U bahn 

11 creative works found

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  Berlin Underground...
  by Nuh Sarche

  Picture of a moving underground train in Berlin, called U-Bahn… The Berlin U-Bahn is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of the capital. Opened in 1902, the U-Bahn serves 170 stations spread across nine lines, with a total track length of 151.7 kilometres (94.3 mi), about 80% of which is underground. Trains run every four to five minutes during peak hours, every five minutes for the rest of the day and every ten minutes in the evening and on sunday. They travel 132 million km (83 million mi), carrying 400 million passengers, over the year. The entire system is maintained and operated by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, commonly known as the BVG. Designed to alleviate traffic flowing into and out of central Berlin, the U-Bahn rapidly expanded until the city was divided into East and West Berlin at the end of World War II. Although the system initially remained open to residents of both sides, the construction of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent restrictions imposed by the East German government limited travel across the border: The East Berlin U-Bahn lines were severed from West Berlin; while two West Berlin lines that ran through East Berlin were allowed to pass through without stopping, although the stations were closed, with the exception of Friedrichstraße, used as a transfer point and a border crossing into East Berlin. The system was reopened completely following the fall of the Berlin Wall, and German reunification. As of 2007, the Berlin U-Bahn is the most extensive underground network in Germany. True to its original goal, it has been calculated that, in 2006, use of the U-Bahn amounted to the equivalent of 122.2 million km (76 million mi) of car journeys. Now thoroughly modernised after years of neglect during the Cold War, it serves as the main transportation method of the capital.

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  train
  by Ldoteric

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  Ausgang
  by StudioDestruct

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  Karlsplatz
  by Stephen Oravec

  Ships Worldwide / Canon PowerShot A650 IS (camera original) / 2008, Scattered Photos Series 1

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  The Long Way Home
  by nixArt

  - taken in Stuttgart, Germany – see more of my work on http://www.flickr.com/photos/79055297@N00/

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  Approaching subway train
  by Per Ove Sleen

  This is the start picture in a graphic novel I just started drawing. The name of the baby is “The St. Pauli Blues” and the episode is called “The Accountant”. / I am planning to have this made for myself (as soon as I can afford) huge!...most likely a print from the bubble of course. I have now finally seen some of their prints in real life, and I must say I am impressed and wants a few for my studio… / The drawing was both sketched and inked directly on to the final paper used for the actual inking process. / But first I printed a very weak copy of the contours of the photo I used for reference (found on Flickr) on to the paper. I traced the contours of the photo by hand trace on my home made light table, and then scanned them. I also had a copy of the photo on screen as I was sketching and inking to look at for the details. / The paper in question is Canson XL Marker paper. / It’s a A4 70g 100 sheets of paper pad. I do warmly recommend this product for working with markers. / The pens used for this final rendering is exclusively Edding pens of various thickness and dynamics. The Edding series is another product I recommend for artists at all levels. They are refillable (not the real thin ones…but they last very long), and has an incredible dynamic range. It is no problem faking brush strokes at all if wanted. The ink is real good and pitch black.. and they are very much avilable all over. They beat Sharpies by a long stretch on all the important issues. I hope the picture is to some ones taste, to an extend where they’d like to stick it on their living room wall….or the loo :-) Thanks for checking out my art….have a nice and creative life all of you

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  Reykjavik Metro
  by Schliemann

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  U-Bahn station...
  by polaroids

  The Berlin U-Bahn is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of the capital. Opened in 1902, the U-Bahn serves 170 stations (station at this photo is called Potsdamer Platz) spread across nine lines, with a total track length of 151.7 kilometres (94.3 mi), about 80% of which is underground. Trains run every two to five minutes during peak hours, every five minutes for the rest of the day and every ten minutes in the evening and on sunday. They travel 132 million km (83 million mi), carrying 400 million passengers, over the year. The entire system is maintained and operated by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, commonly known as the BVG. Designed to alleviate traffic flowing into and out of central Berlin, the U-Bahn rapidly expanded until the city was divided into East and West Berlin at the end of World War II. Although the system initially remained open to residents of both sides, the construction of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent restrictions imposed by the East German government limited travel across the border: The East Berlin U-Bahn lines were severed from West Berlin; while two West Berlin lines that ran through East Berlin were allowed to pass through without stopping, although the stations were closed, with the exception of Friedrichstraße, used as a transfer point and a border crossing into East Berlin. The system was reopened completely following the fall of the Berlin Wall, and German reunification. As of 2007, the Berlin U-Bahn is the most extensive underground network in Germany. True to its original goal, it has been calculated that, in 2006, use of the U-Bahn amounted to the equivalent of 122.2 million km (76 million mi) of car journeys.

