Altstadt Spandau is a station in the

Spandau Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land ...

district of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

, on that city's

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 ...

line . It takes its name from the

Altstadt Spandau Altstadt Spandau is the historic centre ( old town) of the Spandau borough in the western suburbs of Berlin, situated on the right bank of the Havel river by its confluence with the Spree tributary. It arose near the site of a former Slavic gor ...

, the historic central area of the former independent city of Spandau. The station was opened on 1 October 1984 (architect R.G.Rümmler) with the line's extension from Rohrdamm to

Rathaus Spandau The Rathaus Spandau () is the town hall of the borough of Spandau Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It ...

. It lies between

and Zitadelle stations. The next station is Zitadelle. The station was, like many U-Bahn stations at that time, very elaborately and magnificently designed by Rainer G. Rümmler. In March 2017, it was announced that the station - along with six other northern U7 stations - would be heritage listed. This happened at the end of 2018. It lies at a depth of , as to the east the nearby river Havel had to be crossed. Therefore the caisson method was used to construct the station. In the direction of Spandau Town Hall, the then unusual shield tunneling method was used to preserve the historical buildings in Spandau's Altstadt (Old Town). A barrier-free extension of the station, including a lift, is planned for the end of 2019.

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{{coord, 52, 32, 20, N, 13, 12, 23, E, display=title, type:railwaystation_source:nlwiki U7 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Spandau Railway stations in Germany opened in 1984