Märkisches Museum is a 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...

 station located on the in the Mitte

Mitte (locality)

Mitte is a central locality of Berlin in the homonymous district of Mitte. Until 2001 it was itself an autonomous district....

 district. Since 1935 it has been named after the nearby municipal museum of the history of Berlin

History of Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany. Berlin is a young city by European standards, founded in the 12th century.-Early history:*98 AD: Tacitus described the territory of Germania. What is now Berlin, in ancient times was well outside the frontiers of the Roman Empire...

 and the Mark Brandenburg

Margraviate of Brandenburg

The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806. Also known as the March of Brandenburg , it played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe....

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History

The station, then called Inselbrücke, opened on 1 July 1913 in the course of the eastern continuation of Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

's second U-Bahn line from Spittelmarkt to Alexanderplatz. Architect Alfred Grenander

Alfred Grenander

Alfred Frederik Elias Grenander, , was one of the most prominent architects during the first building period of the Berlin U-Bahn in the first half of the twentieth century....

 designed a vaulted hall relatively deep beneath street level due to the adjacent Spree

Spree

The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic...

 underpass leading to Klosterstrasse. It is one of only 2 Berlin U-Bahn stations with no central columns, the other being Platz der Luftbrücke

Platz der Luftbrücke (Berlin U-Bahn)

Platz der Luftbrücke is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the . It is located under Platz der Luftbrücke and the south end of Mehringdamm on the border between Kreuzberg and Tempelhof, near the former Tempelhof International Airport, and is now named for the square there with its memorial to the...

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Current Operations

Märkisches Museum is operated by BVG

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe

The is the main public transport company of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It manages the city's U-Bahn underground railway, tram, bus and ferry networks, but not the S-Bahn urban rail system....

, the provider of most of Berlin's rapid transit. Situated on the line, trains from Märkisches Museum serve Pankow

Pankow (Berlin U-Bahn)

Berlin-Pankow is a station on the Berlin–Szczecin railway, situated in Berlin's Pankow district. It is served by the S-Bahn lines , and and is the northern terminus of the U-Bahn line . But the next extension could terminate at Ossietzkyplatz.-Overview:...

 to the north, stopping at significant destinations such as Alexanderplatz, and Ruhleben

Ruhleben (Berlin U-Bahn)

Ruhleben is a Berlin U-Bahn station in the Westend district. It is the western terminus of the line.The elevated station designed by Alfred Grenander opened on December 22, 1929...

 to the west, stopping at Potsdamer Platz, Kurfürstendamm

Kurfürstendamm (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kurfürstendamm is an underground station, part of the Berlin U-Bahn network in Germany. It is on the and line and opened on August 28, 1961, when the first section of the U9 between Spichernstraße and Leopoldplatz was inaugurated...

 and the Olympic Stadium

Olympia-Stadion (Berlin U-Bahn)

Olympia-Stadion is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the line in the Westend district. It serves Berlin's Olympic Stadium, where football matches and other events are regularly held...

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