Karl-Preis-Platz (Munich U-Bahn)

Coordinates: 48°07′05″N 11°36′31″E / 48.11806°N 11.60861°E

Karl-Preis-Platz
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Karl-Preis-Platz
Location Ramersdorf, Munich, Bavaria
Germany
Line(s) 55, 59, 145, 155
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code n/a
CategorySubway station
History
Opened 18 October 1980

Overview

Karl-Preis-Platz is a Munich U-Bahn station on line U2. Since 12. December 2011 it is also used by the booster line U7 in the morning.

The station is situated below Claudius-Keller-Straße in the borough of Ramersdorf. The walls are covered by grey-beige-colored panels, the floor is paved with artificial gravels that resemble gravels from the river Isar. The pillars are covered by grey-beige-colored tiles. The ceiling has rows of neon tubes and is faced with aluminium lamellae. At the western end you can get to the surface using a ramp. At the eastern end you use stairs to get to a mezzanine. From there you can reach the junction Claudius-Keller-Straße/Rosenheimer Straße.

The station was named after the Karl-Preis-Platz which was named after Karl Sebastian Preis (SPD), town council in Munich and founder of the local building society GEWOFAG.

Stations

Line Stations
Feldmoching Hasenbergl – Dülferstraße Harthof Am Hart Frankfurter Ring Milbertshofen Scheidplatz – Hohenzollernplatz Josephsplatz Theresienstraße Königsplatz – Hauptbahnhof Sendlinger Tor – Fraunhoferstraße – Kolumbusplatz Silberhornstraße Untersbergstraße Giesing Karl-Preis-Platz Innsbrucker Ring Josephsburg Kreillerstraße – Trudering Moosfeld Messestadt West Messestadt Ost
Westfriedhof – Gern – Rotkreuzplatz Maillingerstraße – Stiglmaierplatz – Hauptbahnhof Sendlinger Tor – Fraunhoferstraße – Kolumbusplatz Silberhornstraße Untersbergstraße Giesing Karl-Preis-Platz Innsbrucker Ring Michaelibad Quiddestraße Neuperlach Zentrum

External links

Media related to U-Bahnhof Karl-Preis-Platz at Wikimedia Commons