Facts and Figures the New U5

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FACTS AND FIGURES THE NEW U5 HAUPTBAHNHOF BUNDESTAG HauptbahnhofHauptbahnhof BundestagBundestag BrandenburBrandenburger Togerr Tor BRANDENBURGER TOR UnterUnter den Lindenden Linden MuseumsinselMuseumsinsel BerlinerBerliner Rathaus Rathaus AlexanderplatzAlexanderplatz SchillingstrSchillingstraße aße StrausberStrausberger Platzger Platz WeberwieseWeberwiese FrankfurterFrankfurter Tor Tor SamariterstrSamariterstraße aße UNTER DEN LINDEN FrankfurterFrankfurter Allee Allee MagdalenenstrMagdalenenstraße aße LichtenberLichtenberg g FriedrichsfeldeFriedrichsfelde TierparkTierpark Gap Closure between Biesdorf-Biesdorf-Süd Süd The ‘U5 gap closure’ will extend the existing underground line U5 ElsterwElsterwerdaerer daerPlatz Platz WuhletalWuhletal Kaulsdorf-NorKaulsdorf-Nord d MUSEUMSINSEL NeueNeue Grottk Grauerottk auerStraße Straße existing U5 and U55 /Length: 2.2 kilometres CottbusserCottbusser Platz Platz from Alexanderplatz to Brandenburger Tor. There, it will be connected HellersdorfHellersdorf Louis-Louis-Lewin-LeStrwin-aßeStraße HönoHwönow to the already completed line U55. The lines of U5 and U55 will merge Three new Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall ROTES RATHAUS into one line only: the new U5. The U5 gap closure will provide a Underground Stations: Station), Museumsinsel (Museum direct connection to the historic city centre, the government district Island), Unter den Linden ALEXANDERPLATZ and the central station for the major residential areas in the east of SCHILLINGSTRASSE Berlin. Additionally those parts of the city that were previously served Timeline: 2010 Ground-breaking ceremony STRAUSSBERGER PLATZ by the U55 only (i.e. central train station and government district) 2012 Start of construction WEBERWIESE will gain full connection to the underground network. 2020 End of construction FRANKFURTER TOR The U5 gap closure will also make it easy to access a huge number SAMARITERSTRASSE of the city’s landmarks using just one underground line: from Berlin Final New U5: FRANKFURTER ALLEE TV Tower via Red City Hall, St Mary’s Church, Neptune Fountain, • Total length of U5 after completion of the gap closure: 22 kilometres MAGDALENENSTRASSE the historic Nikolaiviertel, the Museum Island and Berlin Cathedral, • The first fully accessible underground line in Berlin LICHTENBERG the Humboldt Forum, the German Historical Museum and the • New connections for round about 150.000 passengers per day FRIEDRICHSFELDE Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Humboldt University and the Berlin TIERPARK • Significant reduction of carbon emissions in Berlin-Mitte with up to Hauptbahnhof State Library to the Brandenburg Gate – and others. Bundestag Brandenburger Tor BIESDORF-SÜD Unter den Linden Museumsinsel 3,500 fewer car trips per day Berliner Rathaus Alexanderplatz ELSTERWERDAER PLATZ Schillingstraße Strausberger Platz Weberwiese Frankfurter Tor Samariterstraße WUHLETAL Frankfurter Allee Magdalenenstraße Lichtenberg Friedrichsfelde KAULSDORF-NORD Tierpark Biesdorf-Süd Elsterwerdaer Platz Wuhletal NEUE GROTTKAUER STRASSE Kaulsdorf-Nord Neue Grottkauer Straße Cottbusser Platz Hellersdorf ORANIENBURGER TOR COTTBUSSER PLATZ Louis-Lewin-Straße U Hönow WEINMEISTERSTR. U HELLERSDORF HAUPTBAHNHOF U U 8 LOUIS-LEWIN-STRASSE HÖNOW U 6 ALEXANDERPLATZ U 55

U FRIEDRICHSTR. ROTES SCHILLINGSTR. RATHAUS U U U U 5 IMPRINT BUNDESTAG KLOSTERSTR. U 8 MUSEUMSINSEL STRAUSSBERGER PLATZ U Projektrealisierungs GmbH U5 Text: Projektrealisierungs GmbH U5 (PRG U5) UNTER DEN LINDEN U Kommunikation Front: Römer Wildberger JANNOWITZBRÜCKE Friedrichstraße 95 Layout/Design: Bärlin Team U U 2 10117 Berlin Pictures and illustrations: BRANDENBURGER TOR U Antonio Reetz-Graudenz, FRANZÖSISCHE STR. For comments: bünck + fehse, Max Dudler, U MÄRKISCHES MUSEUM [email protected]/en/ PRG U5 For more information: STADTMITTE U U 2 SPITTELMARKT U HAUS- www.projekt-u5.de/en Januar 2018 MOHRENSTR. U VOGTEIPLATZ U HEINRICH-HEINE-STR. U U U 2 U 6 © Reetz-Graudenz © Reetz-Graudenz © Reetz-Graudenz © Reetz-Graudenz

