Berlin Mexikoplatz station
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Berlin Mexikoplatz (in German Bahnhof Berlin Mexikoplatz) is a railway station in the Zehlendorf district of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn line S1 and several local bus lines. It is also planned to extend the U3 U-Bahn line here.
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Location | Zehlendorf, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin Germany | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°26′12″N 13°14′00″E | ||||||||||
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Architect | Gustav Hart and Alfred Lesser | ||||||||||
Architectural style | Art Nouveau | ||||||||||
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Station code | 4092 | ||||||||||
DS100 code | BMEX [1] | ||||||||||
IBNR | 8089023 | ||||||||||
Category | 4[2] | ||||||||||
Fare zone | VBB: Berlin B/5656[3] | ||||||||||
Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1 November 1904; 119 years ago (1904-11-01) 1 February 1985; 39 years ago (1985-02-01) | ||||||||||
Closed | 18 September 1980 by strike; officially 28 September 1980; 43 years ago (1980-09-28) | ||||||||||
Electrified | 15 May 1933; 91 years ago (1933-05-15) | ||||||||||
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The station was erected in 1904 as one of the few genuine Art Nouveau buildings in Berlin and it is heritage listed.[4] Its name changed several times: from Zehlendorf-Beerenstraße to Zehlendorf-West in 1911, to Lindenthaler Allee in 1958 and finally to Mexikoplatz in 1987.