Uhlandstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)
{{Short description|Station of the Berlin U-Bahn}}
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|symbol_location = berlin
|symbol = u
|image = U-Bahnhof Uhlandstrasse Berlin Eingang.jpg
|caption = Entrance on Kurfürstendamm
|address = Kurfürstendamm/Uhlandstraße
|borough = Charlottenburg, Berlin
|country = Germany
|coordinates = {{Coord|52|30|09|N|13|19|32|E|region:DE-BE_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
|owned = Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
|operator = Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
|platforms = 1 island platform
|tracks = 2
|connections = {{plainlist|1=
- {{Rail-interchange|berlin|BUS}}: 109, 110, X10, N10
- {{Rail-interchange|berlin|METROBUS}}: M19, M29
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|structure = Underground
|bicycle = Yes
| accessible = Yes
|zone = {{Rail-interchange|berlin|VBB}}: Berlin A/5555{{cite web|title=Alle Zielorte|url=https://www.vbb.de/media/download/9983|publisher=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg|access-date=5 May 2021|page=65|date=1 January 2021}}
|opened = {{start date and age|1913|10|12|df=y}}
|map_type = Berlin#Germany#Europe
|map_caption = Location within Berlin##Location within Germany##Location within Europe
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|services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Berlin U-Bahn|line=U1|right=Kurfürstendamm}}
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Uhlandstraße is the western terminus station of line U1 of the Berlin U-Bahn. It is located on Kurfürstendamm in the central Charlottenburg quarter of Berlin, among a mix of chain and high end shopping facilities.
History
File:Berlin Kurfürstendamm 013033.jpg
The station opened on 12 October 1913 at the intersection of Kurfürstendamm and Uhlandstraße, named after the poet Ludwig Uhland. Built according to plans designed by Alfred Grenander, it was meant to be the first section of a projected metro line connecting Wittenbergplatz with Berlin-Halensee station which was never built.
Damaged by the bombing of Berlin in World War II, the station was closed briefly in 1945; it went out of service again for four years in 1957, because of the construction of the neighbouring Kurfürstendamm station. From 1970, trains only went to Wittenbergplatz station ({{convert|1.2|km}}, length) but since 1993 trains have run to Warschauer Straße station again.J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996 The second entrance at the eastern end of the station, at the junction of Kurfürstendamm and Fasanenstraße, was closed in 1964, but re-opened in 2005.
File:U-Bahn Uhlandstraße station.JPG
Today, the area is somewhat reminiscent of the period of promoterism (Gründerzeit) and the Wirtschaftswunder days of the 1950s. Quiet, green roads with mostly expensive flats make the area one of the most desirable but unaffordable in Berlin, comparable for instance to the area between Westminster and Kensington in London.
References
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Category:U1 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations
Category:Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf