Vinetastraße underground station
The underground station Vinetastraße - until 1993 Pankow (Vinetastraße) - is a station on the underground line U2 of the Berlin underground . It is located under Berliner Straße in the Pankow district of the district of the same name and was put into operation on June 29, 1930, between 1930 and 2000 it was the terminus of today's U2 line. There is a connection to the tram on the surface . The train station is 1,129 meters from Schönhauser Allee underground station and 866 meters from Pankow underground station . The platform is 12.3 meters wide and 111.5 meters long, the hall is 2.6 meters high and 6.5 meters below the road surface. The train station, which is referred to as VIN in the BVG train station directory , is considered barrier-free because it now also has an elevator. The name of both the underground station and the side street of Berliner Straße go back to the legendary Baltic city of Vineta .
history
Prehistory and planning
In 1913, the Hochbahngesellschaft , the private operator of the Berlin elevated and underground railway , extended the so-called "Centrumslinie" from Spittelmarkt on July 1, 1913 to Alexanderplatz and shortly afterwards to Nordring station , today: Schönhauser Allee . Although there was a connection to the tram in the direction of Pankow at Nordring station , the municipality of Pankow itself was not satisfied with that. Already in 1905, shortly after the opening of the elevated and underground railway between Warschauer Brücke , Potsdamer Platz and Zoologischer Garten, it demanded a route to the center of Pankow. The Nordring station itself was built above ground on a viaduct to compensate for the costs of the underground route at Spittelmarkt and for the Spree tunnel near the Klosterstrasse station . The number of passengers at the junction with the Ringbahn developed positively, so that in the timetable year 1929 the station was already in fifth place among the most frequented Berlin underground stations with around nine million passengers. However, this became more and more of a problem as the above-ground sweeping system behind the Nordring station reached its capacity limit every two minutes. In addition, there was no possibility of weakening, i.e. lengthening and shortening the subways from eight to six cars or vice versa.
Construction of the new train station and architecture
In order to solve this problem, in 1927 both the elevated railway company and the city of Berlin took up the request of the municipality of Pankow from 1905 and commissioned an underground extension of the route to the junction of Berliner Strasse and Mühlenstrasse; a large underground sweeping system behind the station should solve the existing capacity problems. The underground extension variant was also preferred because an extension to the Pankow station of the Deutsche Reichsbahn was planned, but a crossing of the embankment of the Szczecin Railway could only take place underground. Construction work on the new line began as early as 1927. The elevated railway viaduct, whose column width to the Nordring station was still twelve meters, was left to the crossing by the elevated railway company with an enlarged column width of 28.5 meters and iron foot-anchored columns with sheet metal girders placed over them the Bornholmer Strasse extend beyond the ramp begins with a gradient of 1:31.
The platform of the new Pankow train station (Vinetastraße) was given two flights of stairs that led to the distribution floor above. This in turn leads over four flights of stairs to the tram route above towards Alt-Pankow. The platform itself was designed by Alfred Grenander , the in-house architect of the elevated railway company, in his unadorned, sober late style. Behind the station, the elevated railway company had a long, four-track sweeping system built that extends to Masurenstraße. It offered space for eight eight-car trains of the Berlin underground and thus had enough capacity for the planned 90-second cycle on the route. The power supply continues to this day from the Senefelderplatz substation . The 1201 meter long new line between the train stations Nordring and Pankow (Vinetastraße) went into operation on June 29, 1930 and was one of the last extensions of the Berlin underground before the Second World War .
Second World War and its aftermath
The Second World War, triggered by the National Socialists , followed nine years later . The first effects were felt immediately, as from September 1, 1939, all lights had to be darkened, which also affected the underground trains and their stations. The planned extension to the Pankow station, which is now also served by the Berlin S-Bahn , was also planned by the National Socialists, but their plans for the small-profile network were limited and basically only included closing gaps. The more effectively respected large profile network, on the other hand, should be greatly expanded; however, none of these plans were implemented by the National Socialists. Nevertheless, the Pankow station (Vinetastraße) survived the Second World War relatively undamaged, and there were no bomb hits on the station.
The first Berlin subway trains after the end of the war ran on May 14, 1945 in the area of Hermannplatz . From May 17, 1945, trains ran again between Ruhleben and Knie station on the route of today's U2 line . Nevertheless, on August 1, 1945, the first trains were able to run at Pankow station (Vinetastraße) , initially only between Pankow (Vinetastraße) and Alexanderplatz . There and at the following stations, it was necessary to switch to various shuttle services. In the years that followed, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe was primarily responsible for repairing the damage. An extension towards the north, as originally planned, was out of the question at this time.
In 1961, Pankow station lost its train connections to western Berlin ; now it was already at Thälmannplatz station , later Otto-Grotewohl-Straße (1986–1991) and today Mohrenstraße, the terminus of the only East Berlin small profile line. In the years and decades that followed, hardly anything changed at the station. However, as the connection to the main workshop of the Berlin U-Bahn at the Olympiastadion station was also disconnected due to the separation of the former line A, now the U2, to Ruhleben , the sweeping system behind the Pankow station (Vinetastraße) took on a more important function than before. The facility was mostly fully occupied, as there were hardly any other storage options for small-profile trains in the former network of the East Berlin subway.
Further planning until the end of the GDR
In connection with the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987, numerous inner-city train stations were renovated. The terminus of Line A, Pankow (Vinetastraße) , was redesigned by the collective around Stefan Weiß, Rainer Binsch and Jörg Grote between 1985 and 1987, beige tiles and sometimes inclined, red station signs now made the image of the terminus. In December 1987 the East Berlin transport company had a bronze statue with the title Der Schreitende by the artist Rolf Biebl erected.