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  U-Bahn in Berlin...
  by polaroids

  History of the Berlin U-Bahn… The construction of the Berlin U-Bahn occurred in three major phases: 1. Up to 1913 – the construction of the Kleinprofil (small profile) network in Berlin, Charlottenburg, Schöneberg, and Wilmersdorf 2. Up to 1930 – the introduction of the Großprofil (large profile) network that established the first North-South lines 3. From 1953 on – further development after the Second World War At the end of the 19th century, city planners in Berlin were looking for solutions to the increasing traffic problems facing the city. As potential solutions, industrialist and inventor Werner von Siemens suggested the construction of elevated railways, while AEG proposed an underground system. Berlin city administrators feared an underground would damage the sewers, favouring an elevated railway following the path of the former city walls; however, the neighbouring city of Charlottenburg did not share Berlin’s fears, and disliked the idea of an elevated railway running along Tauentzienstraße. Years of negotiations followed until, on 10 September 1896, work began on a mostly-elevated railway to run between Stralauer Tor and Zoologischer Garten, with a short spur to Potsdamer Platz. Known as the “Stammstrecke”, the route was inaugurated on 15 February 1902, to immediate popularity. Before the year ended, the railway had been extended: by 17 August, east to Warschauer Brücke (Warschauer Straße); and, by 14 December, west to Knie (Ernst-Reuter-Platz). Charlottenburg extended the line further westwards: by 1906, it had reached the town hall at Wilhelmplatz (Richard-Wagner-Platz); by 1908, Reichskanzlerplatz (Theodor-Heuss-Platz); and, by 3 November 1912, Sportpark (Olympia-Stadion). In Berlin’s city centre, Potsdamer Platz was disconnected — to be replaced by Leipziger Platz (Potsdamer Platz) — to allow an extension to the spur. The line underneath Leipziger Straße to Spittelmarkt opened in 1908; it was extended to Alexanderplatz by July 1913, with the Wilhelmplatz – Alexanderplatz route swiftly become the most popular of the Berlin U-Bahn. Three-and-a-half weeks later, on 27 July 1913, the northern extension to the S-bahn station (Schönhauser Allee) on Nordring was also opened. In a bid to secure its own improvement, Schöneberg also wanted a connection to Berlin. The elevated railway company did not believe such a line would be profitable, so the city took it upon itself to build the first local underground in Germany. Running as a subsurface railway from Hauptstraße, the 2.9 km (1.8 mi) line needed a second, underground station at its Nollendorfplatz terminus, since the established station there was part of the elevated railway. The line took two years to construct; it was opened on 1 December 1910. Just a few months earlier, work began on a fourth line to link Wilmersdorf in the south-west to the growing Berlin U-Bahn. Originally planned as a line from Wittenbergplatz to Breitenbachplatz, Wilmersdorf paid for the line to reach as far as Thielplatz. As a concession to Charlottenburg for travelling through the city, the construction of a track from Wittenbergplatz, under the Kurfürstendamm, to Uhlandstraße was also agreed upon. Both lines were opened on 12 October 1913; these were the last to open before the outbreak of World War I — and the subsequent economic difficulties faced by Germany — that prevented any further additions to the Berlin U-Bahn for ten years.

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  Station
  by Stephen Oravec

  Ships Worldwide / Canon PowerShot A650 IS (camera original) / 2008, Scattered Photos Series 2

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  Berlin Pankow...
  by Nuh Sarche