page_title: Klosterstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Klosterstraße (Berlin U-Bahn) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A Berlin U-Bahn train (type AI-S) at the underground station Klosterstraße (line U2) Deutsch: Ein Zug der Berliner U-Bahn (Typ AI-S) im U-Bahnhof Klosterstraße (Linie U2)
context_page_description: Klosterstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the in the central Mitte district. The eponymous street is named after the Graues Kloster, a medieval Franciscan abbey, which later housed the Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster.
context_section_description: The station opened on 1 July 1913 in the course of the eastern continuation of Berlin's second U-Bahn line from Spittelmarkt to Alexanderplatz. Architect Alfred Grenander planned a station featuring three tracks serving a branch-off toward eastbound Große Frankfurter Straße that was never built and in 1930 was replaced by the U5 line. Today the broad platform between the two tracks with its asymmetric row of pillars is evidence of the original intention.
  The station was added in 1975 to the Berlin District Monument List. Between 1984 and 1986, the Karl-Marx-Stadt housing construction complex carried out a complex renovation in preparation for the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987. This substantial damage, which was still from war days, eliminated and transformed the station into an "experiential" museum. The billboards, which were not needed in GDR times, provided space for a total of 22 enamel panels from the Schilderwerk Beutha, which depict the development of Berlin's public transport system on the basis of the respective vehicles. In addition, the front part of the railcar 12 of the Schoeneberg Underground from 1910 was restored to its original state and placed in November 1985 at the northern end of the platform between the two stairs. The car was previously used for transfer trips (car number 710 008 formerly 359) between the two East Berlin subway lines, was retired in 1982 after an accident and should symbolize in its current position the entrance of a small profile train coming from the Frankfurter Allee. The future is uncertain, because by 2020 a lift is to be installed at this point.
caption: Preserved historic train car at north end of platform
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