Görlitzer Bahnhof (Berlin U-Bahn)

The Görlitz railway station is a station on the U1 line of the Berlin U -Bahn in the district of Kreuzberg in the district of Friedrichshain- Kreuzberg. The elevated station is located on the Skalitzer road, east of the intersection with Orange Street and the Vienna road. The station was originally called Orange Street, but was renamed in 1926 and since then is, after the southeast, partially destroyed in the Second World War and on May 30, 1951 shut down by the Deutsche Reichsbahn Görlitz Station. In the station list of the BVG, the station is denoted by Gr.

The high station was built from 1898 to 1901. The planned name was Vienna road, he opened then on February 18, 1902 under the name of Orange Street. It is a type of draft design offices of Siemens & Halske AG. The type designs were by the designers in-law Heinrich (1846-1911) and Johannes Bousset (1865-1945) created as unadorned engineering structures and were carried out on the eastern part of the main route, including the railway Orange street, even in this form. The station has two side platforms and a barrel roof.

Since 14 February 1926, the station was named after the then head of the railway station Görlitz Station ( Orange Street ). The name was changed at the request of passengers. 1982, the additional name of Orange Street has been permanently deleted. The original 78.1 -meter-long side platforms were extended in 1962 without a roof to 107.6 meters.

The station played a central role in the Maikrawallen of 1987. After a street festival on the northern Lausitzerplatz there was street fighting between police and militant left, in the course of which the station was set on fire. In the cast-iron struts of the elevated train for hours drummed hundreds of people. Overall, the station was doing so badly damaged that it had to be closed for weeks.

Connection

At high station there is a transfer possibility of the U1 line to the bus lines of the Berlin Transport Authority.