U5 (Berlin U-Bahn)

Two trains at Hönow, the eastern terminus of the U5

Overview

Locale

Termini

Stations

26

Service

Type

System

Operator(s)

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe

Depot(s)

Friedrichsfelde
Hönow

Rolling stock

History

Opened

21 December 1930

Last extension

4 December 2020

Technical

Line length

22.1 km (13.7 mi)

1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge

Großprofil

Electrification

750 V DC third rail (bottom running)

Route map

				4.3	Reversing point
				3.7	Hauptbahnhof
					Spree
				3.1	Bundestag
				2.3	Brandenburger Tor
				1.8	Unter den Linden
					Spreekanal
				1.2	Museumsinsel
					Spree
				0.4	Rotes Rathaus
				0.0	Alexanderplatz
				0.6	Schillingstraße
				1.4	Strausberger Platz
				2.3	Weberwiese
				2.9	Frankfurter Tor
				3.6	Samariterstraße
				4.4	Frankfurter Allee
				5.2	Magdalenenstraße
				5.9	Lichtenberg
				7.1	Friedrichsfelde
					Friedrichsfelde Depot
				8.3	Tierpark
				10.2	Biesdorf-Süd
				11.3	Elsterwerdaer Platz
					to Westkreuz
				12.7	Wuhletal
					to Strausberg Nord
				14.1	Kaulsdorf-Nord
				15.0	Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)
				15.8	Cottbusser Platz
				16.5	Hellersdorf
				17.4	Louis-Lewin-Straße
					Hönow Depot
				18.4	Hönow

U5 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn. It runs from Hauptbahnhof in Mitte eastwards through Alexanderplatz, Friedrichshain, Lichtenberg and Friedrichsfelde, surfaces in Biesdorf-Süd to pass Kaulsdorf and Hellersdorf above ground and finally reaches city limits at Hönow.