Hirschlandplatz station

Hirschlandplatz (Hirschland square) is an underground station of the Essen Stadtbahn in the Stadtkern district, Essen near the Grillo theater. Today, lines U11, U17 and U18 call the station.[1]

Hirschlandplatz station, 2009

Building

The station is located below the Hirschlandplatz west of Kettwiger Straße, the main shopping road of the city. It has two levels. The upper level is a feeder level for pedestrians, the lower station hall has two tracks with side platforms.

History

The station opened on Pentecost 1977 under the name of Wiener Platz (Vienna square), the former name of the square. 1985 the square was renamed into Hirschlandplatz after the Jewish Hirschland family, who founded the Simon Hirschland Bank and was expropriated by the National Socialists in 1938.

Until the opening of the track to Berliner Platz on 27 November 1981, the station was the terminus of the first line of the Essen Stadtbahn.[2]

Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn   Following station
toward Messe West-Süd Gruga
U11
toward Buerer Straße
toward Margarethenhöhe
U17
toward Karlsplatz
U18
Terminus

References
  1. Hirschlandplatz, Ruhrbahn.de
  2. U18: 40 Jahre U-Bahn in Essen und Mülheim, Lokalkompass.de


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