Rohrdamm is a station on the

Berlin U-Bahn The Berlin U-Bahn (; short for , "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the S-Bahn, a network of suburban train li ...

line U7 in the

Siemensstadt Siemensstadt () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the district (''Bezirk'') of Spandau. History The locality emerged when the company Siemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today's Siemens, bought land in the area, ...

district. Designed by architect Rümmler, the station was opened on 1 October 1980, as part of the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. Until the second extension of the line from Rohrdamm to

Rathaus Spandau The Rathaus Spandau () is the town hall of the borough of Spandau Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It ...

in 1984, it was the western terminus of the U7. The name literally means "pipe dam"; as the eponymous street was laid out along a

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which gets its water from the

Tegeler See Lake Tegel (german: Tegeler See) () is the second largest lake in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the northwest of the city in the Reinickendorf borough, in the ''Ortsteil'' of Tegel. Overview The historic name ''Tegel'' (first recorded in 1 ...

and fills the water works in

Jungfernheide Jungfernheide () is an area of forest and heathland located in Berlin in the present-day district of Charlottenburg-Nord, a locality of the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Formerly a large forested area, it was progressively reduced in s ...

, from which about 250,000 people get drinking water. The station's machine-like decoration, featuring cog-wheels and pipes, points to this. The adjacent stations are Paulsternstraße and Siemensdamm.J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)

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U7 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Berlin U-Bahn stations located underground Buildings and structures in Spandau Railway stations in Germany opened in 1980 {{Berlin-UBahn-stub