Messestadt-West is a

Munich U-Bahn The Munich U-Bahn (german: U-Bahn München) is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. The system began operation in 1971, and is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG; Munich Transport Company) ...

station on line U2.

Overview

The station was opened on 29 May 1999 and is situated in the

Messestadt Riem Messestadt Riem (literally: Convention City Riem; Central Bavarian: ''Messestod Ream'') is an urban district in the east of Munich. It is part of the municipality 15 Trudering-Riem, and located entirely on the grounds of the 1992 abandoned Munich ...

of which he covers the western part. It is situated below the Willy-Brandt-Allee. There are 9 light domes in the middle of the road. The walls and the ceiling are made of light red colored concrete. The station is illuminated by 2 rows of neon tubes, the light domes and by the mezzanine. The floor is covered by granite slabs and thus reflects the light. At the northern mezzanine there is the Messesee. The western entrance of the

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is accessible from here. At the southern end of the station there is also a mezzanine. From here you can get to the Willy-Brandt-Allee. The codenames of the station were ''Riem West'' and ''Neu-Riem West''.

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Munich U-Bahn stations Railway stations in Germany opened in 1999 {{Munich-U-Bahn-stub