Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park (Berlin U-Bahn)
Metro Station Mendelssohn- Bartholdy-Park is a station of the Berlin U -Bahn line U2 in the Tiergarten district. The BVG internal abbreviation is MB. It is named after the adjacent park, which in turn is named after the composer Felix Mendelssohn.
As the youngest station of the low-profile U- Bahn network it is also the oldest stretch of the so-called, opened on February 18, 1902 " main line ".
History
Prehistory
The construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961 the route of today's U2 was exactly at this point, that is, between the stations track triangle in the West and Potsdamer Platz at the sector border to East Berlin, interrupted.
Since the elevated railway lost from here to the Nollendorfplatz because of changed traffic situation in importance, she was soon taken out of service after construction of the wall and used in the northern region 1984-1991 for his time circulating there M -Bahn; north of the present subway station was located at the time of the M- Bahn stop Bernburger road.
Reunification period and station construction
As the Berlin Wall fell, the two separate underground sections were re-connected after initial concerns of the Federal Ministry of Transport.
The elevated railway track between triangle and Potsdamer Platz was there including the ramp at the northern end completely rebuilt since the construction had been repaired only last temporarily after the Second World War and with steel armor. The ramp has been pivoted about about 100 meters to the north, as the now proposed station would otherwise have been in their field. To this end, the tunnel mouth was opened accordingly.
The already existing plans for the station were to build the Quartier Daimler west of the elevated railway concrete, since the group responsible for the construction wished good transport links and is initially offered, the financing of the railway station new building. The BVG but decided not to be unprofitable from and built the station from February 1998 at his own expense. These were first estimated at about 20 million marks and ultimately amounted to eleven million. On July 27, the topping out ceremony was celebrated.
Opening
On 2 October 1998, the originally configured as a port space station Mendelssohn- Bartholdy-Park went as a station 169 to the Berlin U- Bahn network. The northern entrances remained closed for a immediately before running Baulogistikstraße to 1999.
Building
Instead of a center platform, construction of which could have affected traffic on the major east-west subway line, two side platforms were built, each 113 meters long for the railway station in operation. As a typical high station he also received a hall, which widens to the west. In addition to staircases allow lifts the barrier- free access to both platforms.
Location
The train station is located north of the Landwehr Canal and is surrounded by Reichpietschufer Köthener and Bernburger road and Gabriele tergite promenade. In the vicinity are both ultimately the eponymous park, and the port area, after which the station was originally to be named.
The ramp to the tunnel mouth towards Potsdamer Platz and a few meters of the station were built over after its completion. As a result, drives the subway today go under a hotel complex. In the medium term is to be performed in the immediate vicinity of S21 along the route the planned S- Bahn line. For this purpose, was created as a tunnel constructed provisions.
Connection
At the metro station is a transfer possibility of the U2 metro bus line M29 of the Berlin Transport Authority.