Kurfürstenstrasse underground station

Eastern subway entrance

Platform of lines U1 / U3

Schematic representation of the relief line with the Kurfürstenstraße underground station

The Kurfürstenstraße underground station is a station on the Berlin underground lines U1 and U3 . It is located on the border between the Berlin districts of Tiergarten ( Mitte district ) and Schöneberg ( Tempelhof-Schöneberg district ) under the Kurfürstenstraße that gives it its name . It is listed as a Kus in the BVG station directory.

The neighboring stations are 520 meters ( Nollendorfplatz ) and 885 meters ( Gleisdreieck ) away. The Bülowstraße underground station of the U2 is about 230 m south.

The barrier-free expansion of the train station, including an elevator, should be completed by the end of 2018 . It should now be completed by the end of 2020.

History and structure

The station was opened on October 24, 1926 as part of the so-called relief line, which at the time was supposed to accommodate traffic flows on the heavily frequented western trunk line between Gleisdreieck and Wittenbergplatz . Its central platform can only be reached by stairs, so it is not barrier-free . There are outputs at both ends. During the construction, a tunnel was also created under Potsdamer Strasse so that it could be safely crossed.

During the renovation in the 1980s, the originally gray-purple wall cladding was replaced by tiles in bright pastel shades.

particularities

Subway route through a residential building on Dennewitzstrasse

The eastern exit of the station is followed by a ramp that rises through the backyards of some apartment blocks and finally through the second floor of a residential building on Dennewitzstrasse ( 52 ° 29 ′ 58.6 ″  N , 13 ° 22 ′ 12.4 ″  E ) into one encased road bridge before it crosses the former Potsdam freight yard on further bridges . On the way to the neighboring Gleisdreieck train station, a height difference of 19 meters is overcome.

Connection

The underground station offers transfer options from the U1 and U3 lines to the BVG bus lines .

line	course
	Uhlandstraße  - Kurfürstendamm  - Wittenbergplatz  - Nollendorfplatz  - Kurfürstenstraße  - Gleisdreieck  - Möckernbrücke  - Hallesches Tor  - Prinzenstraße  - Kottbusser Tor  - Görlitzer Bahnhof  - Schlesisches Tor  - Warschauer Straße
	Warschauer Straße  - Silesian Gate  - Görlitzer Bahnhof  - Kottbusser Tor  - Prince Street  - Hallesches Tor  - Möckernbrücke  - Gleisdreieck  - Kurfürstenstraße  - Nollendorfplatz  - Wittenbergplatz  - Augsburgerstraße  - Spichernstraße  - Hohenzollernplatz  - Fehrbellinerplatz  - Heidelberger Platz  - Rüdesheimer Platz  - Breitenbachplatz  - Podbielskiallee  - Dahlem Dorf  - Free University (Thielplatz)  - Oskar-Helene-Heim  - Uncle Tom's Hut  - Krumme Lanke

Web links

Commons : U-Bahnhof Kurfürstenstraße  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• BVG map of the station (PDF; 31 kB)
• More pictures at untergrundbahn.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Description of the underground station at berliner-untergrundbahn.de ( memento of the original from March 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Printed matter 17/12158. (PDF; 156 kB) Berlin House of Representatives, June 25, 2013, accessed on July 11, 2013 . 
3. ↑ 53 Berlin underground stations still don't have a lift. In: Berliner Morgenpost . October 12, 2018, accessed October 15, 2018 .  
4. ↑ The relief route at berliner-untergrundbahn.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 0.4 "  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 41.2"  E