U3 (Berlin U-Bahn)

A southbound U3 train approaching Freie Universität (Thielplatz)
Overview
LocaleBerlin
Termini
Stations24
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBerlin U-Bahn
Operator(s)Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Depot(s)
  • Grunewald
  • Warschauer Straße
History
Opened12 October 1913 (1913-10-12)
Last extension22 December 1929 (1929-12-22)
Separated
from U1
12 December 2004 (2004-12-12)
Technical
Line length18.9 km (11.7 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Loading gaugeKleinprofil
Electrification750 V DC third rail (top running)
Route map

8.7
Warschauer Straße
Depot
7.9
Schlesisches Tor
7.0
Görlitzer Bahnhof
6.3
Kottbusser Tor
5.4
Prinzenstraße*
4.4
Hallesches Tor
3.9
Möckernbrücke
3.3
Gleisdreieck
2.2
Kurfürstenstraße
1.7
Nollendorfplatz
0.0
Wittenbergplatz
0.6
Augsburger Straße
Nürnberger Platz
(closed 1959)
 
1.1
Spichernstraße
1.7
Hohenzollernplatz
2.5
Fehrbelliner Platz
3.7
Heidelberger Platz
4.5
Rüdesheimer Platz
5.3
Breitenbachplatz
6.3
Podbielskiallee
7.2
Dahlem-Dorf
8.0
Freie Universität (Thielplatz)
9.0
Oskar-Helene-Heim
10.0
Onkel Toms Hütte
11.1
Krumme Lanke
11.4
Overrun tracks
(*) Step-free eastbound only

U3 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn created in its current version on 7 May 2018.

The routing is largely the same as the previous U2 until 1993, but it runs from Krumme Lanke to Wittenbergplatz. The route was renumbered to U1 from 1993 to 2004. It was extended one station further east to Nollendorfplatz to enable trains to be reversed and to allow one-stop transfer to the U4 in 2003. On 7 May 2018, the U3 was extended to run with the U1 all the way to Warschauer Straße.