Editing Potsdamer Platz (section)

== Transport ==
Before [[World War II]], Potsdamer Platz had much streetcar traffic. The last remnants were removed in 1991.

Unlike, for example, Friedrichstrasse station, [[Potsdamer Platz station|Potsdamer Platz]] is not a really important intersection point for the U and S-Bahn system. However, due to its location on the north–south route to the main station, parallel to the aboveground buildings, it was also connected to the regional traffic with a tunnel station. Regional trains of the DB and the ODEG, the S-Bahn (north–south tunnel) and the U2 underground line currently stop at Potsdamer Platz regional train station. Via numerous bus lines, the course can also be reached. In the medium term, a tram connection through the Leipziger Strasse is planned, which can be supplemented or even replaced by the long-planned U3 underground line. In the north–south direction, another S-Bahn line (planning name: [[S15 (Berlin)|S21]]), in particular for better public transport development of the main station, to be built in the long term. After upgrades on the [[Berlin Dresden railway]], the airport express (FEX) is to run via Potsdamer Platz. The planned rebuild of the [[Berlin–Magdeburg railway|trunk line]] will reconnect Potsdamer Platz with [[Potsdam]].

Essentially, four major roads, in the east–west direction, Potsdamer Strasse and Leipziger Strasse, and in the north–south direction, Ebertstrasse and Stresemannstrasse, lead traffic to Potsdamer Platz. Smaller streets within the individual quarters provide for the connection of the underground parking garages. In addition, in 2006, a connection between the Uferstraße on the [[Landwehrkanal]] and the main tunnel was put into operation, the [[Tunnel Tiergarten Spreebogen]] is part of the Bundesstrasse 96.

On 2 March 2008, a statue by the Berlin artist [[Alexander Polzin]] dedicated to Italian philosopher, priest, [[cosmologist]], and [[occultist]] [[Giordano Bruno]] (1548–1600), was erected inside one of the entrances to the Potsdamer Platz Regionalbahnhof.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://idw-online.de/de/news248058 | title="Giordano Bruno" – Denkmal wird enthüllt|language=de|publisher=IDW|date=21 February 2008|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>