Berlin Friedrichstrasse railway station facts for kids

Berlin Fridrichstrasse (also called Friedrichstraße) is a railway station in the center of Berlin. It has regional and suburban railways connections. During the times of East Germany, it was the only station served by some underground lines from West Berlin.

Images for kids

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  The first Friedrichstrasse station in 1900; view from the west across the river Spree

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  The train shed of the first station; engraving after the original architectural drawing published in 1885

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  The south side of the remodeled station in 1926

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  Destruction around the station after World War II

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  Flooded S-Bahn tunnel under the Friedrichstrasse station

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  Sketch of the border crossing Friedrichstrasse station. Traffic into East Berlin is marked red, traffic into West Berlin marked blue, and areas accessible to East German citizens are marked green

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  The station in the early 1950s

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  Border crossing at the station in 1964

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  Passport stamp of the border crossing Friedrichstrasse

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  The outside of the Tränenpalast or "Palace of Tears" where many goodbyes were said when people left for West Berlin or for other places in the West.

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  Platform B (S-Bahn to the West), November 1989

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  DDR Passport Control November 1989

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  Thousands of East Berliners line up at the station to cross into West Berlin on 10 November 1989, a day after the Fall of the Wall

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  Crowds going through checkpoints inside the Palace of Tears in 1990.
  

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  All smiles while undergoing immigration checks in 1990.

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  Underground S-Bahn Station. Only S1, S2 and S25 stop at the station

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  The renovated station, with its restored terra cotta clinker bricks as wall covering

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  Platform and train shed on the Berlin Stadtbahn viaduct

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  The Berlin U-Bahn station of the Friedrichstraße station