Stadtmitte (Berlin U-Bahn)

The metro station city center is a station of the U2 and U6 of the Berlin U- Bahn. It is located at Friedrichstrasse or Mohr street in the district of Mitte. The platform of today's U2 was put into operation on 1 October 1908 the platform of the U6 on 30 January 1923. Railway station, the railway station in the directory of the Berlin Transport Authority ( BVG) as " Mi" (U2 ) and " Mic" (U6 ) is referred to, is known to Berliners especially by the much-used Umsteigeweg between two lines, also popularly known as "Mouse tunnel ". Since both platforms have an elevator to the surface, they are considered to be barrier-free.

History

Construction work on the new route from Leipzig or Potsdamer Platz up to the Spittelmarkt began on 15 December 1905. The opening of the new railway stations Kaiserhof (today Mohrenstrasse ), Friedrichstraße (now city center), Hausvogteiplatz and the terminus Spittelmarkt was on October 1, 1908 be celebrated. The design of the stations took over Alfred Grenander.

On January 30 In 1923, the existing station on the East-West route yet for the new line to C, in contrast to the U- Bahn line from 1902 but this was the city of Berlin. In order to allow the transit traffic between the two competing routes, were allowed to build a long connecting tunnel, the so-called "mouse tunnel " because the city of Berlin was built under the Leipziger Straße the town's train station, where a better transition to the tram was possible.

In the period 1961-1990 was the transition between the West Berlin line 6, the north - south railway, and East Berlin's line A, the former East-West route, closed. By 1970 the station hall of the line A received a new cream-colored cladding tiles. 1995 was the BVG the platform extend to 105 meters, renovate and install a lift.

Connection

At the subway station next to the U2 and U6 run the Berlin U- Bahn several bus lines of the Berlin Transport Authority.