page_title: Stammstrecke 1 (Munich U-Bahn)
section_title: Center (U3 and U6)
hierarchical_section_title: Stammstrecke 1 (Munich U-Bahn) / Course / Center (U3 and U6)
caption_attribution_description: English: Munich subway station Sendlinger Tor (U3, U6) Deutsch: U-Bahnhof Sendlinger Tor (U3, U6) der Münchner U-Bahn
context_page_description: The Stammstrecke 1 of the Munich U-Bahn is the first, of a total of three realized main routes, in the subway network of the Bavarian capital Munich. It runs mainly in north-south direction and is currently used by the two subway lines, the U3 and U6. Also, since 15 December 2013, the additional amplifier line, the U8, runs on Saturdays on the section Olympiazentrum-Scheidplatz. Between the subway stations Münchner Freiheit and Implerstraße, the lines U3 and U6 run on the same route, before, or after which they branch off and the two lines are then run each on a separate route. The mainline 1 has a total length of 41 kilometers and passes 42 subway stations. It does not run exclusively in Munich urban areas, but for a distance of about eight kilometers in the northern area of Garching. A large part of the northern section of the U6 runs above ground, the remaining part completely in tunnels.
  On 19 October 1971, the operation was recorded on the first main line with the U6 line. In the following years, twelve expansions or extensions were put into operation at irregular intervals.
context_section_description: After Giselastraße and Universität, the U3 crosses the U4 and U5 lines at Odeonsplatz. Since their route was planned later, the south end of the station had to be extensively rebuilt. From the new lower platform, staircases were built both directly to the entry floor and to the existing platform. This corridor is a serious bottleneck in the busy dual station.
  At the Marienplatz station, designed by Alexander von Branca, the S-Bahn lines S1-S8 are crossed, and due to the occupation and stadium traffic, it is often overloaded. The station is the busiest in the entire metro network. Therefore, and in view of the 2006 Football World Cup, the city council decided that "under its feet", directly under the town hall, two additional pedestrian tunnels should help equalize the crowd. The extension was inaugurated on 29 May 2006.
  At the Sendlinger Tor, the U1 and U2 lines crossed. Above the already built 35 years ago, Lindwurmtunnel, is the Goetheplatz station, which was also partially built before 1941, is reached. In this section of the tunnel, the wall bulges for the originally planned overhead pylons as well as the markings on the walls from its use as an air raid shelter during the Second World War are still recognizable. The following Poccistraße station (near the former suburban train station Munich South) was subsequently installed between the tunnels already in operation and opened on 28 May 1978, just under three years after the remainder of the line opened. At the Implerstraße station, the U3 and U6 lines separate again, here there is also, in the opposite direction, a single-track branch to the plant Theresienwiese, over which the route of the U4 / U5 is reached.
caption: Sendlinger Tor
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