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My favourite thing about U7 is the Jungfernheide station. It sort of quite bland and even neglected but... it hides an extra platform that was supposed to conne

My favourite thing about U7 is the Jungfernheide station. It sort of quite bland and even neglected but... it hides an extra platform that was supposed to connect centre of the city with Berlin Airport (now sadly closed). The station also used to connect to Siemensbahn which is a totally dilapidated and forgotten train line with a huge historical significance for the city.

dkarp 6y ago
Which airport was that? Tempelhof?
- mpweiher 6y ago
  Tegel. Tempelhof has a subway station right in front of it. Crying emoji
  - dkarp 6y ago
    I didn’t realise Tegel finally closed! What a dream airport that was
    - dkersten 6y ago
      Oh wow, they closed it last November? I hadn’t realised. I flew through there the last time I was in Berlin, January of last year (was supposed to go again during the summer but then covid prevented that)
f6v 6y ago
My favorite station in Berlin is where they don’t shoot drugs or smoke. Not that many, actually.
- odiroot 6y ago
  Try looking around Friedenau, one of the most peaceful and posh parts of the inner city.
- fleaaaa 6y ago
  Welcome to U8 Schoenleinstr! Believe or not it was used to be okay for me just 4~5 years ago.. now it's almost same as cesspit.
  - hacliff 6y ago
    I lived off Schönleinstraße and can attest to this. I heard it was due to a crackdown in Hermanplatz pushing people one stop over?
    - odiroot 6y ago
      Also crackdown and constant police presence on Kotti.
    - ostenning 6y ago
      I think it’s more because of the police at Kotti
  - f6v 6y ago
    I haven’t been to SF, but I heard that excrements are essential for being a startup capital.
philplckthun 6y ago
For what it's worth, I believe there are plans to reactivate the Siemensbahn tracks for a new line by 2025... or so I've read? Can't quite remember.
- ahartmetz 6y ago
  Quite appropriately, there are plans to reactivate it to serve the new Siemens research campus that is currently under construction.

dkarp 6y ago

Which airport was that? Tempelhof?

mpweiher 6y ago
Tegel. Tempelhof has a subway station right in front of it. Crying emoji
- dkarp 6y ago
  I didn’t realise Tegel finally closed! What a dream airport that was
  - dkersten 6y ago
    Oh wow, they closed it last November? I hadn’t realised. I flew through there the last time I was in Berlin, January of last year (was supposed to go again during the summer but then covid prevented that)

f6v 6y ago

My favorite station in Berlin is where they don’t shoot drugs or smoke. Not that many, actually.

odiroot 6y ago
Try looking around Friedenau, one of the most peaceful and posh parts of the inner city.
fleaaaa 6y ago
Welcome to U8 Schoenleinstr! Believe or not it was used to be okay for me just 4~5 years ago.. now it's almost same as cesspit.
- hacliff 6y ago
  I lived off Schönleinstraße and can attest to this. I heard it was due to a crackdown in Hermanplatz pushing people one stop over?
  - odiroot 6y ago
    Also crackdown and constant police presence on Kotti.
  - ostenning 6y ago
    I think it’s more because of the police at Kotti
- f6v 6y ago
  I haven’t been to SF, but I heard that excrements are essential for being a startup capital.

philplckthun 6y ago

For what it's worth, I believe there are plans to reactivate the Siemensbahn tracks for a new line by 2025... or so I've read? Can't quite remember.

ahartmetz 6y ago
Quite appropriately, there are plans to reactivate it to serve the new Siemens research campus that is currently under construction.