The tunnel before the start of construction works. September 2017. Calibrating the platforms at Rotes Rathaus Station. August 2017. Looking at the Western excavation pit of Museumsinsel Station. October 2017. U5 platform and Eastern exit of Unter den Linden Station. November 2017. THE TUNNEL ROTES RATHAUS STATION MUSEUMSINSEL STATION UNTER DEN LINDEN STATION Approximately 1.6 kilometres of the 2.2 kilometre connection from The future Rotes Rathaus underground station is located directly Museumsinsel underground station runs south of the Palace Bridge, Unter den Linden underground station is the most spacious of the Alexanderplatz to Brandenburger Tor were constructed using a in front of the Red City Hall. The station consists of two levels: the under the Spree canal between its eastern bank and Crown Princes’ three stations, designed as an intersection structure for interchan- Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM, pressure balanced hydro-shield). tracks and platforms for the new U5 at the upper level and sidetracks Palace. The station provides direct access to some of the city’s most ging between lines U5 and U6. It consists of three levels. The U6 Two separate tunnel tubes were built for the future underground at the lower level. important sights and cultural highlights. Due to its proximity to line runs at the top, while the middle level is a concourse where line; first the north tunnel tube, followed by the south tunnel tube. The shaft for the Rotes Rathaus underground station was built surrounding buildings and its location under the Spree canal, passengers can change from the platforms of one to the other line. The parts of the TBM were delivered by ships via the river Spree in using the cut-and-cover top-down method just like Unter den Linden construction of the station is a major technical challenge. Two different The U5 line runs on the bottom level. In the first phase the U6 plat- early 2014 and lifted into the 20-metre-deep launching shaft at the station. It is worth mentioning that the cover of the shaft also construction sites were established, one on each side of the Spree form was built by November 2013. Since then, the U6 line has been Marx-Engels-Forum where the TBM was finally assembled. A TBM serves as roof for the station. Therefore the top of the supporting canal. The platform concourse will be built using the sequential operating without any interruption. The strutural works of the U5 is actually a rolling factory which bores through the subsoil, columns were completed first; the lower column sections were excavation method. This is done while the soil around the tubes is frozen level have been finished. Finishings have started in summer 2017. creating a tunnel at the same time. ‘Bärlinde’, as the machine was built only afterwards. This underground station was designed by solid for structural support and waterproofing. But first, ground freezing The shaft for Unter den Linden underground station was built christened, was 74 metres long, weighed 700 tons and provided a the Berlin architectural firm Collignon Architektur. The idea was pipes have been drilled around the tunnel tubel. Cold brine flows th- using the cut-and-cover top-down method. Reinforced concrete boring diameter of up to 6.7 metres. inspired by the vaulted roof of the medieval Berlin town hall rough the pipes freezing the ground to its required shape and thickness. . slurry walls served as watertight retaining walls. The bottom plug ‘Bärlinde’ crossed under the Spree river, the Humboldt Forum and the which was rediscovered at the site during archaeological excavations. Museumsinsel underground station was designed by Professor was made with deep jet grouting. Unter den Linden underground Spree canal, and bore its way below the surface and along Unter Seven centre columns support most of the roof load. The funnel Max Dudler. He wanted to establish a link to the surrounding buildings station was designed by the architects Ingrid Hentschel and Axel den Linden Boulevard to the Brandenburger Tor underground shaped tops of the columns are reminiscent of the old vaulting. that were designed by the Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel Oestreich. The architects previously designed Brandenburger Tor station. None of this was noticeable at surface level. ‘Bärlinde’ Combined with the platforms at the outer sides, the concourse (1781-1841). Professor Dudler was inspired by a Schinkel opera stage underground station. They wanted to create a strong link between and the entire tunnel crew successfully finished their work at the is spacious and airy. In terms of colour, the station features a design. The vaulted station ceiling designed in dark blue with both stations so that the designs are based on similar concepts end of 2015. modern black and white design. countless lights gives the impression of a starry night sky. and comprise identical materials.

Length of the new tunnel: 1,620 metres Length: 120 metres Length: 180 metres Length: 152 metres Diameter (internal) of the TBM: 5.7 metres Depth: up to 16 metres Depth: up to 20 metres Depth: up to 17 metres Length of the TBM: 74 metres Platform depth: 7 metres Platform depth: 16.5 metres U5 platform depth: 14 metres Weight of the TBM: 700 tonnes Size of the column heads: 7 by 9 metres Number of ceiling lights: around 7.200 U6 platform depth: 5 metres

The 2nd cutting wheel of the TBM is being delivered. March 2015. Visualisation of the finished station. Riding the subway beneath a starry night sky. Longitudinal section of the station.