Hermannplatz is a station in the Neukölln district of

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which serves as an interchange between the lines and . Operated by the BVG, it is one of the busiest stations on the

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system.

History

Hermannplatz station first opened on 11 April 1926 together with the rest of the newly built line between the stations Hasenheide and Bergstraße, which are today the U7 stations Südstern and Karl-Marx-Straße respectively. The second

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, built above the original, was opened on 17 July 1927 to serve what is now the U8 line. The station's

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s were

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and Alfred Fehse. The station was the first on the Berlin network to be fitted with escalators, which connected the two platforms. Unique that time was Karstadt department store got a tunnel for customers directly to its facility. Refer to U8 and Wertheim, rumors to have paid for change route around Moritzplatz to same station building connection. Until 1930,

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lines were present on all the streets converging on Hermannplatz, and it was served by no fewer than 15 separate routes. In the following years however, there was a gradual reduction in tram provisioning in the former

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, and the last tram ran to Hermannplatz on 1 October 1964. Today, the square is a hub of activity in one of the most densely populated areas of Berlin. It has therefore retained its status as a transport hub, and is served by five

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lines during the day (two of which operate continuously) and four lines at

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. On the next station is Rathaus Neukölln or Südstern. On the next station is Schönleinstraße or Boddinstraße.

References

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