Afrikanische Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)
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Afrikanische Straße is a station
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 in the Wedding
Wedding (Berlin)
Wedding is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform...

 district of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 which serves the line and is operated by the BVG
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
The is the main public transport company of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It manages the city's U-Bahn underground railway, tram, bus and ferry networks, but not the S-Bahn urban rail system....

. The station is named for one of the major streets which intersect nearby, but is actually located under the Müllerstraße, one of the district's major shopping streets and thoroughfare
Thoroughfare
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s. It was opened on 3 May 1956, along with the rest of the route between Seestraße
Seestraße (Berlin U-Bahn)
Seestraße is a station in the Wedding district of Berlin which serves the and is operated by the BVG. It lies at the busy intersection of Müllerstraße and Seestraße, which are two of Wedding's principal shopping streets and thoroughfares.-Overview:...

 and Kurt-Schumacher-Platz
Kurt-Schumacher-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
Kurt-Schumacher-Platz is a station on the line of the Berlin U-Bahn. There is a bus link outside the station connecting Berlin's Tegel International Airport to the U-Bahn network. The station was opened on May 3, 1956 and named after famous German politician Kurt Schumacher.The station was built...

. There is a bus depot
Bus depot
Bus depot has the following meanings:*A bus station is a structure where buses pick up and drop off passengers. .*A bus garage is a place where buses are stored when out of service and worked on....

of the BVG near to the station and it is often used by staff for access to the depot.
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