Spittelmarkt (Berlin U-Bahn)

Spittelmarkt is a Berlin U-Bahn station on line U2, located in Mitte at the eastern end of Leipziger Straße.

Interior view, 2011
Spittelmarkt
Berlin U-Bahn
Spittelmarkt in 2011
General information
LocationSpittelmarkt
Mitte, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates52°30′40″N 13°24′13″E
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections: 200, 248, 265, N2, N42
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesYes (Call a Bike, bicycle parking)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin A/5555[1]
History
Opened1 October 1908 (1908-10-01)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Hausvogteiplatz
towards Ruhleben
U2 Märkisches Museum
towards Pankow
Location
Spittelmarkt is located in Berlin
Spittelmarkt
Spittelmarkt
Location within Berlin
Spittelmarkt is located in Germany
Spittelmarkt
Spittelmarkt
Location within Germany
Spittelmarkt is located in Europe
Spittelmarkt
Spittelmarkt
Location within Europe
The station in 1908, with a Nichtraucher (non-smoker) train departing to Wilhelmplatz

History

The station was opened on 1 October 1908, and was then the terminus of Berlin's second U-Bahn line, connecting it with Potsdamer Platz on the initial Stammstrecke route. It is named after the Spittelmarkt square, former site of the Saint Gertrude hospital established about 1400. The name Spittelmarkt is formed from a contraction of "hospital" (as also in Spitalfields, London) and the German word for "market". The station, designed by Alfred Grenander, was lavishly erected right beneath the banks of the Spree river, with daylight windows above the water's surface.

Spittelmarkt became a through station with the extension of the line to Alexanderplatz on 1 July 1913. In 1940 the windows were walled up as an air raid precaution. There was a direct bomb hit on the platform area on 3 February 1945. It was only by chance that the northern station wall was not destroyed. Since this wall is also the sea wall of the Spree, the inner-city tunnel system would have been flooded and would have disrupted the underground traffic in the long term.

In 1990, a major accident occurred when a train crashed into another stopped train. Fourteen people were injured. Spilled oil had covered the tracks, preventing the train from braking. [2]

The station did not reopen until extensive reconstruction works started in 2003.

References

  1. "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 65. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)

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