Siemensdamm (Berlin U-Bahn)
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Siemensdamm is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn
line U7
, located in the Spandau
district. It was opened on October 1, 1980 (designed by R.G.Rümmler) with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz
to Rohrdamm. The station is named after an arterial street, which itself is named after Werner von Siemens. The company he founded, Siemens AG
, has many facilities in the station's surroundings.
The station is constructed as a "Multi-Purpose Facility". It is prepared and partially stocked to be used as a NBC shelter
. It is specified to sustain 4,332 people for 14 days. The next station is Halemweg
.
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...
line U7
U7
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, located in the Spandau
Spandau
Spandau is the fifth of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.-Overview:...
district. It was opened on October 1, 1980 (designed by R.G.Rümmler) with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz
Richard-Wagner-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
Richard-Wagner-Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the in the Charlottenburg district.The original station opened on May 14, 1906 under the name Wilhelmplatz, together with Deutsche Oper the first of several U-Bahn stations designed by Alfred Grenander...
to Rohrdamm. The station is named after an arterial street, which itself is named after Werner von Siemens. The company he founded, Siemens AG
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
, has many facilities in the station's surroundings.
The station is constructed as a "Multi-Purpose Facility". It is prepared and partially stocked to be used as a NBC shelter
Fallout shelter
A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Many such shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War....
. It is specified to sustain 4,332 people for 14 days. The next station is Halemweg
Halemweg (Berlin U-Bahn)
Halemweg is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7, located in the Charlottenburg-Nord district. It was opened on October 1, 1980 with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. The eponymous neighborhood street is named after Resistance fighter Nikolaus Christoph von Halem, who...
.