The station was again closed with the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961 and for decades became one of Berlin's ghost stations, as while both terminals of the Nord-Süd railway line were located in West Berlin, the station itself was located in the East.
The station was sealed off with the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961 and remained an abandoned landmark in Berlin for decades, as though the western termini of the Nord-Süd railway line lay in West Berlin, the station itself stood in East Berlin.