Wilmersdorfer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Metro Station Wilmersdorferstraße is a station of the metro line U7 in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg. It was opened on 28 April 1978 in the direction Spandau, in the wake of the North -west extension of this line.

The station is located under the same Wilmersdorferstraße in the area of ​​intersection with the road edge. In the vicinity is the Charlottenburg station. The construction of the subway station began on January 2, 1974, which shell decrease followed on 20 September 1976. Possible subway route under the road Kant had already been considered structurally. At a length of 25 meters, the exterior walls were reinforced and structures built in, so this section could be run as an underground bridge in the area of ​​the station.

Metro Station Wilmersdorferstraße was as designed most of the post-war new buildings of the Berlin U -Bahn, by architect Rainer G. Rümmler. Rümmlers design of the station walls is derived from the lilies that were in the coat of arms of the eponymous town of Wilmersdorf, from. He led them in a repetitive coarse mesh mosaic of ceramic tiles.

In 2006, the station was renovated, the old asphalt floor was replaced with a granite floor, the wall surfaces on the platform were given a new cover and a lift was installed. During 2007, as part of the redesign of the pedestrian zone in the Wilmersdorferstraße the dismantling of the former walkways.

The station, which is referred to in the station list of the BVG as Wd, has an escalator and a lift, so it is called a barrier-free.

In order to facilitate transfers from Charlottenburg S-Bahn station to Wilmersdorferstraße Metro Station, the train platforms were moved in an easterly direction from 2003 to 2005.

Connection

At the metro station is next to the Charlottenburg S-Bahn station, a transit traffic to the bus lines M49, X34 and 309 of the Berlin Transport Authority.