page_title: Stammstrecke 1 (Munich U-Bahn)
section_title: South (U3)
hierarchical_section_title: Stammstrecke 1 (Munich U-Bahn) / Course / South (U3)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Fürstenried West; südlicher Endpunkt der U3
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: From the three-track branching station Implerstraße, the U3 leads almost exactly to the south. The next station, Brudermühlstraße, was built together with the overlying Brudermühltunnel of the Middle Ring, which is why it lies relatively deep in the groundwater. An old millstone in the block level is a reminder of the tradition of the street. At the Thalkirchen (Tierpark) station, animal motifs, designed by Ricarda Dietz, on the tracks back walls give reference to the nearby Tierpark Hellabrunn. On the south side, a ramp leads from the underground station to the mezzanine level and continues towards the Isar and Zoo.
  Climbing the banks of the Isar, a little less than 30 vertical meters, the U3 reaches the columnless Obersendling station, a point of connection to the Siemenswerke S-Bahn station. Obersendling was the first station in which the planners of the subway unit left the bored pile walls open as a design element, painted in reddish brown. The following station, Aidenbachstraße, is characterized by twelve broken mirror surfaces, which are arranged according to the center pillars. Similar to Obersendling, the bored pile walls were painted burgundy red at the now following Machtlfinger Straße station, and decorated with art objects from Rupprecht Geiger. A special feature of the not very low station is its two large skylights.
  The next station, Forstenrieder Allee, is similar to the one on Aidenbachstraße, but shows pictures by the artist Helmut Pfeuffer. On Basler Straße, the cartoonist Ernst Hürlimann has immortalized himself in the form of a red devil, alluding to figures of the Basel Fasnacht. The elevator shaft also lets in a lot of daylight on the platform. At the end station, Fürstenried West, was the first use of a novel lighting concept, which distributes two-thirds of the light indirectly via large reflectors onto the platform.
caption: Fürstenried West: Southern endpoint of the U3
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