Kottbusser Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)
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| Location | Kottbusser Tor Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°29′57″N 13°25′05″E / 52.49917°N 13.41806°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | : 140, N1, N8 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | : Berlin A/5555 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 February 1902 (U1/3 level) 12 February 1928 (U8 level) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Kottbusser Tor (German pronunciation: [ˌkɔtbʊsɐ ˈtoːɐ̯] ⓘ) is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on lines U1, U3, and U8. Many Berliners use the affectionate term Kotti (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔti] ⓘ; see Berlin dialect).
It is located in central Kreuzberg. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively high, mainly drug-related crime rate, instances of which have recently become quite rare in most other parts of the district. The original Kottbusser Tor was a southern city gate of Berlin; the road through the gate led via the Neukölln suburb to the town of Cottbus.