Next Stop: Freie Universität
Berlin Public Transport Company Renames Subway Station: Thielplatz on Line U3 Becomes Freie Universität Berlin
Mar 17, 2017
As of Sunday, when the new train schedules took effect, the subway station “Thielplatz” was renamed "Freie Universität."
Image Credit: Bernd Wannenmacher
As of Sunday, December 11, when the new train schedules took effect, the Berlin Public Transport Company (BVG) renamed the subway station “Thielplatz” on Line U3 to "Freie Universität." The station is just around the corner from the first main building of the university founded in 1948 on the Dahlem campus. "With more than 30,000 students, Freie Universität is one of the three major universities in Berlin and has an outstanding reputation as an educational institution worldwide," said a spokesperson for the BVG. To facilitate orientation, the traditional name "Thielplatz" is being retained as an additional name.
The subway station Thielplatz is one of several stations on Line 3 that are above ground. When it was first opened in October 1913, it was named after the adjacent park, Thiel Park. The Executive Board of Freie Universität and the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf had been urging for several years that it be renamed after the university.
This text was originally published on December 09, 2016, as a press release.