Frankfurter Allee (Berlin U-Bahn)

For the street, see Frankfurter Allee. For the Berlin Ringbahn station, see Berlin Frankfurter Allee station.

Frankfurter Allee is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U5 line.

Frankfurter Allee
General information
Location	Frankfurter Allee, Berlin Friedrichshain
Owned by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Connections
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Fare zone	VBB: Berlin A/5555
History
Opened	21 December 1930 (1930-12-21)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station Samariterstraße towards Berlin Hbf U5 Magdalenenstraße towards Hönow
Location Frankfurter Allee Location within Berlin

History

The U-Bahn station was opened on 21 December 1930 and called Frankfurter Allee (Ringbahn). This whole of the section of the U5 line that was opened that day was developed by Alfred Grenander. On 8 May 1944, it was hit directly into the ceiling.

Originally the station was red, however it was changed to orange in the restoration of the station in the 1980s. After a second restoration in the 2004 the red colour was restored with new wall tiles. A lift was added between the platform and the level immediately under the street (leaving one flight of stairs to be navigated) and there is direct access from this level to the neighbouring Ring-Centre shopping centre.