25T31 Berlin’s U3, from Wilmersdorf to Dahlem

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E30, B25.

One-third of the 2025 travel summer is complete; 30 days done in Europe’s Schengen Zone, 60 more to go.

What is now the U3 line through southwest Berlin began life as an “brand new extension of transport service” into a growing part of the capital city in the early 20th-century. These are 5 to highlight here.

Heidelberger Platz, 1883.

Podbielskiallee, 1913.

Dahlem-Dorf, 1913.

Freie Universität (Thielplatz), 1913.

Krumme Lanke, 1929.

I’m learning about Alfred Grenander’s architectural fingerprints in Berlin, particularly with the U-Bahn stations which remain today.

Track level, U3 station Heidelberger Platz.
Images of Heidelberg appear in alcoves throughout the station. The image at centre is…
…a well-known and well-photographed motif: “view of Heidelberg from Philosophers’ Path”. I have fond memories of living there from 2001 to 2003.
U3 station Podbielskiallee.
The top of the weather vane says “1913”, and inside the white-U are 3 fish. The name appears in the German Fraktur font.
U3 station Dahlem-Dorf with its famous thatched roof.
Interior, U3 station Dahlem-Dorf.
Interior from street-level down to track-level, U3 station Dahlem-Dorf.
U3 station Freie Universität, originally called Thielplatz: entrance building.
U3 terminus (for now) Krumme Lanke, track-level.
In front of Krumme Lanke station at street level is an open plaza named after Alfred Grenander, who designed in 1929 this very modern-looking entry building for the station.
“Alfred Grenander (1863-1931), Swedish architect who designed around 70 stations for the Berlin elevated and underground railway from 1902 to 1931, as well as the entrance building at Krumme Lanke station.” This sign appears just outside Krumme Lanke station and next to Fischerhüttenstrasse.
U3 line map, from Krumme Lanke station (via QR by BVG). Intersections with U-Bahn and S-Bahn are shown, as well as travel times to other stations on the U3 line. In full operation, a complete one-way trip to Warschauer Straße is 40 minutes.

Except for the very final image (Perlschnur), I made all other images above with an iPhone15 on 7 June 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

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