Hallesches Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)
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Location | Hallesches Ufer/Hallesches-Tor-Brücke Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°29′52″N 13°23′28″E / 52.49778°N 13.39111°E | |||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | |||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | |||||||||||||||||||
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Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 February 1902 30 January 1923 (U6 level) | (U1/3 level)|||||||||||||||||||
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Hallesches Tor is a
Overview
The historic gate of the Customs Wall, laid out from 1737 onwards to replace the medieval city fortifications, marked the southern tip of the
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The U1 and U3 platforms, on an elevated railway at the northern banks of the Landwehr Canal, opened on 18 February 1902 with Berlin's first U-Bahn line (Stammstrecke) from Stralauer Tor to Potsdamer Platz. The underground U6 (then Linie C) platform was finished on 30 January 1923, linked by a pedestrian tunnel. Even today, changing from one platform to the other is (for Berlin) quite a long distance.[2]
The station was severely damaged by the bombing of Berlin in World War II; both parts of the station had to be shut down due to numerous bombing hits and electricity shortage in April 1945. U-Bahn service at the underground platform already resumed on 4 July 1945; a provisional upper platform opened in October. The viaduct was rebuilt by 1949, and the lower platform was elongated and refurbished in 1976.
The Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek on Blücherplatz and the Jewish Museum Berlin with its 1999 extension designed by Daniel Libeskind are nearby.
Gallery
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U1/U3 platforms
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U6 platform
References
- ^ "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 62. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)