Berlin Oranienburger Straße station

Berlin Oranienburger Straße
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General information
Location	Berlin, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°31′30″N 13°23′34″E
Line(s)	Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	4778
DS100 code	BORS
Category	4
Fare zone	VBB: Berlin A/5555
Website	www.bahnhof.de
Key dates
July 27, 1936 (1936-07-27)	opened
April 25, 1945 (1945-04-25)	closed (Battle of Berlin), subsequently flooded
November 16, 1947 (1947-11-16)	reopened (war damage removed)
August 31, 1961 (1961-08-31)	closed (Berlin Wall erected)
July 2, 1990 (1990-07-02)	reopened
Services
Preceding station Berlin S-Bahn Following station Nordbahnhof towards Oranienburg S1 Friedrichstraße towards Wannsee Nordbahnhof towards Bernau S2 Friedrichstraße towards Blankenfelde Nordbahnhof towards Hennigsdorf S25 Friedrichstraße towards Teltow Stadt Nordbahnhof towards Blankenburg S26
Location Berlin Oranienburger Straße Location within Berlin

Berlin Oranienburger Straße (in German Bahnhof Berlin Oranienburger Straße) is a railway station in the city of Berlin, Germany, located on Oranienburger Straße. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn and local tram lines.

History

On 27 July 1936 the station was opened as part of the new North-South Tunnel. On 25 April 1945 the S-Bahn ceased operation due to the Soviet invasion, which had reached Berlin on 21 April. Most likely on 2 May 1945 the SS exploded the tunnel ceiling under Landwehrkanal, which caused the subsequent flooding of the tunnel, including Oranienburger Straße station. After drainage and repair the station reopened for traffic on 16 November 1947. During the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany and East Berlin the S-Bahn, operated by the eastern Deutsche Reichsbahn, interrupted traffic between 17 June until 9 July 1953.

Platform view

From 13 August 1961, the day the Berlin Wall went up, trains did not stop in the station, because it was located in East Berlin, with the operating line, however, connected northern and southern areas of West Berlin. So the Reichsbahn continued the operation of the line, but trains only stopped in those stations with entrances from West Berlin. So Oranienburger Straße was one of East Berlin's ghost stations. After the eastern Reichsbahn handed over operation of the S-Bahn in West Berlin to the latter's public transport operator BVG the S-Bahn line passing the station was abandoned on 9 January 1984. However, protests by West Berlin's users made the BVG reopen the line on 1 May with the trains however only passing. After the downfall of the Wall and still before Berlin's reunification Oranienburger Straße was the first of the ghost stations to be reopened on 2 July 1990.

External links

• Station information (in German)