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Pedestrian tunnel in Marienplatz Station, Munich, Germany Pedestrian tunnel in Marienplatz Station, Munich, Germany

It's been estimated that more than 175,000 passengers use Marienplatz Station on a typical weekday, making it probably the busiest stop in Munich's U-bahn rail system. Good thing that the station, originally opened in 1971, was expanded beginning in 2003 with additional pedestrian tunnels like this one. We're looking down one of the two long 'extension tubes' that resemble something out of a Kubrick film.

This retro design was intentional – the construction expands on the original architecture of the station's platforms, with bright orange tile, black trim and snaking lines of ceiling lights. The tunnels were finished in time for one of the main reasons for the expansion – the 2006 World Cup (and all those teeming football fans) held right here in Munich.


In October 1966 construction was started, finishing in October 1971 as part of the new S-Bahn network for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Until early 2003 there were almost no further refurbishments done at the station. From 2003 to 2006, the platforms of the U-Bahn were widened to expand passenger capacity and were lifted by 4 cm to secure same-level boarding.

The increase in traffic and the new Allianz Arena also required a larger capacity of this already overcrowded pivotal transfer station. New pedestrian tunnels were built, which provide more room for passengers transferring from and to the S-Bahn. They lie parallel to the existing platforms and are connected to them by 11 portals. At the south end, they meet the transverse tunnel, where the escalators to the S-Bahn platforms are located.

Under the Zweite Stammstrecke ("Second main line") tunnel project, Marienplatz station is to be connected to a second station further north, Marienhof, via the enlarged subway access tunnels on the fourth level.

Parts the music video for Four Out of Five by the Arctic Monkeys features the station as Alex Turner walks down a tunnel called the U-Bahn.

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