Kochstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn

Berlin U-Bahn

The Berlin is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of that city. Opened in 1902, the serves 173 stations spread across ten lines, with a total track length of , about 80% of which is underground...

 station located on the .

It is close to Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War....

 and the Checkpoint Charlie Museum

Checkpoint Charlie Museum

The Checkpoint Charlie Museum is a museum in Berlin. It is named after the famous crossing point on the Berlin Wall, and was created to document the so-called "best border security system in the world"...

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It was build by Grenander / Fehse in 1923. Due to a lack of money, the platform was made only 80 metres long. The station was closed for a few months in 1945, and from 1961 to 1990 it was the last stop in West Berlin

West Berlin

West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...

. In 1995, the platform was lengthened by 26 metres.

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