page_title: U-Bahn Line C (Frankfurt U-Bahn)
section_title: Bockenheim and Westend
hierarchical_section_title: U-Bahn Line C (Frankfurt U-Bahn) / Sections / Bockenheim and Westend
caption_attribution_description: U-Bahnhof Westend
context_page_description: The Line C is a line on the Frankfurt U-Bahn. It consists of the U6 and the U7.
  At the time of the line's inauguration in 1986, it ran from Enkheim to the Hauptwache and then continued along the Bockenheimer Landstrasse all the way up to Bockenheim and then continued to their terminus in Hausen for U7, whereas for U6, it then continued to their terminus in Praunheim.
context_section_description: The two western branch lines from Hausen and Praunheim converge in the Friedrich-Wilhelm-von-Steuben-Straße and reach the station Industriehof. The station is located on the eastern edge of the industrial park Industriehof in the amount of Insterburger Straße. South of the station close tram tracks in the direction of Breitenbachbrücke, which are only used for operating trips. Between these tracks, the subway goes via a ramp into the C-tunnel, the centerpiece of the C-line.
  The C-tunnel crosses under the Main-Weser-Bahn and swings to the east in the old center of the district Bockenheim. The following station Kirchplatz is located below the Ginnheimer Landstraße and the adjoining blocks. The namesake of this station is the Protestant Jakobskirche, which is located at the northern end of the small square. In addition to ecclesiastical motifs can be found in the subway station and old pictures of the formerly independent city Bockenheim. Along the route, it is the first subterranean station in the postmodern style of the 1980s. After about 400 meters, the tunnel reaches the relatively narrow Leipziger Straße, where the two tunnel tubes run over each other. Under this Bockenheimer main shopping street is the same metro station, which is decorated with pictures of older subway systems such as Paris or London.
  After another east swing the subway, again next to each other, reaches the former tower of the Frankfurt Landwehr, the Bockenheimer Warte, and thus the Frankfurt Westend. The subway station Bockenheimer Warte is located below the square of the same name and thus essentially opens up the Campus Bockenheim of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. On the walls are photos from the everyday life of the university from the 80s. Via the western exit, the stop of tram line 16, which is located in front of the Bockenheimer Depot, can be reached. The station is since 2001 interchange station to the D-line. At the eastern end of the platform, a common B-level, designed as a rotunda, connects the entrances to both station structures. Immediately after the station is south of the tunnel tube a single-track connection curve to the D-line, which is used only for operating trips. It is the only underground connection between two ground routes in Frankfurt.
  The continuation of the route leads below the Bockenheimer Landstraße and gets to the subway station Westend. The station of the architectural office A.C. Walter and Partner is characterized by floral elements and thus indicates the proximity to the palm garden. The area surrounding the station, the eponymous district Westend-Süd, but is also known for many office towers, such as the neighboring WestendDuo. At the end of the 1.3 km long Bockenheimer Landstraße, the route leaves the Westend.\
caption: Underground station Westend
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