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1. Berlin Bornholmer Straße station
2. Berlin Nordbahnhof
3. Berlin Oranienburger Straße station
4. Berlin Brandenburger Tor station
5. Berlin Potsdamer Platz station
6. Schwartzkopffstraße
7. Naturkundemuseum
8. Oranienburger Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)
9. Französische Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)
10. Stadtmitte (Berlin U-Bahn)
11. Bernauer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)
12. Rosenthaler Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
13. Weinmeisterstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)
14. Berlin Alexanderplatz station
15. Berlin Jannowitzbrücke station
16. Heinrich-Heine-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_station
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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.
In August 1961 the East German government built the Berlin Wall, ending freedom of movement between East and West Berlin. As a result, the Berlin public transit network, which had formerly spanned both halves of the city, was also divided into two. Some U- and S-Bahn lines fell entirely into one half of the city or the other; other lines were divided between the two jurisdictions, with trains running only to the border and then turning back. However, there were three lines—the U-Bahn lines now designated U6 and U8, and the Nord-Süd Tunnel on the S-Bahn—that ran for the most part through West Berlin but passed through a relatively short stretch of East Berlin territory in the city centre. These lines continued to be open to West Berliners; however, trains did not stop at most of the stations located within East Berlin, though for technical reasons they did need to slow down significantly while passing through.[1] (Trains did stop at Friedrichstraße, more on which below.) The name Geisterbahnhof was soon understandably applied to these dimly lit, heavily guarded stations by the westerners who watched them pass by through the carriage windows. However, the term was never official; West Berlin subway maps of the period simply labelled these stations "Bahnhöfe, auf denen die Züge nicht halten" ("stations at which the trains do not stop"). East Berlin subway maps did not depict Western lines or ghost stations at all. U-bahn maps in the Friedrichstraße transfer station were unique: They depicted all the Western lines, but not the Geisterbahnhöfe, and showed the city divided into "Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR" ("Berlin, capital of the German Democratic Republic") and "Westberlin."
The situation was obviously less than ideal. The lines were a vital part of the West Berlin transit network, but because part of their length lay in East Berlin territory, it was difficult for western support staff to perform maintenance work on the tracks and tunnels. If a western train broke down in East Berlin territory, then passengers would need to wait for Eastern border police to appear and escort them out. The East German government occasionally hinted that it might someday block access to the tunnels at the border and run its own service on the East Berlin sections of these lines. However, this awkward status quo persisted for the entire 28-year period of the division of Berlin.
At the closed stations, barbed wire fences were installed to prevent any would-be escapees from running into the track bed, and the electrically live third rail served as an additional and potentially lethal deterrent. If someone were to breach one or two barriers, the alarm would be triggered. As for the entrances, the signage was removed, walkways were walled up and stairways were sealed with concrete slabs. Behind the windows, police stations were built, from which the whole area could be overlooked from the platform.
A wide white line on the wall marked the exact location of the border. Later, rolling gates were even installed at some stations, rolled into place at night while the guards were off-duty. Guar
