Leinestraße is a

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located on the line. The station was built by Alfred Grenander and A. Fehse in 1929. In the 1930s the southern tunnel was extended towards Hermanstraße for the then-uncompleted extension of the U-Bahn to Hermanstraße. During

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the tunnel served as air raid shelter. In the 1960s the extended tunnel was used by Berlin Transport for parking of disused subway trains. In 1996, the subway station at Hermanstraße was finally completed so travelers now have direct access to the

Berlin S-Bahn The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system that services the reigon in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under the name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff are ...

one stop after Leinestrasse.J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996) The color of this station is light green, with green tiles on the walls.

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U8 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Neukölln Railway stations in Germany opened in 1929 {{Berlin-railstation-stub