Richard-Wagner-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
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.jpg) Platform view of Richard-Wagner-Platz | |||||||||||
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| Location | Richard-Wagner-Platz, Berlin | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°31′01″N 13°18′24″E / 52.51694°N 13.30667°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | ||||||||||
| Connections |  M45 N7 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | VBB: Berlin A/5555[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 May 1906 | ||||||||||
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  Richard-Wagner-Platz Location within Berlin | |||||||||||
Richard-Wagner-Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7 in the Charlottenburg district.
History[edit]
The original station opened on 14 May 1906 under the name Wilhelmplatz, together with Deutsche Oper the first of several U-Bahn stations designed by Alfred Grenander.[2] At the time it was the western terminus of the first Berlin U-Bahn line (Stammstrecke) after the line's extension from Knie (today Ernst-Reuter-Platz) to the Charlottenburg town hall. However, further extensions in 1908 branched off at Deutsche Oper straight westwards to Reichskanzlerplatz (today Theodor-Heuss-Platz) and the affluent Westend area, so the track to Wilhelmplatz remained a stub. In 1935 the station was renamed after the composer Richard Wagner. It was directly hit during the Battle of Berlin.
A short-distance train from Deutsche Oper served the station until it was finally closed and demolished in 1970. The new Richard-Wagner-Platz station opened on 28 April 1978 with the extension of the U7 line from Fehrbelliner Platz. It features several Byzantine style mosaics of medieval historic figures, the decoration from a former hotel near Potsdamer Platz that had been demolished in 1975. As the old tunnel has been preserved there is still a direct connection to the U2 at Deutsche Oper, used solely for maintenance purposes. The next station is Bismarckstraße.
References[edit]
- ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996
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