Kochstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)
Kochstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the .
It is close to Checkpoint Charlie and the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.
History[]
It was built by Grenander / Fehse in 1923. Due to a lack of money, the platform was made only 80 metres long. On 7 May 1944, there was a bomb damage in the station area on the ceiling and in the wall area. The station was closed for a few months in 1945, and from 1961 to 1990 it was the last stop in West Berlin. In 1995, the platform was lengthened by 26 metres.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)
External links[]
Media related to U-Bahnhof Kochstraße (Berlin) at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 52°30′21″N 13°23′26″E / 52.50583°N 13.39056°E
Categories:
- Berlin U-Bahn stations
- Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Railway stations in Germany opened in 1923
- Berlin U-Bahn stubs
- Berlin railway station stubs