Goetheplatz is a

U-Bahn Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and fourteen S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn (''underground railway'') are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while ...

station in

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, in operation since 19 October 1971. It is used by the U3 and U6 lines, for which it originally was the southern terminus.

History

The tunnel from

Sendlinger Tor The Sendlinger Tor (translated: ''Sendling Gate'') is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich. It served as a fortification for defence and is one of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates (the other tw ...

to Goetheplatz (including the station) was completed between 1938 and 1941. It was originally part of a planned North-South

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line. However, construction was delayed due to

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, that led to the tunnel being used as a bomb-shelter. This structural work was used later in the construction of the U-Bahn network.Schütz, Floria
"Vorkriegstunnel Am Goetheplatz"
12 June 2007. Retrieved in January 2014. The station has an unusual length of and is longer than any other U-Bahn station. It is also one of the stations on Munich's U-Bahn network where classical music is played all-day via loudspeakers. The largest part of the station lies below

Lindwurmstraße The Lindwurmstraße is a 2.4-kilometer poplar alley in the Munich districts Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt and Sendling. Location and Route The Lindwurmstraße runs one kilometer to the northwest, parallel to the Isar and mostly just at an al ...

and only the northern end is beneath Goetheplatz. At both ends, an intermediate floor can be reached by escalators and stairs. Goetheplatz can be reached by a variety of exits including escalators and an elevator. However, at the southern end, only two relatively small staircases lead to both sides of Lindwurmstraße. On both intermediate floors, small kiosks can be found, with a bakery store on the northern side. The interior design was planned by

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, who also designed other stations of the original U6 line. The walls behind the tracks consist of slate blue fibre cement boards through which a blue line is drawn (an indicator of the blue metro line). The columns have been covered with ceramic tiles of different shades of green. Light is provided by individual fluorescent tubes embedded in the ceiling panels, which is supposed to reflect from the stone plates inlaid with small pebbles from the Isar.

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Munich U-Bahn stations located underground Railway stations in Germany opened in 1971 1971 establishments in West Germany Tunnels completed in 1941 {{Munich-U-Bahn-stub