Gneisenaustraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Gneisenaustraße Berlin U-Bahn
File:Berlin - U-Bahnhof Gneisenaustraße - Linie U7 (6335905786).jpg 2010
General information
Location	Gneisenaustraße/Mittenwalder Straße/Zossener Straße 10961 Berlin Kreuzberg Germany
Owned by	BVG
Operated by	BVG
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	BVG
Connections	U7 File:BUS-Logo-BVG.svg 140 248 File:BUS-Logo-BVG.svg N7
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	yes
Accessible	lift in construction
Other information
Station code	Gs
Fare zone	Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Berlin B/5656
History
Opened	19 January 1924 (1924-01-19)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station Mehringdamm towards Rathaus Spandau U7 Südstern towards Rudow
Location File:Question mark.svg File:Berlin location map.svg

Gneisenaustraße is a station on the U7 in Berlin, Germany.

History

Built by Alfred Grenander, the station opened on 19 January 1924 as the terminus of the extension of the north-south U-Bahn (today's lines U6 and U7) from Hallesches Tor, before the eventual extension to Neukölln. The station is named after August von Gneisenau, a 19th-century Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. Until February 28, 1966, the line formerly designated as C^I operated from Gneisenaustrasse to Britz-Süd via Neukölln in one direction and to Tegel via Friedrichstrasse in the other. With the commissioning of the route from Mehringdamm to Möckernbrücke the next day, this changed the U6 and U7 so that the line now called Line 7 ran between Möckernbrücke and Britz-Süd. The extension from Britz-Süd to Rudow opened in 1972, and Möckernbrücke to Rathaus Spandau in 1984. In 1968 the 80-meter platforms were extended to 110 meters to allow the use of longer six-car trains. At the same time, the plaster walls were abandoned in favor of a green tile paneling. Due to these changes the station lost much of its original appearance.