History
Only in 1927 did construction start on Pre WWI era for a rapid transit line underneath Große Frankfurter Straße (the present-day Karl-Marx-Allee). The design was planned and led by Johannes Bousset. The first section between Alexanderplatz and Friedrichsfelde, then named line E, was inaugurated on December 21, 1930 (However, it is not shown on the Pharus-Plan 1930 map).
During the time when Berlin was divided, the U5 was the only line to fall entirely within East Berlin, and the only line to be actively extended by the East German authorities. Work on this extension was started in 1969. On June 6, 1973, the first extension was opened, to Tierpark station, serving the Tierpark zoo. The final extension, partly over the route of an abandoned section of the VnK Railway, to the developing areas in the boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf, went into service on July 1, 1988 (Elsterwerdaer Platz) and July 1, 1989 (Hönow). After the unification of East and West Berlin on October 3, 1990 the line was renumbered as U5.
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