Frankenstrasse underground station

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Platform level before the renovation
Former terminal building

The subway station Frankenstraße (abbreviation: FR ) was opened as the ninth subway station of the Nuremberg subway on June 18, 1974. It is 673 m from Maffeiplatz underground station and 752 m from Hasenbuck underground station . Until September 23, 1975 it was the terminus for the U1 line. It is used by around 21,900 passengers every day.

The subway station was opened under the name Frankenstrasse / Südring , with the timetable change in September 1980, the name addition Südring was omitted. The Frankenstrasse is named after the Germanic tribe of the Franks and is part of the Middle Ring .

Location and infrastructure

Map of the subway station. Frankenstrasse

The station is located in the Nuremberg district of Hummelstein and extends underground in a north-south direction under Pillenreuther Strasse between Lothringerstrasse and Frankenstrasse ( Südring / B 4 R ). From the northern head of the platform, a staircase leads to a distribution floor under Pillenreuther Strasse and from there to its west and east side. From the southern head a staircase leads to a distribution floor under the intersection of Pillenreuther- / Katzwanger- / Frankenstraße and from there to all corners of the intersection and to the bus station . An elevator leads from the north end of the station to the surface in the middle of Pillenreuther Strasse. At the station there is a pointy track change in the direction of Fürth and a butt in the direction of Langwasser .

Building and architecture

The construction work for the 225 m long station structure began on December 6, 1971 and was carried out in the open construction method with Berlin shoring . The elevator was upgraded in 1983. The southern distribution floor is unusually spacious, as a shopping arcade was originally planned here, but this was never realized.

The color of the subway station is blue . The platform walls, tiled with ceramic tiles, are blue from the floor to the level of the platform edge, then white, interrupted by the band with the platform name (white writing on a blue background) and then blue again up to the ceiling. The round support columns are also tiled in blue.

The station was modernized from September 1, 2016 to the beginning of 2018. Among other things, the seats on the wooden benches and the rubbish baskets were replaced and the platform edges, where the concrete was already crumbling, were modernized. At the bus stops the flooring was renewed and equipped with guide plates for the blind.

  • Station name on the platform wall

  • Generous distribution floor before the renovation

  • Exit from the surface to the distribution floor

  • Elevator from the surface to the platform level

  • Exit to the platform level

  • View of the platform level before the renovation

Lines

Train 370 as line 8 to the Südfriedhof arrives at the Frankenstrasse stop
line course
U1 Langwasser Süd - Community House - Langwasser Mitte - Scharfreiterring - Langwasser Nord - Messe - Bauernfeindstrasse - Hasenbuck - Frankenstrasse - Maffeiplatz - Aufseßplatz - Central Station - Lorenzkirche - White Tower - Plärrer - Gostenhof - Bärenschanze - Maximilianstrasse - Eberhardshof - Muggenhof - city ​​limits - Jakobinenstrasse - Fürth Central Station - Fürth Rathaus - Fürth Stadthalle - Fuerth Hospital - Furth Hardhöhe
Transfer options
line route Clock frequency
Tram line 5 Tiergarten - Siedlerstraße - Balthasar-Neumann-Straße - Mögeldorf - Lechnerstraße - Business Tower - Marthastraße - Norikerstraße - Dürrenhof - Marientunnel - Central Station - Celtisplatz - Aufseßplatz - Christ Church - Humboldtstraße - Schuckertstraße - Siemensstraße - Lothringer Straße - Frankenstraße - Trafowerk - Am Rangierbahnhof - Finken - Südfriedhof - Saarbrückener Strasse - Worzeldorfer Strasse 10 min

On the surface there is a bus station with transfer options to the city ​​bus routes :

The night bus line also runs on weekends :

literature

  • City of Nuremberg / Building Department (Ed.): U-Bahn Nuremberg 4 . Press and Information Office of the City of Nuremberg, Nuremberg 1974.
  • Michael Schedel: Nuremberg U-Bahn Album . Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-936573-11-5 .

Web links

Commons : U-Bahnhof Frankenstraße  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 48 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 11 ″  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview: These are the most used underground stations in Nuremberg on nordbayern.de, from December 27, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020
  2. ^ U-Bahnhof in new splendor: Frankenstrasse is being refurbished. nordbayern, March 28, 2017, accessed on July 26, 2019 .