Kottbusser Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kottbusser Tor
General information
Location	Kottbusser Tor Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°29′57″N 13°25′05″E / 52.49917°N 13.41806°E / 52.49917; 13.41806
Owned by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	: 140, N1, N8
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (U1/U3) Underground (U8)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	: Berlin A/5555[1]
History
Opened	15 February 1902 (1902-02-15) (U1/3 level) 12 February 1928 (1928-02-12) (U8 level)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station Prinzenstraße towards Uhlandstraße U1 Görlitzer Bahnhof towards Warschauer Straße Prinzenstraße towards Krumme Lanke U3 Moritzplatz towards Wittenau U8 Schönleinstraße towards Hermannstraße
Route map U1/U3 station Görlitzer Bahnhof Prinzenstraße U8 station Moritzplatz Schönleinstraße
Location Kottbusser Tor Location within Berlin

Kottbusser Tor (German pronunciation: [ˌkɔtbʊsɐ ˈtoːɐ̯] ^ⓘ) is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on lines U1, U3, and U8. Many Berliners use the affectionate term Kotti (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔti] ^ⓘ; see Berlin dialect).

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.

The station on the first U-Bahn line from Potsdamer Platz to Stralauer Tor was opened on 18 February 1902 on a viaduct above Skalitzer Straße. When the U8 was built in 1926, 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.^[2] The former site of the old side platform station is currently utilized by a pocket track.

On August 29, 1940, a bomb from a World War II raid struck the U8 subway tunnel but did not explode.

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  U1/U3 platform
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  U8 platform
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  Kottbusser Tor station at night