Berlin Friedrichstraße railway station

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Berlin Friedrichstraße

Architectural information
Location	Berlin
State	Berlin
Country	Germany
Local authority	Mitte
Operations
DS100 code	BFRI
Station code	0527
Type	Bf
Category	2
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany
BW BY BE BR HB HH HE MV NI NW RP SL SN ST SH TH

Berlin Friedrichstraße (help·info) (IPA: [bɛɐˈliːn ˈfʀiːdʀɪçˌʃtʀaːsə]) is a railway station in the German city Berlin. It is located on the Friedrichstraße, a major north-south street in the Mitte district of eastern Berlin, adjacent to the point where Friedrichstraße crosses the Spree river. Regional and S-Bahn trains call at the station. It also has a connection to the Berlin U-Bahn system and was one of the few interchange points between West Berlin and East Berlin during the era of the Cold War. Several S-Bahn and regional trains stop on the upper platforms of the Berlin Stadtbahn, while the U-Bahn station and the North-South S-Bahn (Nordsüdbahn) lines are situated underground. The station is one of the most important railway interchange stations in central Berlin, still surpassing the main railway station Berlin Hauptbahnhof^{[citation needed]}.

During the Cold War and the division of Berlin, the Friedrichstraße station, despite being located in East Berlin, was utilized by two intersecting West Berlin S-Bahn lines and the West Berlin subway line U6. The station served as a transfer point for these lines, and trains stopped there, although all of the other East Berlin stations on those lines (ghost stations - Geisterbahnhöfe) were closed, where trains passed through without stopping under the watchful eyes of armed guards. At Friedrichstraße station, West Berlin passengers could transfer from one platform to another (on the West Berlin lines) but could not cross into East Berlin without the appropriate papers. The section of the station open to West Berlin lines was heavily guarded and was sealed off from the smaller portion which served as a terminus of the East Berlin S-Bahn and as a station for long-distance trains. The station was often a point where families and loved ones were split, and it was given the dubious moniker the "Tear Palace" ^[1]

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U-Bahn station Friedrichstraße

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Station information (S-Bahn) (German)

Preceding station	Berlin S-Bahn	Following station
Unter den Linden toward Wannsee	S1	Oranienburger Straße toward Oranienburg
Unter den Linden toward Blankenfelde	S2	Oranienburger Straße toward Bernau
Unter den Linden toward Teltow Stadt	S25	Oranienburger Straße toward Hennigsdorf
Hauptbahnhof toward Westkreuz	S5	Hackescher Markt toward Strausberg Nord
Hauptbahnhof toward Potsdam Hbf	S7	Hackescher Markt toward Ahrensfelde
Hauptbahnhof toward Spandau	S75	Hackescher Markt toward Wartenberg
Hauptbahnhof toward Spandau	S9	Hackescher Markt toward Flughafen Schönefeld
Preceding station	Berlin U-Bahn	Following station
Oranienburger Tor toward Alt-Tegel	U6	Französische Straße toward Alt-Mariendorf

v • d • e Long-distance stations in Berlin

ICE/IC stops	Gesundbrunnen • Hauptbahnhof • Ostbahnhof • Spandau • Südkreuz

Others	Alexanderplatz • Flughafen Schönefeld • Friedrichstraße • Jungfernheide • Lichtenberg • Potsdamer Platz • Wannsee • Zoologischer Garten