Line(s) 55, 59, 145, 155 Category Subway station Opened 18 October 1980 Tracks 2 | Station code n/a Address 81669 Munich, Germany Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Ramersdorf, Munich, Bavaria
Germany Similar Innsbrucker Ring, Kreillerstraße, Josephsplatz, Untersbergstraße, Michaelibad | ||
Overview
Karl-Preis-Platz is a Munich U-Bahn station on line U2. Since 12. December 2011 it is also used by the booster line U7 in the morning.
The station is situated below Claudius-Keller-Straße in the borough of Ramersdorf. The walls are covered by grey-beige-colored panels, the floor is paved with artificial gravels that resemble gravels from the river Isar. The pillars are covered by grey-beige-colored tiles. The ceiling has rows of neon tubes and is faced with aluminium lamellae. At the western end you can get to the surface using a ramp. At the eastern end you use stairs to get to a mezzanine. From there you can reach the junction Claudius-Keller-Straße/Rosenheimer Straße.
The station was named after the Karl-Preis-Platz which was named after Karl Sebastian Preis (SPD), town councilor in Munich and founder of the local building society GEWOFAG.