Bundestag is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U5 line. The name of this station was changed in April 2006 from Reichstag to Bundestag to better reflect the physical location of the station and the function of nearby buildings.
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| Location | Mitte Berlin Germany | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°31′12.05″N 13°22′22.82″E / 52.5200139°N 13.3730056°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | VBB: Berlin A/5555[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 August 2009 | ||||||||||
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History
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Even though construction was completed in 1994,[2] it took over a decade until the subway line U55 went into service in August 2009.[3] In the intervening period, the partially completed station with its high ceiling and unusual architecture served as a location for cultural events like performances of the opera The Magic Flute and saw use as a film set for the Resident Evil film series,[4] for Æon Flux and for Equilibrium.[5]
From 2009 to early 2020, only the eastern side of the island platform was used, and only as a shuttle service between Hauptbahnhof and Brandenburger Tor. On 4 December 2020 the U5 extension opened, and from this date both sides were serviced by trains.
References
edit- ^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Berlins U-Bahnstrecken – Die Kanzler-U-Bahn Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (german)
- ^ Große Premiere für kleine „Kanzler-U-Bahn“ (german)
- ^ Beschreibung der Dreharbeiten zu Resident Evil (2002) Archived March 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, outnow.ch (german)
- ^ Equilibrium (film).
External links
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Media related to U-Bahnhof Bundestag (Berlin) at Wikimedia Commons