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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 15 February 1902 12 February 1928 (U8 level) | (U1/3 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[when?] become quite rare in most other parts of the district[citation needed]. 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.
Trivia - K and missing h (Cotbusser Thor) rely to a language reform at begin of 20th century. See e.g., Stralauer T(h)or, or Cölln and Neukölln.