The station also was a major border crossing between East and West Berlin.

ĭuring the Cold War, Friedrichstraße became famous for being a station that was located entirely in East Berlin, yet continued to be served by S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains from West Berlin as well as long distance trains from countries west of the Iron Curtain. At the same time, it is the main junction for regional traffic in Berlin, measured by the number of passengers. ĭue to its central location in Berlin and its proximity to attractions such as the Unter den Linden boulevard, the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, the station is a favorite destination for tourists. Underneath the station is the U-Bahn station Friedrichstraße. It is located on the Friedrichstraße, a major north-south street in the Mitte district of Berlin, adjacent to the point where the street crosses the river Spree. The U5 line through the station to the east opened on 4 December 2020.Location within Europe Show map of Europeīerlin Friedrichstraße ( German: ( listen)) is a railway station in the German capital Berlin. Both the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn station were renamed Brandenburger Tor in 2009 to distinguish them from Unter den Linden U-Bahn station at the junction of Unter den Linden with the Friedrichstraße. On completion of the new U55 line of the Berlin U-Bahn from Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the U-bahn station started operations as its temporary southern terminus and as an interchange with the Nord Süd S-Bahn lines.

Unter den Linden later reopened on 1 September 1990, following the German reunification. The station was again closed with the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961 and for decades became one of Berlin's ghost stations, as while both terminals of the Nord-Süd railway line were located in West Berlin, the station itself was located in the East. Train service discontinued on 21 April 1945 and could not be resumed until 2 December 1946 as the tunnel was flooded. The station opened on 27 July 1936 in the course of the building of the Nord-Süd Bahn tunnel.

S bahn station brandenburger tor