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DESCRIPTION
Berlin transit network combines metro (U-Bahn), suburban railways (S-Bahn) and conventional tram lines.
Berlin metro is one of the oldest (its first line opened in 1902) and most extended European metro systems. After the world war II U-Bahn kept operating from one side of Berlin to the other until the Wall completion (1961); from that date, the metro lines whose tracks laid in both side of the town (U6, U8) began travelling through East Berlin skipping all stations on GDR territory (ghost stations). All ghost stations were reopened after the demolition of the Wall (1989).
There are 2 types of metro lines in Berlin: small-profile lines (U1, U2, U3, U4) operated by 2.3 m wide metro car; and large-profile lines (U5, U55, U6, U7, U8, U9) operated by 2.65 m wide metro car . The current metro network consists in 10 lines.
(last modified February 19, 2017 )
HISTORY
datesection nameline
18-02-1902Stralauer Tor-GleisdreieckU1
12-08-1902Warschauer Brucke-Stralauer TorU1
03-11-1912Gleisdreieck stopU1
12-10-1913Wittenbergplatz-UhlandstrasseU1
24-10-1926Gleisdreieck-WittenbergplatzU1
28-08-1961Kurfurstendamm stopU1
18-02-1902Potsdamer Platz-[Mockernbrucke-Stralauer Thor now part of U1]U2
11-03-1902Potsdamer Platz/[Mockernbrücke now part of U1]-Zoologischer GartenU2
14-12-1902Zoologischer Garten-Ernst Reutern PlatzU2
14-05-1906Knie-Deutsche Oper-[Richard Wagner Platz now part of U7]U2
29-03-1908Bismarckstrasse-Theodor Heuss PlatzU2
01-10-1908Potsdamer Platz-SpittelmarktU2
03-12-1912Gleisdreieck stopU2
08-06-1913Reichskanzlerplatz-Olympia StadionU2
01-07-1913Spittelmarkt-AlexanderplatzU2
27-07-1913Alexanderplatz-Schonhauser AlleeU2
20-05-1922Neu Westend stopU2
22-12-1929Stadion-RuhlebenU2
29-06-1930Bahnhof Nordring-PankowU2
1972Gleisdreieck-Nollendorfplatz section closedU2
28-04-1978Bismarckstrasse stopU2
1993Potsdamer Platz station closedU2
1972Gleisdreieck-Nollendorfplatz section reopenedU2
01-10-1998Mendelssohn Bartholdy Park stopU2
16-09-2000Pankow-VinetastrasseU2
12-10-1913Wittenbergplatz-ThielplatzU3
22-12-1929Thielplatz-Krumme LankeU3
1959Nurnberger Platz stop closedU3
02-06-1959Spichernstrasse stopU3
08-05-1961Augsburger Strasse stopU3
01-12-1910Nollendorfplatz-Innsbrucker PlatzU4
21-12-1930Alexanderplatz-FriedrichsfeldeU5
25-06-1973Friedrichsfelde-TierparkU5
01-07-1988Tierpark-Elsterwerdaer PlatzU5
01-07-1989Elsterwerdaer Platz-HonowU5
08-08-2009Hauptbahnhof-Brandenburger TorU5
25-06-1973Friedrichsfelde-TierparkU55
01-07-1988Tierpark-Elsterwerdaer PlatzU55
01-07-1989Elsterwerdaer Platz-HonowU55
08-08-2009Hauptbahnhof-Brandenburger TorU55
30-01-1923Hallesches Tor-NaturkundemuseumU6
08-03-1923Stettiner Bahnhof-SeestrasseU6
19-04-1924Hallesches Tor-Mehringdamm[- Gneisenaustrasse now part of U7]U6
14-02-1926Mehringdamm-Platz der LuftbruckeU6
10-09-1927Kreuzberg-ParadestrasseU6
22-12-1929Flughafen-TempelhofU6
03-05-1956Seestrasse-Kurt Schumacher PlatzU6
31-05-1958Kurt Schumacher Platz-Alt TegelU6
28-02-1966Tempelhof-Alt MariendorfU6
19-04-1924[Hallesches Tor now part of U6]-GneisenaustrasseU7
14-12-1924Gneisenaustrasse-SudsternU7
11-04-1926Hasenheide-Karl Marx StrasseU7
21-12-1930Bergstrasse-GrenzalleeU7
28-09-1963Grenzallee-Britz SudU7
28-02-1966Mehringdamm-MockernbruckeU7
02-01-1970Britz Sud-Zwickauer DammU7
29-01-1971Mockernbrucke-Fehrbelliner PlatzU7
01-07-1972Zwickauer Damm-RudowU7
28-04-1978Fehrbelliner Platz-Richard Wagner PlatzU7
01-10-1980Richard Wagner Platz-RohrdammU7
01-10-1984Rohrdamm-Rathaus SpandauU7
17-07-1927Schonleinstrasse-BoddinstrasseU8
12-02-1928Schonleinstrasse-Kottbusser TorU8
06-04-1928Kottbusser Tor-Heinrich Heine StrasseU8
04-08-1929Boddinstrasse-LeinestrasseU8
18-04-1930Neanderstrasse-GesundbrunnenU8
05-10-1977Gesundbrunnen-Osloer StrasseU8
27-04-1987Osloer Strasse-Paracelsus BadU8
24-09-1994Paracelsus Bad-WittenauU8
13-07-1996Leinestrasse-HermannstrasseU8
28-08-1961Leopoldplatz-SpichernstrasseU9
29-01-1971Spichernstrasse-Walther Schreiber PlatzU9
30-09-1974Walther Schreiber Platz-Rathaus SteglitzU9
30-04-1976Leopoldplatz-Osloer StrasseU9
(last modified February 19, 2017 )
TECHNICAL DATA
Single line length (Km)
U1:8.8
U2:20.7
U3:11.9
U4:2.9
U5:18.4
U55:1.5
U6:19.9
U7:31.8
U8:18
U9:12.5
Single line stops
U1:13
U2:29
U3:15
U4:5
U5:20
U55:3
U6:29
U7:40
U8:24
U9:18
Single line avg. distance (km)
U1:0.75
U2:1.6
U3:0.85
U4:0.75
U5:1.0
U55:0.75
U6:0.7
U7:0.8
U8:0.8
U9:0.75
Total track length (km)
146.3
Total network stops
173
Avg. stop net distance (km)
0.85
Type
steel wheels
Current/Voltage
750 V DC by third rail
Type of guide/gauge
standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Vehicles builder
U1,U2,U3,U4:ABB HENSCHEL/AEG/O&K/SIEMENS/WU,LEW,ADTRANZ/BOMBARDIER
U5,U55,U6,U7,U8,U9:ABB HENSCHEL/ADTRANZ/AEG/O&K/SIEMENS/WU,ADTRANZ/ABB HENSCHEL/BOMBARDIER
Model
U1,U2,U3,U4:HK type,G-I/1 type,A3(U/L)type
U5,U55,U6,U7,U8,U9:F type, H type
Operator
BERLINER VERKEHRSBETRIEBE (BVG)
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