Nordstraße station is an underground station on the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn lines U78 and U79 in Düsseldorf. The station lies on Nordstraße in the district of Pempelfort.
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 Nordstraße station platform in 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Düsseldorf Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°14′7″N 6°46′38″E / 51.23528°N 6.77722°E | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Dusseldorf tram: 701, 705 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 October 1981 | |||||||||||||||
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The station was opened on October 3, 1981, and consists of one island platform with two rail tracks. Tram lines 701 and 705 stop on the surface near the station.
In 2003, a 50-year-old man drove his car into the entrance of the station on street level (without going all the way in) when he thought it was entrance to a car park.[1] Likewise, in 2007, a 52-year-old woman drove her car into the entrance staircase, also thinking it would lead to a car park.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "German drives down subway stairs". BBC. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
it came to a halt five steps down... the woman was able to get out unaided and unharmed...A truck later towed the car out of the stairwell.
External links edit
Media related to U-Bahnhof Nordstraße at Wikimedia Commons
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