Extensions and remodel Berlin Friedrichstraße station
the south side of remodeled station in 1926
destruction around station after world war ii
flooded s-bahn tunnel under friedrichstrasse station
because of large amounts of traffic going through station before world war i, plans made in 1914 extend station. there new, elevated platform on northern side s-bahn, , existing platforms had been made narrower, leaving 1 platform s-bahn, , 2 platforms long distance trains. steel-truss, double arched train shed built between 1919 , 1925, featuring large glass fronts. on northern side of building, 2 entry halls in expressionist style built, , whole northern side covered characteristic dark tile. southern facade plastered until last renovation in 1999, when covered tile.
in 1923, friedrichstrasse underground station line c (today s u6 , southeastern u7) finished, creating first part of underground maze station still has today.
at beginning of 1930s, construction began again @ friedrichstrasse station, north-south tunnel of s-bahn driven under station. long pedestrian tunnel connecting underground station of same name berlin u-bahn driven under northern end of station, , underground station received characteristic yellow tile still featured today. on 27 july 1936, before 1936 summer olympics, underground s-bahn station opened.
after kristallnacht , starting 1 december 1938, thousands of jewish children started or passed through station leave germany part of refugee children movement.
the station bombed polish sabotage , diversionary squad zagra-lin in 1943, 14 people dead , 27 wounded.
it escaped major damage during bombing of berlin in world war ii. u-bahn , s-bahn ceased operations on 23 , 25 april 1945, respectively, due shortage of electricity. during morning of 2 may 1945, day berlin capitulated, detonation of north-south tunnel under landwehrkanal, caused flooding of tunnel, including friedrichstraße s belowground s-bahn station along large part of berlin underground system via connecting tunnel between s-bahn , berlin u-bahn @ respective friedrichstrasse stations.
reconstruction started in 1945. trains first returned facilities above ground. end of may , june 1945 bvg, operator of berlin s u-bahn, had sealed pedestrian tunnel between tunnel s-bahn , u-bahn station stop water flooding underground tunnel. reichsbahn, operator of s-bahn, had declared lacked means close tunnel leaks. on 4 june bvg started drainage of underground system. on 12 july underground reopened friedrichstraße station 2 one-track shuttle operations, 1 north , 1 south meeting there, regular two-track traffic restarted on since 5 december 1945. reichsbahn drained north-south tunnel later , reopened below-ground s-bahn service on 2 june 1946. on 1 december same year north-south tunnel , friedrichstraße below-ground s-bahn station shut again extensive refurbishment lasted until 16 october 1947, when north-south tunnel operational again.
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