Karl-Preis-Platz station
48°07′05″N 11°36′31″E / 48.11806°N 11.60861°E
Karl-Preis-Platz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ramersdorf, Munich, Bavaria Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 55, 59, 145, 155 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | n/a | |||||||||||||||||||
| Category | Subway station | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | : M | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 18 October 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Karl-Preis-Platz is a Munich U-Bahn station on line U2. Since 12. December 2011 it is also used by the booster line U7 in the morning.
The station is situated below Claudius-Keller-Straße in the borough of Ramersdorf. The walls are covered by grey-beige-colored panels, the floor is paved with artificial gravels that resemble gravels from the river Isar. The pillars are covered by grey-beige-colored tiles. The ceiling has rows of neon tubes and is faced with aluminium lamellae. At the western end you can get to the surface using a ramp. At the eastern end you use stairs to get to a mezzanine. From there you can reach the junction Claudius-Keller-Straße/Rosenheimer Straße.
The station was named after the Karl-Preis-Platz which was named after Karl Sebastian Preis (SPD), town councilor in Munich and founder of the local building society GEWOFAG.