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Kurfürstendamm is an underground station on lines U1 and U9 of the Berlin U-Bahn. It opened on 28 August 1961, when the first section of the U9 between Spichernstraße and Leopoldplatz was inaugurated. As there had originally been no stop on the U1 where it now crossed the U9, the line received an additional station here.

Kurfürstendamm
Eastern entrance to U1 platform
General information
Location	Kurfürstendamm/Joachimsthaler Straße Charlottenburg, Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°30′15″N 13°19′58″E
Owned by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms	2 side platforms (U1) 1 island platform (U9)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Connections	: 109, 110, 204, 249, X10, N1, N2, N3, N9, N10, N26 : M19, M29, M46
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	: Berlin A/5555[1]
History
Opened	28 August 1961; 61 years ago (1961-08-28)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station Uhlandstraße Terminus Wittenbergplatz towards Warschauer Straße Spichernstraße towards Rathaus Steglitz Zoologischer Garten towards Osloer Straße
Location
Kurfürstendamm Location within Berlin Show map of Berlin Kurfürstendamm Location within Germany Show map of Germany Kurfürstendamm Location within Europe Show map of Europe

It lies in eastern Charlottenburg at the intersection of Kurfürstendamm and Joachimstaler Straße, south of the Berlin Zoological Garden and its adjoining railway station. At the intersection above the station is the Café Kranzler, successor of the Café des Westens, a famous venue for artists and bohémiens of the pre–World War I era, as well as the Swissôtel Berlin.

The well-known Kurfürstendamm (or Ku'damm) boulevard is the most important upscale shopping district in Berlin. Next to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) on Breitscheidplatz, which was shattered during the air raids in World War II, a new church was built.[2]

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