Kienberg (Gärten der Welt) (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kienberg (Gärten der Welt) is a station on the U-Bahn in the German capital city of Berlin. It is located on the line.

Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
LocationHellersdorfer Straße, Berlin
Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Germany
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Connections 197
Other information
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin B/5656[1]
History
Opened1 July 1989 (1989-07-01)
Services
Preceding station   Berlin U-Bahn   Following station
towards Hauptbahnhof
towards Hönow
Location
Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
Location within Berlin
Platform view

Location
Station building of 1989 in 2011.

The underground station is located in the section east of the Hellersdorfer Straße. It has a central platform, which is continuously covered by a one-piece reinforced concrete structure. The color of the station, which can be found on the roof supports and in the entrance area, is gray. There are outputs at both ends; in the south via a pedestrian bridge to Hellersdorfer Straße and Erich-Kästner-Straße and in the north to Neue Grottkauer Straße. The latter also has a ramp for barrier-free access, which was supplemented by a lift in the course of the construction work on the occasion of the International Garden Exhibition 2017 in December 2016.

History
Refurbished platform in 2017.

The station opened in July 1989, just a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The eastern extension of (what is now) line U5 was one of the last major construction projects of the former German Democratic Republic.

The planned name of the station was Kaulsdorf-Nordost. However, when it opened the station's name was Heinz-Hoffmann-Straße (named after Heinz Hoffmann, general of the GDR army). In 1991 it got the name Grottkauer Straße, then in 1996 it got the new name Neue Grottkauer Straße.[2] In 2016, the station was renamed again into Kienberg (Gärten der Welt) due to the international horticultural exhibition Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017 (IGA 2017).

Services

The station is the eastern terminus of the IGA Cable Car (German: IGA-Seilbahn), an aerial tramway serving the Erholungspark Marzahn, built for the IGA 2017.[3][4]

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. J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996
  3. (in German) "The construction of the IGA Cableway has officially begun". Berliner Woche
  4. IGA Ropeway (IGA Berlin 2017 website)

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