Merianplatz underground station
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Merianplatz is a station of the Frankfurt U-Bahn . It is on the B line and is served by the U4 line. The station is located in the Nordend district under Berger Straße and the eponymous Merianplatz , named after the famous Frankfurt engraver Matthäus Merian (1593–1650) . The station opened on May 31, 1980.
location
Merianplatz station is on the B-route used by the U4 between the Konstablerwache and Höhenstraße stations . Viewed from the city center, it is the first train station on the so-called Bornheimer line after it has left the Konstablerwache high-speed railway junction, up to which the B line is also used by the U5 line.
Merianplatz is a Wilhelminian-style town square with the basic shape of a right-angled triangle, the shortest side of which is formed by Berger Straße. Here, between the junction of Kantstrasse and Hegelstrasse, is the northern exit of the underground station. The southern exit is also on Berger Straße, about 180 meters further south, between Baumweg and Herderstraße.
Construction
Due to the narrow width of Berger Straße (around 17 meters), the two single-track tunnel tubes of the subway were not built next to each other, but on top of each other. This construction method, which is very complex due to the deep excavation pit and the existing groundwater, was used in two places in Frankfurt, namely here and in the similarly narrow Leipziger Straße in Bockenheim .
The station therefore consists of three underground levels:
- the intermediate levels ("B-level") that are usual for Frankfurt underground stations, directly below the street level, where, among other things, the ticket machines are located. Such intermediate levels are located at both entrances.
- the single-track upper platform level ("C level"), which is used in north direction,
- the single-track lower platform level ("D-level"), which is used to the south.
The platform tracks are located northwest of the platforms . The lower platform hall is reached from the street via three escalators . The path leads over the upper platform hall. The design of the two platform levels is very similar and, in principle, can only be distinguished by the location of the escalators.
The station was built using the cut-and-cover method . H. in an open, but mostly covered, excavation, the adjoining section tunnels in mining construction ( New Austrian Tunneling Method ).
architecture
The architecture of the station is kept relatively simple and largely corresponds to that of the other stations under Berger Straße. The designs come from the architect associations Wolfgang Bartsch , Anselm Thürwächter and Hans Weber , who work in Frankfurt v. a. are known for the Technical Town Hall , and Max Meid and Helmut Romeick (including the Hauptwache multi-storey car park and Taunusanlage 11 high-rise building ). In the design, the ceramic tiles in shades of green are particularly striking. The color concept comes from Friedrich Ernst von Garnier .
| Frankfurt subway | ||
| Previous station | line | Next station |
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Höhenstraße ← Enkheim / Seckbacher Ldstr. |
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Konstablerwache Bockenheimer Warte → |
Web links
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt: The underground line from Seckbacher Landstrasse to Konstablerwache was opened 25 years ago. Press release of May 25, 2005
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 13 ″ N , 8 ° 41 ′ 45 ″ E