Cottbusser Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

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Cottbusser Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located in the borough Marzahn-Hellersdorf on the Berlin U5.svg line.

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The underground station is located south of the Hellersdorfer Straße, which runs parallel to U5 line, at the level of the same place. In contrast to the other stations of the route, the station is not in the incision, but slightly excessive. A pedestrian tunnel gives access to Hellersdorfer Straße north as well as to Carola-Neher-Straße and the Auerbacher Ring south of the station.

Cottbusser Platz
U-Bahnhof Cottbusser Platz.jpg
General information
Line(s) U5
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAbove ground
History
Opened1 July 1989
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
towards Berlin Hbf
Berlin U5.svg Hellersdorf
towards Hönow
Coordinates: 52°32′02″N13°35′47″E / 52.53389°N 13.59639°E / 52.53389; 13.59639

History

Station building the stations headhouse in 2012 Cottbusser Platz Berlin-Hellersdorf.jpg
Station building the stations headhouse in 2012

The station opened in July 1989, just a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The eastern extension of (what is now) line U5 was one of the last major construction projects of the former German Democratic Republic. [1]

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References

  1. J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996