Berlin Alexanderplatz railway station
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
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Mitte, Berlin Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°31′17″N 13°24′43″E / 52.52139°N 13.41194°ECoordinates: 52°31′17″N 13°24′43″E / 52.52139°N 13.41194°E |
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| Station code | 53 |
| DS100 code | BALE |
| Category | 3 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
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| Opened | 1882 |
Berlin Alexanderplatz is a German railway station in the Mitte district of Berlin's city centre. It is one of the busiest transport hubs in the Berlin area. The station is named for the Alexanderplatz on which it is located, near the Fernsehturm and the World clock.
Like other long-distance stations, Alexanderplatz is also a shopping centre for selling merchandise to travelers. Due to its importance and central location, it is a site where tourists regularly change. Alexanderplatz thereby became beside Nollendorfplatz station the second major hub of the Berlin U-Bahn network.
Four Regional-Express and Regionalbahn lines as well as the S-Bahn rapid transit lines S5, S7 and S75 call at the overground station. The adjacent underground station is one of the largest on the Berlin U-Bahn network, with the lines U2, U5 and U8 calling. The station is also served by four tram lines, two of which run continuously, as well as five bus lines during the day, one of which runs continuously and three night bus lines. Alexanderplatz is also connected through the two tunnel links, from U2 to U5 and U5 to U8.
Alexanderplatz station opened on 7 February 1882 on the Berlin Stadtbahn viaduct from Charlottenburg to Ostbahnhof (then named Schlesischer Bahnhof). In 1926 the station hall spanning two platforms with four tracks was rebuilt in its present plain style. Heavily damaged in World War II, train service at the station was resumed on 4 November 1945, while the reconstruction of the hall continued until 1951.
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