page_title: Aegidientorplatz
section_title: U-Bahn-Station
hierarchical_section_title: Aegidientorplatz / U-Bahn-Station
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: U-Bahnstation Aegidientor
context_page_description: The Aegidientorplatz, colloquially known as Aegi is a busy square in Hanover located above the U-bahn station of the same name. The square was named for the Aegidientor, one of the city gates of Medieval Hanover, which existed until 1780.
context_section_description: The U-Bahn-Station Aegidientorplatz of the Hanover Stadtbahn is an interchange station for the B and C lines. On two directional platforms located one above the other, it is possible to transfer without passing through any barriers.
  On the lowest level (-3) the trains on lines 4, 5, 6, and 11 head from Kröpcke towards Marienstraße (C-line) and the trains on lines 1, 2 and 8 head towards Hildesheimer Straße (B-line). At the level above (-2), trains on the other lines head into the city, in the direction of Kröpcke.
  On the connecting level (-1) of the station (exiting on to Hildesheimer Straße) us a large reproduction on the wall of the appearance of Aegidientor in 1620, by Arnold Nöldeke (from his book Die Kunstdenkmale der Stadt Hannover). The walls of the station have images of the old gate as decorative elements.
caption: U-Bahn-Station with depiction of the old gate
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