Plärrer (Nuremberg U-Bahn)
Metro Station Plaerrer (abbreviation: PL) is the 15th Metro Station of the Nuremberg U- Bahn and was opened on 20 September 1980. It is 628 meters from Gostenhof Metro Station and 445 meters from the Metro Station, White Tower and 970 meters from Rothenburgerstraße and 766 m from the Opera House Metro Station Metro Station. At the station closes in two planes in the direction Fürth or Röthenbach ever an x- shaped double track change to. Until 24 September 1988, he was the terminus for the U2 line. The Plaerrer is after the station square of the largest transportation hub in Nuremberg. The name of the square comes from the Middle High German Plarre, which means as much as free space.
Location
The station extends below the ground in east-west direction at a slight curve to the right from Ludwigstor over the Plaerrer to Southern Fürth road. He is a so-called direction of the station and has a total of four levels. Level 0 is the traffic area and the tram island. In level -1 is a continuous distribution of levels is with outputs to the intersections Southern Fürth / Rothenburgerstraße, Gostenhofer main / Am Plaerrer, Spittlertorgraben / Am Plaerrer, to the town ditch and the tram island as well as a public toilet facility, a sub-stations and service spaces. In the levels -2 and -3, the platforms of the three lines U1, U2 and U3 are housed. All levels are interconnected and connected to the surface by two elevators.
Building and Architecture
The station building is 171 m long, 18 m deep and 16-35 m wide. Construction of the station began on 13 June 1977. The eastern part of the railway station between Spittlertorgraben and Plaerrer Island was created in an open design and the western part of the station Plaerrer Island to South Street in Fürth cover design with Berlin wall. For a further formerly planned subway line (U3 and U4) there are structural intermediate (reinforced building foundations) at level -1 and for a newly constructed level -4 on the eastern station exit.
The characteristic color of the station as with all transfer stations in the network Orange in conjunction with Beige (see also Metro Station Aufseßplatz ). To make the vehicle dynamics clearly, the platform walls on an arrow pattern that goes in the direction of orange ( at the platform top ) to beige (most end of the platform ). For the first time skylights were installed to illuminate the eastern distributor level and the upper platform level with daylight in the building ceiling. The double row round support columns are clad with aluminum panels. In the western distributor basement is a mosaic, which traces the history of the Nuremberg transport of the eagle on the horse and electric tram to the subway.
On 15 October 2007, the 50,000 -euro designed by the Munich artist Hermann Pitz memorial was "Transit" reveals that commemorates the 100,000 employed in Nuremberg forced laborers. The executed as organic funnel form of art was installed in one of the domes, is 6 meters long and is made of 3000 aluminum figures, which hold each others hands.
Lines
On Plaerrer all metro lines meet. The level -2 takes the ride relations Eberhardshof -Fürth (U1 and U11 ) or Röthenbach (U2 and U21) / Gustav -Adolf-Straße (U3 ) and the level -3 the ride relations downtown Fair - long water ( U1 and U11 ) or. brick airport ( U2 and U21) / Friedrich- Ebert-Platz (U3 ) on.
Located on the surface on the " Plaerrer Island " stops equipment for the tram lines 4 and 6, and the city bus lines 34 and 36 on the weekend, at the night bus N6 to N10
Culture in the Metro Station
As part of the summer night film festivals in the metro station twice served as a venue. In recent years (2006 and 2007) were shown there in the night from Saturday to Sunday after closing a film with reference to the theme metro, for example, Moebius or control.