Kochstrasse underground station

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Entrance portal of the underground station
platform

The Kochstraße underground station is a station on the Berlin underground line 6 in the Kreuzberg district . It is located below the leading Friedrichstrasse at the intersection with the eponymous Kochstrasse and Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse . The station was opened on January 30, 1923 and is named Ks in the BVG station directory . It has a lift from the platform to the surface and is therefore barrier-free .

Although signs with the designation Kochstraße ( Checkpoint Charlie ) are installed at the station itself , it is only referred to as U Kochstraße in the route network maps . The 110 meter long central platform has exits at both ends directly onto Friedrichstrasse. Similar to the other stations under Friedrichstrasse, this one, too, has a comparatively simple design with plastered white wall surfaces and a yellow support row in the middle of the platform to distinguish it.

From August 13, 1961 to December 22, 1989, this station was the last of this line to the north in West Berlin , before the trains ran through so-called " ghost stations ". During this time, the station signs read "Last station in Berlin (West)" as a small addition, as well as loudspeaker announcements at every train stop: First as a note "Last station in the western sector", later then "Last station in Berlin West". In the 1990s, the platform was extended from 80 to 110 meters to accommodate the six-car trains common on Berlin's large-profile lines.

Connection

At the underground station you can change from the U6 line to the M29 bus line operated by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe .

line course
Berlin U6.svg Alt-Tegel  - Borsigwerke  - Holzhauser Straße  - Otisstraße  - Scharnweberstraße  - Kurt-Schumacher-Platz  - African Straße  - Rehberge  - Seestraße  - Leopoldplatz  - Wedding  - Reinickendorfer Straße  - Schwartzkopffstraße  - Natural History Museum  - Oranienburger Tor  - Friedrichstraße  - Französische Straße  - Stadtmitte  - Kochstraße  - Hallesches Gate  - Mehringdamm  - Platz der Luftbrücke  - Paradestrasse  - Tempelhof  - Alt-Tempelhof  - Kaiserin-Augusta-Strasse  - Ullsteinstrasse  - Westphalweg  - Alt-Mariendorf

Web links

Commons : U-Bahnhof Kochstraße  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 21.2 "  N , 13 ° 23 ′ 26.2"  E