Ruhleben (Berlin U-Bahn)

Ruhleben is a Berlin U-Bahn station, the western terminus of line U2. Named after the adjacent Ruhleben neighbourhood, it is located in the Westend district close to the border with Spandau.

Ruhleben
Berlin U-Bahn
Platform view of Ruhleben
General information
LocationCharlottenburger Chausee/Stendelweg
Westend, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°31′32″N 13°14′29″E
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • : 130, 131, X37, N2
  • : M45
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin B/5656[1]
History
Opened22 December 1929 (1929-12-22)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Terminus U2 Olympia-Stadion
towards Pankow
Location
Ruhleben is located in Berlin
Ruhleben
Ruhleben
Location within Berlin
Glacial erratic from the Murellenschlucht located in front of the station.
Northern entrance

The station, with an elevated platform and subjacent entrance hall, was designed by Alfred Grenander, and inaugurated with the westernmost section of the present U2 on 22 December 1929. The tracks end immediately behind the platform without any reversing facility. Plans to extend the U2 toward Spandau were cancelled during the Great Depression and never carried out; they became obsolete after the construction of the U7 to Rathaus Spandau in 1984 and the re-opening of the Spandau Suburban Line of the Berlin S-Bahn in 1998.[2] In 2010/2011 the station was extensively renovated.

References

  1. "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 64. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996
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