U11 (Berlin U-Bahn)

Overview
StatusCancelled
LocaleBerlin
Termini
Stations21
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBerlin U-Bahn
Operator(s)Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Depot(s)Weißensee[1]
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Loading gaugeGroßprofil
Route map

Hauptbahnhof[a]
Naturkundemuseum[b]
Nordbahnhof
Rosenthaler Platz
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Mollstraße
Platz der Vereinten Nationen
Langenbeckstraße
Landsberger Allee
Franz-Jacob-Straße
Weißenseer Weg
Vulkanstraße
Genslerstraße
Arendsweg
Rhinstraße
Bürknersfelde
Marzahn
Marzahner Promenade
Allee der Kosmonauten
Ringenwalder Straße
Glambecker Ring
Reversing point

The U11 line is a cancelled line of the Berlin U-Bahn.

It was featured in the Berlin city transport development plan (StEP) in 1995 and the zoning of 2004 and 2009[2] as a route control system.

Several tram lines are already running to the parallel route (M5, M6, M8, 16) and the plans were cancelled. In March 2023, an internal document revealed that the BVG (Berlin Transport Authority) was considering the previously planned route as part of a potential expansion of the U4 subway line as part of its future planning initiative BVG 2050+ (working title: Express Metropolis Berlin). According to this document, the U4 would initially be extended from Nollendorfplatz to the main train station, from where it would then continue along the previously planned route of the U11.[3] However, according to the coalition agreement between the CDU and SPD following the 2023 Berlin state elections, only the section from Alexanderplatz to Marzahn would be examined in more detail initially (in parallel with potential projects such as the U10, etc.).

The U11 would connect the eastern districts of Berlin to Berlin Hauptbahnhof. It would comprise extend 15.8 kilometers, with 21 stations, which are:

  1. Berlin Hauptbahnhof (ICE, IC, RB, RE, InterConnex, Harz-Berlin-Express, S5, S7, S75, U55)
  2. Naturkundemuseum (U6)
  3. Berlin Nordbahnhof (S1, S2, S25)
  4. Rosenthaler Platz (U8)
  5. Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (U2)
  6. Mollstraße
  7. Platz der Vereinten Nationen
  8. Langenbeckstraße
  9. Landsberger Allee (S41, S42, S8, S85)
  10. Franz-Jacob-Straße
  11. Weißenseer Weg
  12. Vulkanstraße
  13. Genslerstraße
  14. Arendsweg
  15. Rhinstraße
  16. Bürknersfelde (possible transition to the S-Bahn)
  17. Marzahn (S7)
  18. Marzahner Promenade
  19. Allee der Kosmonauten
  20. Ringenwalder Straße
  21. Glambecker Ring.

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly known as "Lehrter Bahnhof" in the 1995 plan;[1] current name adopted 26 May 2006.
  2. ^ Formerly known as "Zinnowitzer Straße" until 13 December 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b Senatsverwaltung für Verkehr und Betriebe (July 1995). Verkehrsplanung für Berlin (in German) (1 ed.). Berlin: H. Heenemann GmbH. p. Ö43. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ [1] Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin
  3. ^ Isabell Jürgens (2023-04-03). "Koalitionsvertrag. Massiver Ausbau des S- und U-Bahnnetzes beschlossen". Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved 2023-04-04.