Stralauer Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)

Stralauer 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.

The construction of both edifices took place consecutively; once Otto Stahn had directed the erection of the bridge between 1894 and 1896, the engineering firm set about integrating their new station into the viaduct design.

Stralauer Tor was renamed Osthafen in 1924 to indicate its proximity to the city's Eastern port, which was situated alongside the Oberbaumbrücke on the northern bank of the river Spree.

Although some consideration was given to rebuild it after the war – to the extent that it appears on a 1946 Berlin map under a new name, Bersarinstraße – construction was never started, and so the station never reopened.

[1] The reasons for this were that it had become unnecessary, Warschauer Straße station was only 320 metres away and the destruction of many buildings around the Stralauer Tor during the war had reduced potential passenger footfall.