly hit on 26 February 1945.

Gallery

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  U1/3 platform
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  U8 platform