U-Bahnhof Kurt-Schumacher-Platz Oktober 2022

Kurt-Schumacher-Platz is a station on the line of the

Berlin U-Bahn The Berlin U-Bahn (; short for , "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the S-Bahn, a network of suburban train li ...

. There had been a

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link outside the station connecting

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's Tegel International Airport to the U-Bahn network. The station was opened on 3 May 1956 and named after famous German

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. The station was built by B. Grimmek, and has yellow tiles on the wall. The U6 extension between Seestrasse (Berlin U-Bahn) and Kurt-Schumacher-Platz was the first new subway line built after

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in Berlin. After this station, the U6 trains travel above ground towards Alt-Tegel (except that Borsigwerke and Alt-Tegel stations are underground).J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)

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U6 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Reinickendorf Railway stations in Germany opened in 1956 {{Berlin-railstation-stub