Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
Berlin U-Bahn
General information
LocationHellersdorfer Straße, Berlin
Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Germany
Owned byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated byBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsBerliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Connections 197
Construction
Structure typeTerrain cutting
Other information
Fare zoneVBB: Berlin B/5656[1]
History
Opened1 July 1989 (1989-07-01)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Kaulsdorf-Nord
towards Berlin Hbf
 U5 Cottbusser Platz
towards Hönow
Location
Kienberg (Gärten der Welt) is located in Berlin
Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
Location within Berlin
Platform view

Kienberg (Gärten der Welt) is a station on the U-Bahn in the German capital city of Berlin. It is located on the U5 line.

Location

1989 station building in 2011.

The underground station is located in the section east of Hellersdorfer Straße. It has a central platform 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 two sides: 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, supplemented by a lift in the course of 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. 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 Archived 2018-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (IGA Berlin 2017 website)

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