Klosterstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Platform of the subway station

The entrance of U-Bahn station Klosterstraße

Klosterstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U2 in the central Mitte district. The eponymous street is named after the Graues Kloster, a medieval Franciscan abbey, which later hosted the Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster.

The station opened on 1 July 1913 in the course of the eastern continuation of Berlin's second U-Bahn line from Spittelmarkt to Alexanderplatz. Architect Alfred Grenander planned a station featuring three tracks serving a branch-off toward eastbound Große Frankfurter Straße that had never been built and in 1930 was replaced by the U5 line. Today the broad platform between the two tracks with its asymmetric row of pillars is a reminiscence of the original design.

The well-preserved station received a protected landmark status as early as in 1975. It was extensively restored in its original style prior to Berlin's 750 years jubilee in 1987, including the installation of a historic A-I type car of the U4 line at the northern entrance. All signs of this station sell "Klosterstrasse".

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Preceding station		Berlin U-Bahn		Following station
Märkisches Museum toward Ruhleben		U2		Alexanderplatz toward Pankow