Alt-Tegel (Berlin U-Bahn)

Alt-Tegel is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the . It was constructed by B. Grimmek and opened as "Tegel" station in 1958. In 1992, the station was renamed to Alt-Tegel (Old Tegel). Nearby is the S-Bahn station Berlin-Tegel, and the rename perhaps occurred to avoid confusion.[2]

Alt-Tegel
Platform view of Alt-Tegel
LocationReinickendorf
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Connections
Other information
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin B/5656[1]
History
Opened31 May 1958 (1958-05-31)
Services
Preceding station   Berlin U-Bahn   Following station
Terminus
Location
Alt-Tegel
Location within Berlin
Alt-Tegel
Location within Germany
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Location within Europe

As it is the end of the U6, it has eight exits, and is an important feeder for people who want to go to the Tegeler See, a recreation site in Berlin.

History

Even though line U6 had only opened in 1923, by the 1930s there were already plans by the city of Berlin to extend the U6 to Wedding, even to Tegel. Construction work for an extension began in 1929 on the Müllerstraße. Due to the imminent global economic crisis and the resulting financial consequences for the city of Berlin, this had the work stopped. The result was a roughly 400-meter-long tunnel.

After the Second World War, the BVG planned a massive expansion of the Berlin U-Bahn. In the first stage, line C (U6), which then ended at Grenzallee and Seestraße. Construction began for the extension to Tegel on October 26, 1953. The extension was to be realized in two stages. First, the section Seestraße - Kurt-Schumacher-Platz , followed by the part above ground section Kurt-Schumacher-Platz - Borsigwerke then underground to Alt-Tegel. The second section included the stations Scharnweberstraße (above ground), Seidelstraße (now: Otisstraße, aboveground), Holzhauser Straße (above ground), Borsigwerke (underground) and terminus Tegel, which was also underground.

In 1995, when the S-Bahn line to Henningsdorf was reopened, to avoid confusion with the S-Bahn station Tegel the U-Bahn station was renamed Alt-Tegel.

References
  1. "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. Meyer-Kronthaler, J. (1996). Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag.

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