Messestadt Ost station

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Messestadt Ost
General information
Other namesRiem Ost, Neu-Riem Ost
Location Trudering-Riem, Munich, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 48°08′00″N11°42′13″E / 48.13333°N 11.70361°E / 48.13333; 11.70361
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections BUS-Logo-blau.svg 186, 190, 234, 262
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station coden/a
Category Subway station
Fare zone Munchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund.svg : M and 1 [1]
History
OpenedMay 29, 1999 (1999-05-29)
Services
Preceding station U-Bahn.svg Munich U-Bahn Following station
Messestadt West U2 Terminus
Messestadt Ost station
Location
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Messestadt Ost
Location within Bavaria
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Messestadt Ost
Location within Germany
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Messestadt Ost
Location within Europe

Messestadt Ost is a Munich U-Bahn station on line U2.

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Overview

The station was opened on 29 May 1999 and is located in the below the Willy-Brandt-Allee in the Messestadt Riem neighbourhood, the eastern part of which it serves. The walls are concrete covered by wavy aluminium, intended to evoke the airplanes that used to land at the Munich-Riem Airport which the neighbourhood has replaced. The station is illuminated by two rows of neon tubes with a curved reflector, and the floor is covered by granite slabs with red lines perpendicular to the tracks. Escalators and stairs lead to a mezzanine at the eastern end where there are pictures exhibited from the construction period. At the exit there is a sundial where the time can be read on the wall. The codenames of the station were Riem Ost and Neu-Riem Ost.

Stations

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Munchen U2.svg Feldmoching  Hasenbergl  Dülferstraße  Harthof  Am Hart  Frankfurter Ring  Milbertshofen  Scheidplatz  Hohenzollernplatz  Josephsplatz  Theresienstraße  Königsplatz  Hauptbahnhof  Sendlinger Tor  Fraunhoferstraße  Kolumbusplatz  Silberhornstraße  Untersbergstraße  Giesing  Karl-Preis-Platz  Innsbrucker Ring  Josephsburg  Kreillerstraße  Trudering  Moosfeld  Messestadt West  Messestadt Ost

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References

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