Alte Oper is an underground station on the C Line of the Frankfurt U-Bahn. It is served by the U6 and U7, and is named after and serves the nearby Alte Oper concert hall.
Alte Oper  | ||||||||||||||||
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| Frankfurt U-Bahn station | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Opernplatz Innenstadt, Frankfurt am Main Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°06′56″N 8°40′10″E / 50.1155°N 8.6695°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | C III | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  : 64, N7 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes (Call a Bike) | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone |  : 5001[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 October 1986[2] | |||||||||||||||
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The station was designed by A.C. Walter,[3] and opened on 11 October 1986.[2] It echoes the Alte Oper's Renaissance Revival architecture with its arched, column-free design. It was the first station on the Frankfurt U-Bahn network to be built completely free of columns.[2]
Location
editThe station is located in the Innenstadt district of the city, under Opernplatz. The eastern entrances, including the station's lift, are located in the square itself, while the western entrances are on Bockenheimer Landstraße, at the intersection with Kettenhofweg.
The Taunusanlage S-Bahn station is located one block south of the square's western edge on Taunusanlage.
References
edit- ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Die Frankfurter U-Bahn 1968–2008" (Document) (in German). Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt. September 2008.
- ^ "U-Bahn-Architekt Artur C. Walter ist tot" [U-Bahn architect Artur C. Walter is dead] (in German). Frankfurter Neue Presse. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
External links
edit Media related to U-Bahnhof Alte Oper at Wikimedia Commons