Wittenbergplatz underground station
The Wittenbergplatz underground station is an underground station in the Schöneberg district of Berlin in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district . It is the only underground station in Berlin to have five adjacent tracks and is served by the lines U1 , U2 and U3 of the BVG .
history
First train station
Initially, the train station on Wittenbergplatz was built in 1902 in a single version. It belonged to the main line , the first elevated railway line of the capital of the German Reich , and was opened on March 11, 1902 on behalf of the Society for Electric Elevated and Underground Railways in Berlin ( Elevated Railway Company ) according to plans by Paul Wittig with two tracks on two side platforms .
New building from 1912
When, on June 29, 1910, the elevated railway company received permission to branch off further lines there, an architectural tender was issued for the expansion of the station. Alfred Grenander was ultimately awarded the contract for the design . A completely new train station was built while operations continued. First of all, the new outer tracks were built and ongoing operations were switched to them from June 1912, then the old station, including the platforms and outer walls, was demolished and rebuilt. Nothing remained of the old Wittenbergplatz station.
The new station received five tracks on three adjacent platforms and went into operation on December 1, 1912. A fourth platform with a sixth track on the north side was planned, but was never built. Initially, only one line continued to run here (today's U2) until, on October 12, 1913, the lines to Uhlandstrasse (today: U1) and Thielplatz (today: U3) were added to the west at the same time . Construction of a second route to the east began and was interrupted in 1917 due to the First World War; it was not completed until 1926.
Entrance hall
The 1913 redesign also included a new access structure. In the middle of the platforms, stairs were arranged that lead into an entrance hall above. In keeping with the nearby KaDeWe , this was built in a very representative manner and presented itself as a mighty cross-shaped hall building that completely dominates Wittenbergplatz. After its destruction in World War II , the entrance hall was rebuilt by 1951. Afterwards it was further changed by modernization measures and mainly advertising space dominated the interior. In 1982 and 1983, an extensive restoration was carried out in accordance with the requirements of listed buildings .
London Underground Sign
On the 50th birthday of the Berlin Underground on February 18, 1952, the London Transport Executive , the then operator of the London Underground , gave BVG a London Underground sign as a token of solidarity. The BVG chose the Wittenbergplatz station as one of the most popular underground stations in the center of West Berlin as the place where it should be hung . On June 4, 1952, the sign, which, as is emphasized in the accompanying letter, "corresponds in every detail to those that have been used for many years in the stations of the London subway", was sent to Berlin. The British city commander presented it to the BVG on behalf of the London Transport Executive on July 2, 1952, at a small ceremony. This sign is currently installed on platform I.
Ceiling renovation 2009
Between September 2008 and May 2009, the ceiling of the underground tunnel was extensively renovated over a length of around 800 meters for a planned 11.4 million euros due to the ingress of water. For this purpose, parts of Wittenbergplatz were cordoned off, the left-hand lanes of Tauentzienstrasse and the drive through to Bayreuther Strasse were blocked, and green spaces and flowers were removed, as access to the ceiling was only possible from above.
Tracks
From the underground Nollendorfplatz subway station , trains can travel in all three western directions, from the above-ground only in two. The connection from Nollendorfplatz (above) to Uhlandstraße is not possible, analogously in the opposite direction.
From 1972 to 1993 the route via Nollendorfplatz (above) was not used because there was no need here due to the Berlin Wall. Line 1 now went from Schlesisches Tor via Nollendorfplatz (below) to Ruhleben (today: U2), the other two lines did not begin until Wittenbergplatz. Line 2 to Krummen Lanke (today: U3) returned to the tracks to Nollendorfplatz (above), so that the trains had to cross at the same level after the platform. Line 3 to Uhlandstraße (today: U1) only used the southern outer platform.
Lines
Subway
bus
| line | course |
|---|---|
| M19 | S Grunewald - Taubertstr. - S Halensee - U Kurfürstendamm - U Wittenbergplatz - U Mehringdamm |
| M29 | Roseneck - S Halensee - U Wittenbergplatz - U Hermannplatz / Urbanstr. |
| M46 | Hertzallee - S + U Zoologischer Garten - U Wittenbergplatz - S Südkreuz - U Alt-Tempelhof - U Britz-Süd → Jugendheim |
| N1 | Helsingforser Platz - S + U Warschauer Straße - U Wittenbergplatz - S + U Zoological Garden ← Hertzallee |
| N2 | U Ruhleben → S + U Zoological Garden / ← S + U Zoological Garden / Jebensstr. - U Wittenbergplatz - S Hackescher Markt - S + U Pankow - Hadlichstr. |
| N3 | U Wittenbergplatz - S Mexikoplatz |
| N26 | U Seestr. - U Wittenbergplatz - S + U Zoologischer Garten - Hertzallee |
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Entrance hall, partial view
Entrance building at night
East side entrance
Station sign in the style of the London Underground from 1952
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- Wall tiles in the foyer
Station concourse
Route map
monument
Built by Alfred Grenander
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literature
- Monument Preservation Association Berlin Local Transport (Ed.): U1. Story (s) from the underground . Verlag GVE, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89218-031-8 .
- Monument Preservation Association Berlin Local Transport (Ed.): U2. Story (s) from the underground . Verlag GVE, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89218-032-6 .
Web links
- BVG map of the train station (PDF; 82 kB)
- Wittenbergplatz underground station ( Memento from October 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
Individual evidence
- ↑ Axel Mauruszat: The ten disappeared underground stations of Berlin . Excerpt from Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter , issue 3/2015, pp. 90–99
- ^ U-Bahnhof Wittenbergplatz ( Memento from October 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at www.berliner-untergrundbahn.de
- ↑ Dr. Walter Schneider: The urban Berlin public transport , Volume 11, Berlin undated, pp. 134-136 (there is also a picture of the accompanying letter).
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 7 ″ N , 13 ° 20 ′ 35 ″ E