Kurfürstendamm (Berlin U-Bahn)

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Kurfürstendamm
U-Bahn.svg
Kurfurstendamm metro.jpg
Eastern entrance to U1 platform
LocationKurfürstendamm/Joachimsthaler Straße
Charlottenburg, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°30′15″N 13°19′58″E / 52.50417°N 13.33278°E / 52.50417; 13.33278Coordinates: 52°30′15″N 13°19′58″E / 52.50417°N 13.33278°E / 52.50417; 13.33278
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms
  • 2 side platforms (U1)
  • 1 island platform (U9)
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Connections
  • BUS-Logo-BVG.svg: 109, 110, 204, 249, X10, N1, N2, N3, N9, N10, N26
  • MetroBus.svg: M19, M29, M46
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin A/5555[1]
History
Opened28 August 1961; 60 years ago (1961-08-28)
Services
Preceding station   Berlin U-Bahn   Following station
Terminus
Berlin U1.svg
towards Rathaus Steglitz
Berlin U9.svg
Location
Kurfürstendamm is located in Berlin
Kurfürstendamm
Kurfürstendamm
Location within Berlin
U1 platforms
U9 platform

Kurfürstendamm is an underground station on lines U1 and U9 of the Berlin U-Bahn. It opened on 28 August 1961, when the first section of the U9 between Spichernstraße and Leopoldplatz was inaugurated. As there had originally been no stop on the U1 where it now crossed the U9, the line received an additional station here.

It lies in eastern Charlottenburg at the intersection of Kurfürstendamm and Joachimstaler Straße, south of the Berlin Zoological Garden and its adjoining railway station. At the intersection above the station is the Café Kranzler, successor of the Café des Westens, a famous venue for artists and bohémiens of the pre–World War I era, as well as the Swissôtel Berlin.

The well-known Kurfürstendamm (or Ku'damm) boulevard is the most important upscale shopping district in Berlin. Next to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) on Breitscheidplatz, which was shattered during the air raids in World War II, a new church was built.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 63. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. ^ J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)


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