Stralauer Tor

Stralauer Tor was a Berlin U-Bahn station in Berlin-Friedrichshain. It operated between Warschauer Straße and Schlesisches Tor stations on today's U1. Following its destruction in World War II it was never rebuilt and remains to this day one of Berlin's two U-Bahn stations to have been abandoned after having previously been in service.
Straulauer Tor was an elevated station built into the north-eastern part of the Oberbaumbrücke viaduct, which featured a barrel-shaped roof and two street level stairwell entrances accommodating opposing platform sides. It was constructed by German engineering company Siemens & Halske. The groundbreaking ceremony held on 10 September 1896 effectively laid one of the foundation stones of today's U-Bahn network, given the new elevated station would mark the eastern end of the city's very first elevated and subterranean electric train line – the western end terminated at Potsdamer Platz. However, although its historic status remains intact, it role as line terminus would be short-lived; six months after the station opened to the public on 15 February 1902, the present terminus Warschauer Straße assumed the role, opening for service on 17 August 1902.

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