Plärrer station is the only

Nuremberg U-Bahn The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system run by ''Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg'' (VAG; Nuremberg Transport Corporation), which itself is a member of the ''Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg'' (VGN; Greater Nuremberg Transport Netw ...

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

apart from

Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof (German for ''Nuremberg main station'') or Nuremberg Central Station

to have an interchange with all the U-Bahn lines – the U1, U2, and U3. Like Aufseßplatz,

Hauptbahnhof Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

and Friedrich Ebert Platz orange tiles indicate its intended use as an interchange station between different subway main lines. The station is named after the ''Plärrer'', long an important interchange of various types of transportation including the site of the Nuremberg terminus for the

Bavarian Ludwig Railway The Bavarian Ludwig Railway (''Bayerische Ludwigseisenbahn'' or ''Ludwigsbahn'') was the first steam-hauled railway opened in Germany. The ''Königlich privilegierte Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'' ("Royal Privileged Ludwig Railway Company ...

. Despite

folk etymology Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more famili ...

linking the name to the local word "plärren" for screaming, it likely derives from ''Plarre'' a now disused word for a square.

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Nuremberg U-Bahn stations Railway stations in Germany opened in 1980 1980 establishments in West Germany {{Nuremberg-U-Bahn-stub