New Route Links
The BVG and innovation
The extension of the U2 line northwards from the Vinetastraße metro station (U-Bahn) to the new Pankow metro and urban rail station (S/U-Bahn) creates another link in the transport network. The Pankow metro station opened on 16 September 2000.
Berlin's Parliament and Government district will be connected to the metro system via the extension of the U5 line from the Alexanderplatz metro and urban rail station (S/U-Bahn) to the Berlin Hauptbahnhof urban rail station (S-Bahn). This metro extension will close the corridor in the city centre between the urban rail line to the north and the U2 metro line to the south.
Plans call for the extension to have six new metro stations:
Berliner Rathaus, Spreeinsel, Unter den Linden, Brandenburger Tor, Reichstag, and Hauptbahnhof/Lehrter Bahnhof.
Municipal land-use planning also ensures the right of way for additional potential routes that make sense from current perspectives.