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 | | Located in the government district, the Hauptbahnhof -- formerly the Lehrter Bahnhof -- is the last of the expensive unification projects to be completed; other projects included the reconstruction of the Potsdamer Platz and the Reichstag parliament building. |
 | | Planning for the station began in 1991, soon after Germany's reunification, in a bid to facilitate and centralize travel in the once divided city. |
 | | The plaza in front of the main entrance in the north will be named Europe Square, while the vast area in front of the southern entrance, with a clear view of Merkel's chancellery, will be called Washington Square, she said. |
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