Bundestag (Berlin U-Bahn)

The underground station Bundestag is a station of the Metro Line 55 of the Berlin U -Bahn, which was opened on August 8, 2009. It is located in Berlin's government quarter in the Tiergarten district of Mitte, directly in front of the Paul Loebe house. The additions of the station are located at the Otto -von- Bismarck -Allee and at the Paul- Loebe -Allee.

The underground hall covers 3,000 square meters and is eight meters high. This hall is divided asymmetrically arranged columns. In the whole station area only polished concrete was used. There is no cladding of the walls nor other embellishments. The station is partially illuminated by daylight, which falls into it by glazed openings in the ceiling. He has next to stairs and an elevator to exit the agent platform and is therefore a barrier-free.

The distance to the Brandenburger Tor Underground Station is about 680 meters, to the Hauptbahnhof underground station about 610 meters.

History

Construction

As early as 1994, the station was created in the shell along with the construction of the Tiergarten tunnel as an input for future subway line. The shell of the then planned as a Reichstag Metro Station train station was designed by architect Axel Schultes, the architect of the Federal Chancellery.

Due to the acute financial shortage of Berlin a construction freeze on the route was the main train station - Brandenburg Gate imposed, as the federal government, however, reclaimed the already paid by him for this route money, the construction was resumed. The opening of the U55 had to be postponed to 2009 after problems with the sandy soil during construction of the underground station Brandenburger Tor, Bundestag metro stations and train stations had already been completed.

Located directly above the station, between the Federal Chancellery and Paul Loebe House, the establishment of a citizens' forum was planned as part of the ribbon of government originally. The side galleries of the station should allow direct access to the Civic Forum, but now remain largely untapped.

Interim use

During the freeze, the finished in the shell station Bundestag acted as event and film location. For example, there were the premier of Angela. A national opera, a play about Angela Merkel of the Neukölln Opera, kart racing, and a party with Robbie Williams during his tour instead. But also part of the horror film production as well as the Resident Evil sci-fi films Æon Flux and Equilibrium were filmed in the subway station.

In April and May 2008, the station, completed served as a venue for a production of Mozart's Magic Flute, directed by Christoph Hagel. From October 15 to November 16, 2008 there, the exhibition world machine on the Large Hadron Collider LHC in the context of Germany's role in the project was shown.

Opening

After the neighboring station Brandenburg Gate was completed in mid-2009, the BVG was the three-station operation between Central Station and Brandenburger Tor on 8 August 2009, shortly before the World Athletics Championships 2009 record. At the opening of the station had only one usable track, the second will be taken only with the extension of the U5 from Alexanderplatz to the Brandenburg Gate in operation.

Name

The station carried different names in the planning and construction phase. A long time he was led to plans by the name of Republic Square. When the building he called the Reichstag, even in publications this name was used until 2006. 2006, however, the Council of Elders of the Bundestag asked to call the station Bundestag or German Bundestag. It was argued that the German parliament now hot once the Bundestag and no longer Reichstag and that the name of the location would be better able because the underground platform is not in front of the Reichstag building, but before Paul Loebe house of the parliament.

Connection

At the metro station is a transfer possibility from the line U55 to bus line M85 of the Berlin Transport Authority.