Unter den Linden (Berlin U-Bahn)

Unter den Linden
Ubf interchange station
Construction site in November 2012
Location	Mitte Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°31′01″N 13°23′20″E / 52.5170°N 13.3889°E / 52.5170; 13.3889Coordinates: 52°31′01″N 13°23′20″E / 52.5170°N 13.3889°E / 52.5170; 13.3889
Operated by	U-Bahn
Line(s)	U5 U6
Platforms	2[1]
Construction
Structure type	Underground[1]
Platform levels	3[1]
Architect	Ingrid Hentschel Axel Oestreich
History
Opening	2019

Unter den Linden is a new U-Bahn station under construction in the central Mitte district of Berlin, at the intersection of the Unter den Linden boulevard and Friedrichstraße. It will be an interchange station between the extended U5 and U6 U-Bahn lines.^[2]

Overview

The U5 extension from Alexanderplatz to the newer U55 at Brandenburger Tor will form a line crossing the historic city centre to the Berlin Hauptbahnhof terminus. Construction of the Unter den Linden station began on 1 July 2012 necessitating a break in service on the U6 line. The completion of the U5 extension is due in 2019, but work on the U6 line was already completed in October 2013.

The new T-shaped transfer station will replace the current U6 station at Französische Straße, located a little further to the south on Friedrichstraße, which will then be closed. The U5 platform will cross beneath the existing U6 tracks, accessible from the central reservation of Unter den Linden and the Friedrichstraße sidewalks.

The new station is completely separate from the station which used to be called "Unter den Linden" from 1936 until 2009, and is now called Brandenburger Tor.

See also

• Unter den Linden, the street which the station is named after

References

External links

Media related to U-Bahnhof Unter den Linden at Wikimedia Commons