[Themaintainers] desperately seeking Berlin infrastructure recommendations

[Roger Turner]

I'm not sure if the exhibit is still running, but a couple of years ago the Nordbahnhof station had an exhibit on the U-Bahn's  "Ghost Stations" that were abandoned when the city was divided.  There's more on them in this nice Atlas Obscura article:


http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-forgotten-ghost-stations-of-a-once-divided-berlin

Also, that article has a lovely tidbit about maintenance:

"Because a vital part of West Berlin's transit network lay in East Berlin territory, maintenance work on the tracks and tunnels was a logistical, not to mention safety, nightmare. If a Western train broke down in East Berlin territory, passengers would need to wait for Eastern border police to appear and escort them out."


--Roger Turner

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Subject: [Themaintainers] desperately seeking Berlin infrastructure recommendations

Hi,
I'm lucky enough to be in Berlin for a few days and I need some recommendations for infrastructural sites. Help! No suggestion is too random.

Thank you!

Margy

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Marguerite Avery
Executive Editor
Amherst College Press

mavery at amherst.edu



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