Hauptbahnhof underground station (Nuremberg)
The Hauptbahnhof underground station (abbreviation: HB ) is the twelfth underground station of the Nuremberg underground and was opened on January 28, 1978 for the U1 and on September 24, 1988 for the U2. It is 584 m from Lorenzkirche underground station and 694 m from Aufseßplatz underground station , 533 m from Opernhaus underground station and 767 m from Wöhrder Wiese underground station . Until September 29, 1990 it was the terminus for the U2 line . It is used by around 137,000 passengers every day.
Location and infrastructure
The U1 station extends underground in a south-north direction from the central hall of the station building to Frauentorgraben. At the north end it is crossed at right angles by the U2 station, which runs in a west-east direction from Bahnhofsplatz to the Bahnhofstrasse / Gleisbühlstrasse intersection. It is a so-called crossing station and has a total of five levels.
The track area of Nuremberg Central Station forms level +1, the station forecourt and the traffic island in front of the station building forms level 0. Level −1 is divided into the Königstorpassage with shops and a continuous distribution floor with exits to the city moat , to the tram island, to the crossing at Königstraße / Königstorgraben, Bahnhof- / Gleisbühlstraße, to the Celtis underpass, to the central hall of the train station and the entrances to the subway. There are also operating rooms, a substation and the customer center of Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg on this level. The platforms for the U2 / U3 lines are located on level −2 (U2 level) and those for the U1 line are located on level −3 (U1 level). The station has a total of three elevators : one elevator connects the surface, the distribution floor and the U2 level, another the distribution floor with the U2 and U1 levels, and the third the central hall with the distribution floor.
On the U2 level, there is a parking and sweeping system next to the train station in the direction of Röthenbach .
Building and architecture
The station building consists of the distribution level and the platform levels of the U1 and U2 and is 18 m deep. The U1 level is 145 m long and 27 m wide, the U2 level 167 m long and a maximum of 25 m wide.
In the first construction phase, which began on March 25, 1974, the U1 level and the 62 m long section of the crossing U2 level were created. The northern section of the station under the station square was built using the open construction method with Berlin shoring , the southern section of the station under the central hall of the main station using the open construction method with diaphragm walls . The central hall above the excavation was demolished during the construction work and the facade, which weighs 2600 t, was placed on stilts. The second construction phase began on July 14, 1986 and included the construction of the U2 level. This 105 m long station structure was built using the open construction method with Berlin shoring. In the area of the post office building, a detached bored pile wall had to be erected and the cover construction had to be used, since the building reaches 5 m from the underground tunnel.
As with all transfer stations in the network, the color of the station is orange in combination with white . To make the vehicle dynamics clear, the platform walls on both underground levels have an arrow pattern. On the U1 level, the white arrow thickness decreases in the direction of travel and the orange arrow thickness increases; on the U2 level, the arrows only show the direction of travel on the platform. On the distribution floor there is a 14 m² relief of the old town of Nuremberg made by the artist Alfred Kuch based on a template by the graphic artist Heinz Schillinger.
Station name on the platform walls
Relief of the old town of Nuremberg on the distribution floor
Ceiling lights on level -3
Exit from distribution level -1 to platform level -3 (U1)
Exit from distribution level -1 to platform level -2 (U2 / U3)
Escalators from platform level -3 directly to the reception building on level 0
Metro train of type DT3-F on level -2
Lines
The underground lines U1 , U2 and U3 meet at the main train station . The platforms of the U2 in the direction of Flughafen or Röthenbach and the U3 in the direction of Friedrich-Ebert-Platz or Gustav-Adolf-Straße are on the −2 level ; the platforms of the U1 in the direction of Langwasser and City center / Fürth.
- Transfer options
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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 |
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Main station - Marientunnel - Scheurlstraße - Schweiggerstraße - Wodanstraße - Tristanstraße | 20 min |
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Documentation Center - Luitpoldhain - Meistersingerhalle - Place of the Victims of Fascism - Holzgartenstrasse - Wodanstrasse - Schweiggerstrasse - Scheurlstrasse - Marientunnel - Central Station - Marientor - Wöhrder Wiese - Rathenauplatz - Stresemannplatz - Deichslerstrasse - Tauroggenstrasse - Tafelhalle - Ostbahnhof - Thumenberger Erlenstegen - Platnersberg - | 10 min |
On the surface there are stops for tram lines 5 , 7 and 8 as well as city bus lines 43 and 44 on the station square . At the central bus station , approx. 200 m east of the station square , the OVF bus line 340 and various long-distance bus lines to other European countries have their starting point. On weekends and before public holidays, the night bus routes N1 to N12 as well as N13 and N15 also run at night .
In the station itself there is a possibility to change to long-distance and local transport of the Deutsche Bahn , as well as to the S- and R- Bahn lines of the transport association Greater Nuremberg .
literature
- City of Nuremberg / Building Department (Ed.): U-Bahn Nuremberg 6 . Press and Information Office of the City of Nuremberg, Nuremberg 1978.
- City of Nuremberg / Building Department (Ed.): U-Bahn Nuremberg 11 . Press and Information Office of the City of Nuremberg, Nuremberg 1988.
- Michael Schedel: Nuremberg U-Bahn Album . Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-936573-11-5 .
Web links
- Local area map on the sides of the VGN (PDF; 112.66 KB)
- Station description on local traffic Franconia (private)
- Station pictures ( U1 level) and station pictures ( U2 level) on cityverkehr.de (private)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview: These are the most used underground stations in Nuremberg on nordbayern.de, from December 27, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 49 ″ N , 11 ° 4 ′ 54 ″ E
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