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Ernst Reuter Platz (Berlin U Bahn)

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10625 Berlin, Germany

Architect
  
Alfred Grenander

Ernst-Reuter-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

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Ernst-Reuter-Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U2 in the Charlottenburg district.

The station, originally designed by Alfred Grenander, opened on 14 December 1902 as the western terminus of the first Berlin U-Bahn line (Stammstrecke) to Warschauer Brücke. It was named Knie after a curve there on the historic road between the cities of Berlin and Charlottenburg, the present-day Straße des 17. Juni. In 1906 it became a through station with the extension of the line toward Wilhelmplatz.

In 1953 the station and the eponymous square, a large roundabout, were renamed after the West Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter and extensively remodeled until 1959. It is mainly used by the students of the nearby Berlin Institute of Technology.

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Ernst-Reuter-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn) Wikipedia