Jakob-Kaiser-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Platform view, 2022

Jakob-Kaiser-Platz is a metro station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7, located in the Charlottenburg-Nord district. It was opened on 1 October 1980 (architect R.G.Rümmler) with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. The eponymous traffic circle located above the station is named after politician and Resistance fighter Jakob Kaiser (1888–1961). The next station going eastbound is Jungfernheide (change there for DB and S-Bahn)^[1]

History

Originally planned under the name Charlottenburg-Nord, the station was built in 1967 future proofing for line U7 in the construction of the above autobahn A 111 and was used to the inclusion of the underground operation as a pedestrian tunnel to the crossing of the highway. However, the actual construction of the underground line between Richard-Wagner-Platz and Rohrdamm did not begin until 1973. Together with the other stations of this construction section, the subway station, opened under the name Jakob-Kaiser-Platz , was put into operation on 1 October 1980.

Like the other stations of the U7 line that were also built at the same time, this station was also designed by Rainer G. Rümmler . Rümmler designed a 110-meter-long central platform with two entrances to the west and east of the A 100 city motorway . The station itself is relatively simple and resembles the neighboring underground station Halemweg . The walls behind the tracks and the support columns are in yellow. The station nameplates are colored dark blue / red. The floor is brightly tiled today . The entrances to the Kurt Schumacher-damm are also yellow roofed in the striking style of the 1970s.

For 2013, a refurbishment of the station was planned. The station was rebuilt to be more accessible and two elevators were installed. The completion of the work was then scheduled for 2017, the cost of which was estimated at 2.1 million euros. Meanwhile, the wall panels have been replaced on the rear track areas by yellow tiles and station signs located there replaced by a smaller and simpler version. The ceiling lights, which were previously arranged transversely to the edge of the platform, gave way to a longitudinal strip of light. The first lift finally went into operation in December 2018, it leads from the east side of the Kurt Schumacher Damm on the platform and cost about 1.1 million euros. A second elevator on the western side will be completed in 2021. For barrier-free expansion, a total of 3.9 million euros are now estimated.

A bus run to now closed Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport.

References

^ J. Meyer-Kronthaler, Berlins U-Bahnhöfe, Berlin: be.bra, 1996

Preceding station	Berlin U-Bahn			Following station
Halemweg towards Rathaus Spandau		U7		Jungfernheide towards Rudow

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Stations on the Berlin U-Bahn

Warschauer Straße
Stralauer Tor (dismantled)
Schlesisches Tor
Görlitzer Bahnhof
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Prinzenstraße
Hallesches Tor
Möckernbrücke
Gleisdreieck
Kurfürstenstraße
Nollendorfplatz
Wittenbergplatz
Kurfürstendamm
Uhlandstraße

Pankow
Vinetastraße
Schönhauser Allee
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Senefelderplatz
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Alexanderplatz
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Märkisches Museum
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Stadtmitte
Mohrenstraße
Potsdamer Platz
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park
Gleisdreieck
Bülowstraße
Nollendorfplatz
Wittenbergplatz
Zoologischer Garten
Ernst-Reuter-Platz
Deutsche Oper
Bismarckstraße
Sophie-Charlotte-Platz
Kaiserdamm
Theodor-Heuss-Platz
Neu-Westend
Olympia-Stadion
Ruhleben

Warschauer Straße
Stralauer Tor (dismantled)
Schlesisches Tor
Görlitzer Bahnhof
Kottbusser Tor
Prinzenstraße
Hallesches Tor
Möckernbrücke
Gleisdreieck
Kurfürstenstraße
Nollendorfplatz
Wittenbergplatz
Augsburger Straße
Nürnberger Platz (dismantled)
Spichernstraße
Hohenzollernplatz
Fehrbelliner Platz
Heidelberger Platz
Rüdesheimer Platz
Breitenbachplatz
Podbielskiallee
Dahlem-Dorf
Freie Universität (Thielplatz)
Oskar-Helene-Heim
Onkel Toms Hütte
Krumme Lanke

Nollendorfplatz
Viktoria-Luise-Platz
Bayerischer Platz
Rathaus Schöneberg
Innsbrucker Platz

Hauptbahnhof
Bundestag
Brandenburger Tor
Unter den Linden
Museumsinsel
Rotes Rathaus
Alexanderplatz
Schillingstraße
Strausberger Platz
Weberwiese
Frankfurter Tor
Samariterstraße
Frankfurter Allee
Magdalenenstraße
Lichtenberg
Friedrichsfelde
Tierpark
Biesdorf-Süd
Elsterwerdaer Platz
Wuhletal
Kaulsdorf Nord
Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
Cottbusser Platz
Hellersdorf
Louis-Lewin-Straße
Hönow

Alt-Tegel
Borsigwerke
Holzhauser Straße
Otisstraße
Scharnweberstraße
Kurt-Schumacher-Platz
Afrikanische Straße
Rehberge
Seestraße
Leopoldplatz
Wedding
Reinickendorfer Straße
Schwartzkopffstraße
Naturkundemuseum
Oranienburger Tor
Friedrichstraße
Unter den Linden
Französische Straße (closed)
Stadtmitte
Kochstraße
Hallesches Tor
Mehringdamm
Platz der Luftbrücke
Paradestraße
Tempelhof
Alt Tempelhof
Kaiserin-Augusta-Straße
Ullsteinstraße
Westphalweg
Alt-Mariendorf

Wittenau
Rathaus Reinickendorf
Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik
Lindauer Allee
Paracelsus-Bad
Residenzstraße
Franz-Neumann-Platz
Osloer Straße
Pankstraße
Gesundbrunnen
Voltastraße
Bernauer Straße
Rosenthaler Platz
Weinmeisterstraße
Alexanderplatz
Jannowitzbrücke
Heinrich-Heine-Straße
Moritzplatz
Kottbusser Tor
Schönleinstraße
Hermannplatz
Boddinstraße
Leinestraße
Hermannstraße

Osloer Straße
Nauener Platz
Leopoldplatz
Amrumer Straße
Westhafen
Birkenstraße
Turmstraße
Hansaplatz
Zoologischer Garten
Kurfürstendamm
Spichernstraße
Güntzelstraße
Berliner Straße
Bundesplatz
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz
Walther-Schreiber-Platz
Schloßstraße
Rathaus Steglitz

52°32′04″N 13°17′37″E / 52.53444°N 13.29361°E / 52.53444; 13.29361

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