Richard-Wagner-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Richard-Wagner-Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the in the Charlottenburg district.

For the Richard-Wagner-Platz, see Richard-Wagner-Platz.
Richard-Wagner-Platz
Platform view of Richard-Wagner-Platz
LocationRichard-Wagner-Platz, Berlin
Coordinates
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Connections M45 N7
Other information
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin A/5555[1]
History
Opened14 May 1906 (1906-05-14)
Services
Preceding station   Berlin U-Bahn   Following station
towards Rudow
Location
Richard-Wagner-Platz
Location within Berlin
U-Bahn entrance near Charlottenburg town hall

History

The original station opened on 14 May 1906 under the name Wilhelmplatz, together with Deutsche Oper the first of several U-Bahn stations designed by Alfred Grenander.[2] At the time it was the western terminus of the first Berlin U-Bahn line (Stammstrecke) after the line's extension from Knie (today Ernst-Reuter-Platz) to the Charlottenburg town hall. However, further extensions in 1908 branched off at Deutsche Oper straight westwards to Reichskanzlerplatz (today Theodor-Heuss-Platz) and the affluent Westend area, so the track to Wilhelmplatz remained a stub. In 1935 the station was renamed after the composer Richard Wagner. It was directly hit on the track area - on Battle of Berlin.

A short-distance train from Deutsche Oper served the station until it was finally closed and demolished in 1970. The new Richard-Wagner-Platz station opened on 28 April 1978 with the extension of the U7 line from Fehrbelliner Platz. It features several Byzantine style mosaics of medieval historic figures, the decoration from a former hotel near Potsdamer Platz that had been demolished in 1975. As the old tunnel has been preserved there is still a direct connection to the at Deutsche Oper, used solely for maintenance purposes. The next station is Bismarckstraße (change here for U2)

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References
  1. "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996


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