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U5 in Berlin came in so late that connecting the part they managed to finish became a whole second project. In Koln a tunnel for the Stadtbahn caused a buildin
by bobthepanda 5y ago
U5 in Berlin came in so late that connecting the part they managed to finish became a whole second project.
In Koln a tunnel for the Stadtbahn caused a building to collapse and has delayed the full operation of the tunnel.
- pantalaimon 5y agoAnd they completely abandoned the extension further west for which the stations Turmstraße and Jungfernheide were prepared for - it’s now replaced by a Tram line that will arrive there no earlier than 2028
- rob74 5y agoActually the story is even more absurd: the "part they managed to finish" was originally built together with a car and long-distance rail tunnel in the late nineties. Then they were forced to finish it and operate it for a few years as a completely senseless 3-station line not connected to the rest of the network, because otherwise Berlin would have had to pay back the federal subsidies they received for building the original tunnel.