Bismarckstraße
Berlin U-Bahn
U7 platform
General information
LocationBismarckstraße/Wilmersdorfer Straße
Charlottenburg, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°30′41″N 13°18′17″E / 52.51139°N 13.30472°E / 52.51139; 13.30472
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms
  • 2 side platforms (U2)
  • 1 island platform (U7)
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Connections: N2, N7
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin A/5555[1]
History
Opened28 April 1978 (1978-04-28)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Sophie-Charlotte-Platz
towards Ruhleben
U2 Deutsche Oper
towards Pankow
Richard-Wagner-Platz U7 Wilmersdorfer Straße
towards Rudow
Location
Bismarckstraße is located in Berlin
Bismarckstraße
Bismarckstraße
Location within Berlin
Bismarckstraße is located in Germany
Bismarckstraße
Bismarckstraße
Location within Germany
Bismarckstraße is located in Europe
Bismarckstraße
Bismarckstraße
Location within Europe

Bismarckstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station on lines U2 and U7, located in the Charlottenburg district. It was opened in 1978 on the eponymous street, a major arterial road named after Otto von Bismarck.

History

At the time when the first U-Bahn line (Stammstrecke) opened in 1902, the road was laid out in a lavish boulevard style as the western continuation of Charlottenburger Chaussee (now Straße des 17. Juni) and part of a direct connection between the Berlin city centre at Brandenburg Gate to the western suburbs of Charlottenburg and Spandau along Kaiserdamm and Heerstraße. On 14 December 1902, Knie station opened at present-day Ernst-Reuter-Platz; the western extension to Bismarckstraße (now Deutsche Oper) and the Wilhelmplatz (now Richard-Wagner-Platz) terminus near Charlottenburg Town Hall was inaugurated on 14 May 1906.

On 29 March 1908, the western continuation of the present-day U2 to Reichskanzlerplatz (now Theodor-Heuss-Platz) in Westend was opened. It branched off at Bismarckstraße, which remained the original name of present-day Deutsche Oper station until 1929. Today's Bismarckstraße station, located about 380 m (1,250 ft) to the west, was not built along the U2 until the 1970s, when the construction of the new U7 line from Fehrbelliner Platz to Richard-Wagner-Platz (formerly Wilhelmplatz) required a two-level station at the intersection.

The old tunnel at the site was completely rebuilt as a reinforced concrete construction, with the new U7 tunnel running under it in a north-south direction. The station was opened with the new U7 section on 28 April 1978.

Bismarckstraße station is currently undergoing an overall refurbishment.

References

  1. "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 61. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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