U8 (Berlin U-Bahn) Stations
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U8 (Berlin U-Bahn)
U8 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn. It has 24 stations and is long. The U8 is one of three north–south Berlin U-Bahn lines (U6, U9), and runs from Wittenau to Neukölln via Gesundbrunnen. The original proposal was for a suspended monorail like the Wuppertal Schwebebahn. Colouring and naming The U8 line has had dark blue as its distinguishing colour since it first opened in 1927. It initially ran between Gesundbrunnen and Neukölln and was therefore known as the GN-Bahn. Until 1966 it was designated the D line; when the U-Bahn then changed to a numeric designation system, it was renamed Line 8. In 1984, the letter U was added as part of efforts to better distinguish the S-Bahn from the U-Bahn. History Gesundbrunnen to Neukölln: the GN-Bahn In 1902, a Nuremberg company, the ''Continentale Gesellschaft für elektrische Unternehmungen'', approached Berlin's executive council, the ''Magistrat'', about building a monorail like the one that had already been built in E ...
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