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The surface Garching Hochbrück station
opened on October 28, 1995. This is the first station outside Munich
in the city Garching, The extension with 2 stations to Garching
Forschungsgelände will be mainly in tunnel and is scheduled to be
completed in 2006. The surface section up to Fröttmaning station is
about 4000 meters.
The first Fröttmaning station opened on
June 30, 1994. This station now is demolished and a new station with four
tracks and two platform is built, because in 2006 a new football
stadium will be opened nearby. The western platform was completed on
May 17, 2004.
Kieferngarten was the terminus station from
October 19, 1971 until 1994. Station with 4 tracks and 2 platforms. A
control center, or "tower" in New York parlance, is north of this
station.
The next two stations Freimann and
Studentenstadt are on the surface. This section was
orginally built for the tram in 1962, but it had been rebuilt for the
U-Bahn. South of Studentenstadt station the U-Bahn trains go
underground.
Alte Heide station is typical for the first
Munich underground stations. The first section
Kieferngarten--Goetheplatz of the Munich U-Bahn opened on October 19,
1971 with three surface and 10 subway stations. The tunnel Alte
Heide--Giselastraße was built in cut-and-cover method.
Nordfriedhof station has two side
platforms, Dietlindenstraße, a central platform like
most of the Munich underground stations.
At Münchner Freiheit station the Lines U6
and U3 unite. The outer of the four tracks are used by line U3, the
inner ones by line U6. The platform hall is wide and high.
The following stations Gieslastraße and
Universiät are also typically in the achitecture for the
first Munich underground section. Beyond Giselastraße station up to
Harras station the tunnel were mostly built in shield-tunneling
construction method.
At the south end of Odeonsplatz station
there is the connection to the lines U4 and U5. The U3/6 station is in
the upper level.
Marienplatz station is the most crowded
metro station in Munich. There are two platform tunnels in level
-4. The east-west S-Bahn tunnel intersects the metro tunnel. Two level
S-Bahn station, level -2 towards Ostbahnhof, level -3 towards
Hauptbahnhof.
At the Sendlinger Tor station, the lines U1
and U2 cross in the lower level.
Goetheplatz station is part of a tunnel
section built in 1938 for a north-south city-rail line, but never
completed. The tunnel portion finally had service when the Line U6
opened in 1971. The section Goetheplatz to Harras was opened on
November 22, 1975. The Poccistraße station was added
later and finished on May 28, 1978. This station was built in the
shield-tunneling constrcution method.
The next station is Implerstraße, with 3
tracks and 2 platforms without pillars. The outbound trains use the
side platform and the inbound trains the central platform (Line U3 use
the inner track.) Behind this stations the lines seperate and in the
north of the station there is a single track branch-line to the
Schwantheler Höhe station of U4 and U5 with railway sidings under the
Theresienwiese.
At Harras station there is a connection to
a surface S-Bahn line.
The U6 was extended in April 16, 1983 from Harras to
Holzapfelkreuth station, with three colourful formed station. This
section was called "flower line" because of the International Garden
Show (IGA 1983) which took place in this area. The stations are
Partnachplatz, Westpark and
Holzapfelskreuth.
Ten years later on May 22, 1993 the next extension of the
U6 west opened, with further three stations. The walls at the
Haderner Stern station are formed by glass blocks and on
the ceiling there are aluminium sheet reflectors.
At the Großhadern station the walls are
painted like the earth crust and the ceiling is formed by aluminium
slats.
The terminus station Klinikum Großhadern
has a colourful ceiling with slats and artistic painted walls. The
entrances of this station on the surface are marked by two
steel-and-glass pyramides.
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