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At the terminus Feldmoching there is a
junction to the surface S-Bahn line. The architecture expresses
friendliness and brightness. In the middle of the station there is
large space to the mezzanine around the escalator.
The ceiling above the platform in the blue coloured
Hasenbergl station is formed as a reflecting canopy
screen, similar to the one at Fürstenried-West station (U3). There are
open connections to the mezzanines on both sides.
The mezzanine in the multi-coloured
Dülferstraße station is like a balcony in the western
section of the platform hall. There is also an entrance at the east
end of the station which leads to a new housing area.
The entrance with escalator in the north end of
Harthof station is also formed as a balcony. Daylight
reaches the platform on this side. Another mezzanine is at the
opposite end of the platform. There are no central supports in this
station.
The ceiling at Am Hart station is shaped as
wings of a bird. The escalator is at the south entrance.
The platform hall at Frankfurter Ring
station is very high .From the mezzanine with the escalator on the
north side you look down on the platform. There is also an entrance at
the south end of the station.
At Milbershofen station the arrangement of
the lightning is unusual. The escalator is also at the north entrance.
The next station is Scheidplatz with the intersection to
line U3. Description and picture can be seen at Munich U-Bahn line U3.
The first section of the U2-North from Scheidplatz to
Dülferstraße was opened on November 20, 1993 with five stations. The
next two stations to Feldmoching were finished on October 26, 1996.
The section Scheidplatz - Hauptbahnhof - Innsbrucker Ring opened on
October 18, 1980, as a part of the line to Neuperlach-Süd station.
Most of the stations finished in 1980 look similar to
Hohenzollernplatz station. There is a difference in the
colours and the formation of the central pillars.
Josephsplatz station is also a typical
station of the 1980 section.
At Theresienstraße station there is a high
space in the area of the entrance in the middle of the platform
hall. This station is in level -3.
The next station Königsplatz is different
in its appearance. Because of the museums around the station there are
paintings on the wall and sculptures on the platform. In the space
above the platform hall there is a subterranean art gallery as an
extension of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbach Haus.
From Hauptbahnhof to Kolumbusplatz station the U2 runs on
the same tracks as line U1. Description and pictures can be seen at
Munich U-Bahn line U1.
The next four stations beyond Kolumbusplatz are further
typical stations of the line opened in
1980. Silberhornstraße station has no central supports,
Untersbergstraße station has only one entrance in the
middle of the platform hall.
At Giesing (Bahnhof) station there is a
connection to the surface S-Bahn. The mezzanine of that station is
above the whole platform with openings to the lower level.
Karl-Preis-Platz is normal central platform
station with entrances on both sides.
Innsbrucker Ring station is like
Scheidplatz station a intersection station with four tracks and two
platforms in one level. The line U2 (and the lines U7, U8) uses the
inner tracks, the line U5 the outer ones. From here the
main-traffic-line U8 runs together with line U5 to Neuperlach-Zentrum
station.
From Innsbrucker Ring a new branch was built to the
former airport area at Riem. A new convention center and a housing
area now fill this place. This branch-line with six stations opened on
May 29, 1999.
The red coloured Josephsplatz station is in
a curve. The mezzanines are open to the platform level with the
escalator in the west side.
The ceiling at Kreillerstraße station is
like the Fürstenried-West and Hasenbergl station suspended with
reflective metal boards. The platform hall is high with mezzanines
like balconies on both sides. The escalator in also on the western
side.
The Trudering station is built in the
mine-tunneling, shotcrete construction with two station tube
tunnels. There is a connection to the surface S-Bahn line.
The high platform hall in red colours of
Moosfeld station has also mezzanines with open space to
the lower level.
The platform hall at Messestadt-West
station is very large and high. Openings in the ceiling let the
daylight flow inside the station. The walls in fair-faced concrete
architecture are coloured in red.
The Messestadt-Ost terminus is also with a
large platform hall in fair-faced concrete architecture. A reflective
ceiling is suspended about the platform.
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