Münchner Freiheit (Munich U-Bahn)

Münchner Freiheit
Location
Place	Alt-Schwabing
Borough	Schwabing-Freimann
Operations
Serviced by	U3, U6
Platforms in use	4

Münchner Freiheit is a Munich U-Bahn interchange station in the Munich borough of Schwabing-Freimann. Here, the U3 and U6 subway lines part, with U3 continuing west towards Scheidplatz and U6 continuing north towards Freimann. The station serves as a major interchange for northern Munich.

Underground, the station consists of two island platforms, each servicing two tracks.

On the surface, a bus and tram terminal is located on the corner of Leopoldstraße and Feilitschstraße. This is the southern terminus of route of the Munich tramway, which opened in 2009 and continues north towards the Parkstadt Schwabing office and residential development.^[1][2]

As of 2009, the station is undergoing major refurbishing work, both on the concourse and platform levels which necessitated a complicated schedule of platform closure. The work is expected to be finished at Christmas 2009.^{[dated info]}

Name

The station is named for the eponymous square located on the eastern side of Leopoldstraße.

References

1. ^ Pulling, Neil (November 2010). "System Factfile 38: Munich, Germany". Tramways & Urban Transit (Ian Allan Ltd / Light Rail Transit Association): pp. 419–421. 
2. ^ "Munich tram network". MVG. http://www.mvg-mobil.de/netzplaene/images/tramnetz.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2011. 

Preceding station		U-Bahn		Following station
Giselastraße toward Fürstenried West		U3		Bonner Platz toward Moosach
Giselastraße toward Klinikum Großhadern		U6		Dietlindenstraße toward Garching-Forschungszentrum

Coordinates: 48°09′41″N 11°35′11″E / 48.16139°N 11.58639°E / 48.16139; 11.58639