Kolbenova () is a

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on Line B. It was opened on 8 June 2001 as an addition to the previously opened section of Line B.

History

This station was once a ghost station from 1998 to 2001. The station was in a state of suspended construction as the heavy industry factories it should have served were closed after the

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. Trains slowed when passing through the dimly lit station. As the whole industrial area was slowly revitalised, the station was finally completed. The station is located on a street named in honor of Emil Kolben, an engineer and entrepreneur from

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who died in the

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