Tierpark (Berlin U-Bahn)

Last updated

Tierpark is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the Berlin U5.svg . It is named after the Tierpark Berlin, one of the two zoological gardens in Berlin.

Tierpark
U-Bahnhof Tierpark, Berlin, 16-12-2007.jpg
The stations platforms in 2007.
General information
Line(s) U5
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened1973
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Friedrichsfelde
towards Berlin Hbf
Berlin U5.svg Biesdorf-Süd
towards Hönow

History

Prior to the opening of the station, the line was intended to go to Karlshorst in the early 1950s/60s plans. Construction of the station began on 19 September 1969. It was mainly constructed to link to the new tram line along Rhinstraße.

This station was opened in 1973. It was the one and only subterranean U-Bahn station to be built by the East German government. Producers were the VEB Kombinat Tiefbau Berlin. [1]

The new plan was to extend the route beyond the Tierpark extension to Oberschöneweide, very near to Treptow. In the 1980s, a new plan was developed to run along the VnK Railway to Kaulsdorf, and to create a new stretch as far as Hönow, removing the need to go to Oberschöneweide and Marzahn.

Design of the route took place in 1983/84. The route length was designated at 10.1 km (6.3 mi), with nine new stations. The new route was supposed to be opened in two phases, ending in 1988, to replace the terminus of the former Line E. Construction began on 1 March 1985, with the first to open being Biesdorf-Süd and Elsterwerdaer Platz, and then on to Hönow by 1 July 1989, just a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The line was renumbered to U5 after the Wall fell, on 1 July 1990.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U2 (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Underground line in Berlin

U2 is a line of the Berlin U-Bahn. The U2 line starts at Pankow S-Bahn station, runs through the eastern city centre (Alexanderplatz) to Potsdamer Platz, the western city centre and finally to the Ruhleben terminal station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U5 (Berlin U-Bahn)</span>

U5 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn. It runs from Hauptbahnhof in Mitte eastwards through Alexanderplatz, Friedrichshain, Lichtenberg and Friedrichsfelde, surfaces in Biesdorf-Süd to pass Kaulsdorf and Hellersdorf above ground and finally reaches city limits at Hönow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U6 (Berlin U-Bahn)</span>

U6 is a Berlin U-Bahn line, 19.9 km (12.4 mi) long line with 29 stations. It runs in a north-south direction from the Berlin locality of Tegel in the north via Friedrichstraße to Mariendorf, a locality in the southern part of the city. It is a so-called large profile ("Großprofil") line.

U8 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn. It has 24 stations and is 18.1 km (11.2 mi) long. The U8 is one of three north–south Berlin U-Bahn lines, and runs from Wittenau to Neukölln via Gesundbrunnen. The original proposal was for a suspended monorail like the Wuppertal Schwebebahn.

U9 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn. The line was opened on 28 August 1961 as Line G.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Jungfernheide station</span> Railway station in Berlin

Berlin Jungfernheide is a railway station located at Charlottenburg-Nord, in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, served by the S-Bahn lines and , the U-Bahn line and Regional-Express trains of the Deutsche Bahn. Its name literally translates into "maidens' heathland"; it was named after the Jungfernheide, a former large forest in the proximity of this station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-Bahn</span> Former Berlin magnetic levitation train

The M-Bahn or Magnetbahn was an elevated Maglev train line operating in Berlin, Germany, experimentally from 1984 and in passenger operation from 1989 to 1991. The line was 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) in length, and featured three stations, two of which were newly constructed. Presumed to be the future of rail transit in Berlin, the line was built to fill a gap in the West Berlin public transport network created by the construction of the Berlin Wall. It was rendered redundant by the reunification of Berlin and was closed to enable reconstruction of the U2 line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vinetastraße (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Vinetastraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station in the Pankow district, located on the . It was opened in 1930, and for decades was the northern terminus of the U2, until the line was extended to the Pankow S-Bahn station in 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weberwiese (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Weberwiese is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the line, which currently runs from Berlin Central Station to Hönow. The station is located under Karl-Marx-Allee directly east of Straße der Pariser Kommune. Although the next station on the line is called Frankfurter Tor, the historical city gate Frankfurter Tor actually stood at the location of the Weberwiese station. Several of the stations on this line have been recently redeveloped and are now colour-coded. In 2003, Weberwiese station was renovated and now has a very different appearance, with yellow tiles in contrast to its former white ones.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Friedrichsfelde (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Friedrichsfelde is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the in the Friedrichsfelde district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Biesdorf-Süd (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Biesdorf-Süd is a surface level Berlin U-Bahn station located on the line of the U-Bahn Berlin subway in the neighborhood of Biesdorf in Berlin, Germany. The station opened on 1 July, 1988. After Tierpark, It comes above ground. The next station is Elsterwerdaer Platz. North of the U-Bahn station is the Biesdorfer Baggersee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Wuhletal station</span>

Wuhletal is a railway station in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn line and the U-Bahn line .

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis-Lewin-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Louis-Lewin-Straße is a surface level Berlin U-Bahn station in the German capital city of Berlin. It is part of the Berlin U-Bahn; the station is located on the line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin-Wittenau station</span>

Berlin-Wittenau (in German S-Bahnhof Berlin-Wittenau, officially Wittenau (Wilhelmsruher Damm)) is a railway station in the Wittenau district of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn and numerous local buses. It is also the northern terminus of the Berlin U-Bahn line .

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Hermannstraße station</span>

Berlin Hermannstraße is a railway station in the Neukölln district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines , , , and and the U-Bahn line , of which it is the southern terminus. It was formerly also possible to transfer there to the Neukölln-Mittenwalde railway line, which is now only used for goods traffic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel</span> Berlin metropolitan railway line

The North–South S-Bahn Tunnel is the central section of the North–South transversal Berlin S-Bahn connection crossing the city centre. It is not to be confused with the Tunnel Nord-Süd-Fernbahn, the central tunnel part of the North–South main line used by intercity and regional trains. The S-Bahn North–South line encompasses the route from Bornholmer Straße and Gesundbrunnen via Friedrichstraße and Anhalter Bahnhof to Papestraße and Schöneberg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oberschöneweide</span> Quarter of Berlin in Germany

Oberschöneweide is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Niederschöneweide, part of the geographic area of Schöneweide. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of the Berlin U-Bahn</span> Aspect of history

The Berlin U-Bahn originated in 1880 with Werner Siemens' idea to build an urban railway in Berlin. During the nine years after the German Empire was founded, the city's population grew by over one-third and traffic problems increased. In 1896, Siemens & Halske began to construct the first stretch of overhead railway. On 1 April 1897, the company began construction of an electric underground railway. The Berliner Verkehrs Aktiengesellschaft (BVG) was formed in 1928, and took over further construction and operation of the network. In 1938, the company was renamed Berlin Transport Company; the original acronym, however, remained. Since 1994, the BVG has been a public company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BVG Class E</span>

Class E was a series of Großprofil multiple units of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) which was exclusively used on East Berlin line E, today line U5 of the Berlin U-Bahn. Except for the two prototypes, all vehicles were built using parts of retired S-Bahn vehicles, namely the bogies and parts of the electrical equipment.

The tracks of the Berlin subway are lines operated in the line traffic, operating distances, which serve only internal purposes, turn-off and turning plants and plants in the operating farms.

References

  1. J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996

Coordinates: 52°29′53″N13°31′22″E / 52.49806°N 13.52278°E / 52.49806; 13.52278