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Location | Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Berlin Germany | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | 7731 | ||||||||||||||
DS100 code | BOLS | ||||||||||||||
Category | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | : Berlin B/5656 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 23 May 1909 | ||||||||||||||
Closed | 1945, 27 April to 9 June 19 September 1980 to 16 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1935/1936 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | 23 August 1928 | ||||||||||||||
Previous names | 1909-1930: Rennbahn 1930-1935: Stadion – Rennbahn Grunewald 1935-1960: Reichssportfeld | ||||||||||||||
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Olympiastadion is a railway station in the Westend district of Berlin. Located at the southern entrance of the Olympic Stadium, it is served by the S-Bahn lines and . The station consists of one island platform which is in regular use, as well as four further terminal island platforms which are only used for the extra trains during major events.
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