After the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present Berlin Friedrichstraße station

thousands of east berliners line @ station cross west berlin on 10 november 1989, day after fall of wall



crowds going through checkpoints inside palace of tears in 1990.



all smiles while undergoing immigration checks in 1990.



underground s-bahn station. s1, s2 , s25 stop @ station



the renovated station, restored terra cotta clinker bricks wall covering



platform , train shed on berlin stadtbahn viaduct



the berlin u-bahn station of friedrichstraße station

immediately after fall of berlin wall, traffic s-bahn in berlin long distance train traffic , berlin increased dramatically. @ first, ease travel between east- , west-berlin, walls , barriers built separate station removed. july 1990, severed tracks on platform c reconnected, , after 29 years, there again uninterrupted traffic on stadtbahn viaduct line berlin alexanderplatz station berlin zoo station. little maintenance had been done station during east german years, , underground section looked relic different time.

between august 1991 , february 1992, north-south s-bahn tunnel including underground section of friedrichstrasse station closed complete overhaul. between october 1995 , september 1999, ground level , raised level on stadtbahn viaduct renovated, costing deutsche bahn total of 220 million deutschmarks. façade of building covered terra cotta clinker bricks original building had, time including southern face of building. additional tunnel traffic u-bahn u6 driven under station, , elevators added between floors. 5,200 square metres (56,000 sq ft) ground floor converted shopping area 50 businesses. since reopening, regional trains stop on platform , b.

beginning in 2002, north-south s-bahn tunnel again renovated, removed last traces of east germany friedrichstrasse station - green tiles covering walls.

on 30 november 2008, memorial unveiled 10,000 jewish children saved refugee children movement, , deported, started journey @ station. frank meisler, sculptor of memorial, himself saved 1 of trains bound london liverpool street station (where similar memorial marks children s arrival).