Britz depot
The Britz depot is a courtyard facility of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe in Gradestrasse in the Britz district of Berlin . On an area of around 44,500 square meters there are car halls and open spaces for around 220 buses .
history
The depot was opened in 1910 on the parcels Gradestrasse 4-7 as a tram depot . As was customary at the beginning, there were official apartments on the site in which the "station master", a driver, a car auditor and a car master were accommodated. The property was owned by the Große Berliner Straßenbahn AG. The tram operator was the Südliche Berliner Vorortbahn , which did not have its own depots. In 1920, both companies came to the Berlin tram, since 1929 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG).
The current depot building was built in 1925/1926 according to plans by Jean Krämer and rebuilt from 1928–1933. The non-profit Heimstättenbau-Gesellschaft der BVG also had the neighboring residential complex designed by the architect Jean Krämer and built between 1928 and 1930. The entire ensemble (today's addresses Gradestrasse 6, 22–24, 28–32, Am Straßenbahnhof 27–53, 57–61, 50-50C, 52–60, Holzmindener Strasse 31–45, 51–65 and Wussowstrasse 5) stand up the list of cultural monuments in Berlin-Britz .
Since the shutdown of all tram lines in West Berlin in 1967, the facility has been used purely as a bus depot .
From 1971 to 1992, the BVG's historical vehicle collection, which was not open to the public, was located in Hall 2 to the east of the Britz depot.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gradestrasse 4–7 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, part 5, Britz, p. 32.
- ↑ Monumental depot of the Große Berliner Straßenbahn AG and the neighboring residential complex.
- ↑ Museum vehicle collection of the BVG on berliner-verkehrsseiten.de
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '14.3 " N , 13 ° 26' 7.1" E