Alt-Tegel is a

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located on the .t It was constructed by B. Grimmek and opened as "Tegel" station in 1958. In 1992, the station was renamed to Alt-Tegel (''Old Tegel''). The

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station Berlin-Tegel is located nearly 600 meters away. The renaming of the Tegel U-Bahn station perhaps occurred to avoid confusion. The station is located at the end of the U6 line. It has eight exits, and is an important station for people who want to go to the Tegeler See, a recreation site in

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History

Even though line U6 only opened in 1923, by the 1930s there were already plans by the city of Berlin to extend the U6 to

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and to

Tegel Tegel () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf on the shore of Lake Tegel. The Tegel locality, the second largest in area (after Köpenick) of the 96 Berlin districts, also includes the neighbourhood of ''Saatwinke ...

. Construction work for an extension began in 1929 on Müllerstraße. Due to the imminent global economic crisis and the resulting financial consequences for the city of Berlin, the work stopped. The result was a roughly 400-meter-long tunnel. After the Second World War, the BVG planned a extensive expansion of the Berlin U-Bahn. In the first stage, line C (U6), which then ended at Grenzallee and Seestraße. Construction began for an extension to Tegel on 26 October 1953. The extension was done in two stages. First, the section Seestraße - Kurt-Schumacher-Platz, followed by the part above ground section Kurt-Schumacher-Platz - Borsigwerke then underground to Alt-Tegel. The second section included the stations Scharnweberstraße (above ground), Seidelstraße (now: Otisstraße, aboveground), Holzhauser Straße (above ground), Borsigwerke (underground) and terminus Tegel, which was also underground. In 1995, when the S-Bahn line to Henningsdorf was reopened, the U-Bahn station was renamed Alt-Tegel to avoid confusion with the S-Bahn station Tegel .

References

{{coord, 52, 35, 22, N, 13, 17, 01, E, display=title, region:DE-BE_type:landmark_source:dewiki U6 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Reinickendorf Railway stations in Germany opened in 1958