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Berlin Oranienburger Straße station

Coordinates: 52°31′30″N 13°23′34″E / 52.52500°N 13.39278°E / 52.52500; 13.39278
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Berlin Oranienburger Straße
Berlin S-Bahn
Hp
General information
LocationBerlin, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°31′30″N 13°23′34″E / 52.52500°N 13.39278°E / 52.52500; 13.39278
Line(s)Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code4778
DS100 codeBORS
Category4 [1]
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555[2]
Websitewww.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
Map
Location
Berlin Oranienburger Straße is located in Berlin
Berlin Oranienburger Straße
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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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