Kurt-Schumacher-Platz is a station on the line of the Berlin U-Bahn

Berlin U-Bahn

The Berlin is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of that city. Opened in 1902, the serves 173 stations spread across ten lines, with a total track length of , about 80% of which is underground...

. There is a bus

Bus

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 link outside the station connecting Berlin

Berlin

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's Tegel International Airport to the U-Bahn network. The station was opened on May 3, 1956 and named after famous German

Germany

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 politician

Politician

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 Kurt Schumacher

Kurt Schumacher

Dr. Kurt Schumacher , was chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1946 and first Leader of the Opposition in the West German Bundestag parliament from 1949 until his death...

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The station was built by B. Grimmek, and has yellow tiles on the wall. The U6 extension between Seestrasse (Berlin U-Bahn) and Kurt-Schumacher-Platz was the first new subway line built after World War II

World War II

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 in Berlin. After this station, the U6 trains travel above ground towards Alt-Tegel

Alt-Tegel (Berlin U-Bahn)

Alt-Tegel is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the .It was constructed by B. Grimmek and opened as "Tegel" station in 1958. In 1992, the station was renamed to Alt-Tegel...

 (except that Borsigwerke

Borsigwerke (Berlin U-Bahn)

Borsigwerke is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the .This station was built by B. Grimmek and opened in 1958. The northern entrance was integrated into the famous brick entrance building of the Borsig Factory . The walls of the platform are covered with yellow tiles.- Notes :...

and Alt-Tegel stations are underground).