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Above/featured: Photo, 21 Jun 2026.

With the division of the capital to West and East Berlin, the zoo-park Zoologischer Garten lay in the west. East German authorities opened in 1955 their own zoo-park Tierpark (“animal park”) in a swath of open space in Friedrichsfelde-Lichtenberg, about 8 km southeast from Alexanderplatz. Subsequently, East Berlin’s east-west underground transport U-Bahn line “E” commenced its eastwards expansion with the addition of Tierpark station. Construction for Tierpark station began in 1969 with inauguration for service in 1973. The station is the only underground station built by East German authorities. Today, Tierpark station is part of U-Bahn line U5 with renumbering and reorganization of the overall transport network after reunification of the two Berlins and the two Germanys in 1990. The city-state of Berlin designated the station as a historical monument under heritage protection in 2023.

U-Bhf Tierpark

Concourse-level: “Tierwelt” wall mosaic, by Dagmar Glaser-Lauermann, unveiled on the same day as the station’s opening on 26 June 1973.

Concourse down to track level.

Track level.

Above the middle of the platform is a tower once used by East Berlin/East German security forces.

U5 route signage (Perlschnur): the track behind me is for westbound trains to terminus Hauptbahnhof (central station), for which a scheduled trip from Tierpark lasts 24 minutes. Additional connections to U-Bahn, S-Bahn, and regional-train services are indicated next to each station.

Updated digital display for the U5 line at 902am: location of trains in proximity and at terminus stations, upcoming tram connections by route and departure times in minutes, and current status of all nine U-Bahn lines (including construction).

“Shiny”.

I received no pre- or during-visit support or post-visit compensation for this piece. I made all images above on 21 June 2026 with an iPhone15. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotogarfie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-zJv. Last edit: 25 Oct 2026.