Kottbusser Tor () is a

Berlin U-Bahn The Berlin U-Bahn (; short for , "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the Berlin S-Bahn, S-Bahn, a network of ...

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located on lines U1, U3, and U8. Many Berliners use the affectionate term ''Kotti'' (; see Berlin dialect). It is located in central

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Berlin-Mitte, Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in ...

. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively high, mainly

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rate, instances of which have recently become quite rare in most other parts of the district. The original Kottbusser Tor was a southern

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; the road through the gate led via the

Neukölln Neukölln (), officially abbreviated Neuk, is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located south-east of Berlin's center and stretches from the inner city southward to the border with Brandenburg, encompassing the eponymous quarter of Neu ...

suburb to the town of

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History

The station on the first U-Bahn line from

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Stralauer Tor Stralauer Tor (''Osthafen'' as of 1924) was a Berlin U-Bahn station in Berlin-Friedrichshain. It operated between Warschauer Straße and Schlesisches Tor stations on today's U1. Following its destruction in World War II it was never rebuilt a ...

was opened on 18 February 1902 on a

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above Skalitzer Straße. When the U8 was built in 1926, a new two-level station was constructed westwards to allow both lines to meet in one location, and the original station was demolished.

Gallery

Kottbusser Tor oben.jpg, U1/U3 platform U-Bahnhof Kottbusser Tor.jpg, U8 platform File:Kottbusser Tor in Berlin at night.jpg, Kottbusser Tor station at night

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U1 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U8 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Railway stations in Germany opened in 1902 {{Berlin-UBahn-stub