Pankstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn

Berlin U-Bahn

The Berlin is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of that city. Opened in 1902, the serves 173 stations spread across ten lines, with a total track length of , about 80% of which is underground...

 station located on the U8

U8 (Berlin U-Bahn)

U8 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn. It has 24 stations and is 18.1 km long. The U8 is one of two north–south Berlin U-Bahn lines, and runs from Wittenau to Neukölln via Gesundbrunnen...

. It was opened on October 5, 1977 (Rümmler) with the line's extension from Gesundbrunnen

Berlin-Gesundbrunnen railway station

Berlin-Gesundbrunnen is a railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the eponymous district in the former Wedding borough as an interconnection point between the northern Ringbahn and Nord-Süd-Tunnel lines of the Berlin S-Bahn, as well as a regional and long distance station of the...

 to Osloer Straße

Osloer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Osloer Straße is a Berlin U-Bahn station in the Gesundbrunnen district, located on the and . Like the eponymous street it is named after the City of Oslo....

. The station's name derives from its location: It sits under the intersection of Pankstraße and Badstraße.

The actual spelling of the station's name is under debate. The German orthographic rules call for the spelling "Pankstraße", but the signs inside the station spell "Pankstrasse".

Like the station Siemensdamm (Berlin U-Bahn)

Siemensdamm (Berlin U-Bahn)

Siemensdamm is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7, located in the Spandau district. It was opened on October 1, 1980 with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. The station is named after an arterial street, which itself is named after Werner von Siemens...

, the station is constructed as a "Multi Purpose Facility". It is prepared and partially stocked to be used as a NBC shelter

Fallout shelter

A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Many such shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War....

. It is specified to sustain 3339 people for 14 days.