U6 (Berlin U-Bahn)

Berlin U-Bahn Line 6
Friedrichstraße, one of the stations on the U6
Friedrichstraße, one of the stations on the U6
Overview
LocaleBerlin
Termini
Stations29
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBerlin U-Bahn
Operator(s)Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Depot(s)
  • Britz
  • Seestraße
Rolling stock
History
Opened30 January 1923 (1923-01-30)[a]
Last extension28 February 1966 (1966-02-28)[b]
Technical
Line length19.9 km (12.4 mi)[2]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Loading gaugeGroßprofil
Electrification750 V DC third rail (bottom running)
Route map

93.7
Reversing point
94.0
Alt-Tegel*
95.0
Borsigwerke*
95.8
Holzhauser Straße*
96.4
Otisstraße*
97.3
Scharnweberstraße*
98.3
Kurt-Schumacher-Platz
99.0
Afrikanische Straße
99.5
Rehberge
Seestraße Depot
100.7
Seestraße
101.2
Leopoldplatz
U9
101.8
Wedding
Berlin-Wedding station
102.2
Reinickendorfer Straße
102.9
Schwartzkopffstraße
103.5
Naturkundemuseum
104.3
Oranienburger Tor
104.9
Friedrichstraße
Berlin Friedrichstraße station
105.3
Unter den Linden
U5
105.5
Französische Straße
(closed 2020)
 
106.0
Stadtmitte
U2
106.4
Kochstraße
107.2
Hallesches Tor
U1U3
107.8
Mehringdamm[c]
U7
U7 to Rudow
108.8
Platz der Luftbrücke
109.6
Paradestraße
110.6
Tempelhof
Berlin-Tempelhof station
111.1
Alt-Tempelhof
111.7
Kaiserin-Augusta-Straße
112.4
Ullsteinstraße
113.2
Westphalweg
113.9
Alt-Mariendorf
114.4
Reversing point
(*) Under reconstruction until 2025
Map of Berlin's underground line U6.
Entrance to the Borsigwerke station

U6 is a 19.9 km (12.4 mi) long rapid transit line on the Berlin U-Bahn with 29 stations. It runs in a north-south direction from the Berlin locality of Tegel in the north via Friedrichstraße to Mariendorf, a locality in the southern part of the city. It is one of the five large profile ("Großprofil") lines.[3]

During the Cold War, both U6 termini were in the former West Berlin but the line passed under East Berlin for a short section of its route. Five of its stations were sealed off by East German authorities and the trains went through these so-called “ghost stations” without stopping, while a sixth, Friedrichstraße, remained open primarily as a transfer station between the U6 and the S-Bahn lines using the north-south S-Bahn tunnel, but also as an official border crossing between East and West Berlin.

It was formerly named "CI" from 1923 to 1928.

  1. ^ "Einsatz Fahrzeugtypen U-Bahn". Berliner Linienchronik (in German). Berlin: Fabian Sawall. 1 January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Berlin Subway • Trackmap" (PDF). Gleisplanweb.de (in German and English). Kranenburg: Christian Stade. 11 December 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ^ For historical reasons, the Berlin U-Bahn has cars of two different widths (designated small profile and large profile) despite their common track gauge (similar to the A and B Divisions of the New York City Subway). This necessitates independent operation of the lines on which they travel and a separate servicing infrastructure because of the different tunnel diameters and power supply systems. The narrower cars were built until 1930.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).