Otisstrasse underground station
The Otisstraße underground station is a station on the U6 line of the Berlin underground . It is the middle of three successive above-ground stations on this line. In the station directory of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) the underground station is listed with the abbreviation Oti .
Location and description
The station is in the Berlin district of Reinickendorf in the district of the same name . It is 698 meters from Holzhauser Straße underground station and 824 meters from Scharnweberstraße underground station . The area around the station is dominated by allotment gardens, so the number of passengers is relatively low.
The underground station is located on an earth embankment immediately southeast of the bridge over Otisstrasse. It is located 7.35 meters above street level and has an 8.30 meter wide, fully covered central platform . Access is at the northern end of the platform via a fixed staircase from an access hall located under the track. The design of the station is appropriate; the superstructures consist of blue steel frames, the masonry infills are covered with small yellow mosaic. The glazed waiting room on the platform, designed for the cold season, is no longer open to the public.
To the east of the station is the Seidelstrasse rectifier plant , which was initially the only converter plant to supply the new line to Tegel with traction current .
history
The working title during construction was the name of the crossing guild street, which was renamed Otisstraße in 1956 after the American mechanic and inventor Elisha Graves Otis . On May 31, 1958, the underground station was opened under the name Seidelstraße (Tegel airfield) , although the eponymous Seidelstraße runs parallel to the underground line at a distance of 200 meters. The station building of the airfield was then north of the runway and could be reached from the station. In 1961, the name was changed to Tegel Airport and, after the current airport building was put into operation, it was completely omitted from November 1974.
On January 6, 2003, the station was given the originally intended name Otisstrasse. Is on the road a work of Otis Elevator Company , which for other Berlin subway stations Lifts manufactures.
Since October 29, 2010, the station has had an elevator system for barrier-free access; the costs for this amounted to 800,000 euros.
Connection
At the underground station there is no direct transfer to other local public transport lines in Berlin .
Web links
- BVG map of the station (PDF; 30 kB)
- More pictures at untergrundbahn.de
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Alexander Seefeldt: U6. The "North-South Railway" through Mitte . 1st edition. Robert Schwandl, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-936573-34-3 , p. 66 f .
- ↑ Description of the Tegel route ( memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Klaus Kurpjuweit: no elevator in the station Otisstraße. In: Der Tagesspiegel. January 4, 2003, accessed February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Berliner Verkehrsblätter (12/2010), p. 241.
Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 16 ″ N , 13 ° 18 ′ 10 ″ E