But the plans to extend the route of today's U2 line to the north did not remain unaffected. Due to the fact that the small profile of the East Berlin subway still did not have a large workshop per se and also no main workshop and the trains had to be brought to the Reichsbahn repair shop in Schöneweide , the East Berlin magistrate examined the construction of a new workshop on Granitzstrasse on Pankow marshalling yard . An extension to the Pankow train station itself could also be realized. The most important reason for this was that the other East Berlin subway line E , today U5, was extended to Hönow and the capacities in the only subway workshop in Friedrichsfelde were needed. On December 11, 1986, the GDR Council of Ministers passed the resolution to build the Granitzstrasse workshop; the first construction work was planned for 1989. A large parking facility for 144 cars, a washing facility, a signal box and an inspection and repair hall were to be built. Due to the various rescheduling on the occasion of German reunification and thus also the transport networks of both halves of the city, the further construction work for the new workshop was suspended in the period that followed.
After the turn
While the construction work was suspended, the reunification of Germany also led to the restoration of the unity of Berlin. This also made it necessary to connect the previously separate underground lines. However, the merger resulted in a problem: In addition to the parking facility behind the Pankow train station (Vinetastraße) , the East Berlin public transport company had a large part of the trains parked between the Thälmannplatz stations , the terminus of Line A, and the closed Potsdamer Platz station . However, this route was now needed because trains were supposed to run there again between West and East. Therefore, the city of Berlin resumed construction behind the Pankow train station (Vinetastraße) in order to increase the capacity of the sweeping system . The construction work was completed on November 13, 1993, and the sweeping and parking facility now offered space for 112 cars. On the same day, the construction work to connect the former line A was completed, so that the new line U2 now ran between Pankow (Vinetastraße) via Alexanderplatz , Potsdamer Platz, Nollendorfplatz , and Zoologischer Garten to Ruhleben . On the same day, the BVG had the Pankow station (Vinetastraße) renamed. It was now only called "Vinetastraße".
After the political turnaround , the discussion about gaps to be closed in the Berlin high-speed train network came up again, which also affected the gap between Vinetastraße and Pankow train station. The proposal to extend the U2 line by then led to further discussions, as there was both a parallel S-Bahn connection between the Schönhauser Allee stations via Bornholmer Straße to Pankow and a tram connection. Nevertheless, the first construction work began in 1997. A new discussion arose again around the point of whether the construction of the Granitzstrasse workshop should be implemented or at least prepared, or whether these plans should be abandoned entirely. The state of Berlin and the BVG decided not to build it because the current Grunewald workshop can do all the work without capacity problems. The BVG nevertheless had the course for a connection to a workshop installed. Extremely difficult soil conditions, the very high groundwater level and finds from a medieval settlement delayed the work considerably. Finally, on September 16, 2000, the gap between the S-Bahn and U-Bahn was opened, the costs amounted to 105 million marks instead of the estimated 126 million marks (adjusted for purchasing power in today's currency: around 85 million euros) (today around 71 million euros) ). In the meantime, the name “Bahnhof Pankow” was planned, but the BVG decided on “Pankow”. Since then, Vinetastraße station has only been a through station. Trains end here only in exceptional cases, mostly on the edge of the timetable, in order to transfer the trains to the sweeping system that is still behind.
In the medium term, it is planned to renovate the Vinetastraße train station and restore it to its original state. During a full closure of the Senefelderplatz - Vinetastraße line in 2000, the station already received a guidance system for the blind . The station received an elevator system for barrier-free access for passengers in 2011 as part of renovation work. The u in this work. a. The desired goal of preventing rain on the platforms was not achieved. In 2012, the leakage points were searched for again at great technical, logistical and financial expense and extensive sealing measures were unsuccessfully carried out at the Brennerstraße entrance. The station is not included in the Berlin State Monument List due to its already considerable structural changes compared to the original condition at the time.
Connection
At the underground station you can change from the U2 line to the M1 and 50 tram lines as well as to the 250 and N2 bus lines ( night line ) operated by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe.
Web links
- BVG map of the station (PDF; 37 kB)
- Description of the route Vinetastraße – Pankow including pictures of the train station
- More pictures at untergrundbahn.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlin's subway stations - the first hundred years. be.bra Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-930863-16-2 ; P. 200
- ↑ a b On the opening of the railway extension from Nordring to Pankow (Vinetastraße) on June 29, 1930 . Berlin Transport Company, Berlin 1930; Pp. 3, 4, 8, 10, 13
- ↑ Sabine Bohle-Heintzenberg: Architecture of the Berlin elevated and underground railway / planning - drafts - buildings . Verlag Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1980, p. 88, ISBN 3-922912-00-1 .
- ↑ a b c U2 - story (s) from the underground . Monument Preservation Association Berlin Local Transport, GVE, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89218-032-6 ; Pp. 38-40
- ↑ War events summarized ( Memento of the original from August 20, 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. at berliner-untergrundbahn.de
- ↑ Dieter Kaddoura (Red.): Berlin subway chronicle . GVE-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89218-110-1 ; P. 40.
- ↑ Marlene Kotzur (Red.): Berlin subway stations between Krumme Lanke and Vinetastraße. Landesdenkmalamt Berlin and Schelzky & Jeep, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89541-122-1 , pp. 62–64.
- ↑ Peter Neumann: On Saturday it's the Pankower's turn . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 13, 2000
- ↑ Station information ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at untergrundbahn.de, quote: "[...] The BVG announced that it will restore as much as possible the original condition in the next renovation."
- ↑ Peter Neumann: U2 redevelopment causes traffic jams . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 22, 2000
Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 33 ″ N , 13 ° 24 ′ 48 ″ E