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| Location | Berlin,Berlin Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°31′30″N13°23′34″E / 52.52500°N 13.39278°E /52.52500; 13.39278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 4778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | BORS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 4[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VBB: Berlin A/5555[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Berlin Oranienburger Straße (in GermanBahnhof Berlin Oranienburger Straße) is arailway station in the city ofBerlin,Germany, located onOranienburger Straße. It is served by theBerlin S-Bahn and local tram lines.
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On 27 July 1936 the station was opened as part of the newNorth-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 theSS exploded the tunnel ceiling underLandwehrkanal, 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 theUprising of 1953 in East Germany and East Berlin the S-Bahn, operated by the easternDeutsche Reichsbahn, interrupted traffic between 17 June until 9 July 1953.
From 13 August 1961, the day theBerlin Wall went up, trains did not stop in the station, because it was located inEast Berlin, with the operating line, however, connected northern and southern areas ofWest 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 ofEast Berlin's ghost stations. After the eastern Reichsbahn handed over operation of the S-Bahn in West Berlin to the latter's public transport operatorBVG 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.
