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Berlin - February 1982 - Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie, officially "Grenzsübergangstelle Friedrichstrasse", seen from the West, with U-Bahn station Kochstrasse on the left.

 

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Left : U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse on line 6.

Together with line 8, line 6 ran from West to West by crossing under East Berlin, the trains ran without stopping at stations, which were heavily guarded by DDR border troops.

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