Berlin Brandenburger Tor station () is an underground

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in the central

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district of

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, Germany, located on the

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boulevard near

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and

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. It is served by the

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and

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, as well as local bus lines. The station was known as Berlin Unter den Linden from 1936–2009.

Overview

The station opened on 27 July 1936 in the course of the building of the ''Nord-Süd Bahn'' tunnel. Train service discontinued on 21 April 1945 and could not be resumed until 2 December 1946 as the tunnel was flooded. The station was again closed with the construction of the

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on 13 August 1961 and for decades became one of Berlin's

ghost station A ghost station is a closed or never opened train station through which revenue-service passenger trains (especially rapid transit trains) pass but at which they do not stop. The term is also sometimes used for any unused underground station o ...

s, as while both terminals of the ''Nord-Süd'' railway line were located in

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, the station itself was located in the

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. Unter den Linden later reopened on 1 September 1990, one month before the

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. On completion of the new U55 line of the

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from

Berlin Hauptbahnhof Berlin Hauptbahnhof () (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, ...

, the U-bahn station started operations as its temporary southern terminus and as an interchange with the ''Nord Süd'' S-Bahn lines. Both the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn station were renamed ''Brandenburger Tor'' in 2009 to distinguish them from

U-Bahn station at the junction of Unter den Linden with the

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.PDF Map of Brandenburger Tor station
( BVG official website) The U5 line through the station to the east opened on 4 December 2020.

Gallery

File:Berlin Brandenburger Tor (Unter den Linden) SBahn.jpg, ''Unter den Linden'' station sign in 2007 File:Bahnhof Berlin-Brandenburger Tor.jpg, View of the S-Bahn station File:U55 Brandenburger Tor 2009-08-10 1.jpg, Platform of the U-Bahn station (U5) File:Brandenburger Tor U-bahn - empty track.JPG, U-Bahn station - empty track to Alexanderplatz (December 2011) File:Flickr - IngolfBLN - Berlin - S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor (43).jpg, Signboards with new and old station names (S-Bahn)

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Station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandenburger Tor Berlin S-Bahn stations U5 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Railway stations located underground in Berlin Buildings and structures in Mitte Berlin Brandenburger Tor Railway stations in Germany closed in 1955

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