This was a personal project that I had the idea for in the spring of 2011 when I first studied abroad in Berlin.  I thought the different stations were so cool that I wanted to photograph every single one so that I could see all the variations.  When I visited Mauerpark and saw a man selling U-bahn-themed shirts in the Flohmarkt I knew I wanted to expand on that and make my own themed t-shirts.  That project, although it is unfinished, is listed on the main page of this portfolio.  

This project took a total of four months because I didn't always have time to dedicate to it daily, and sometimes trying to ride an entire line like the U7 with 40 stations can take the majority of a day if done perfectly.  With each station I had to jump off, run across the platform, get a well-framed photo, and then try to make it back to the train before the doors closed..easier said than done.  It was a fulfilling endeavor and I can say that I know the city very well as a result.

Das war ein persönliches Projekt, zu dem ich im Frühjahr 2011 während meines ersten Auslandsstudiums in Berlin die Idee dazu hatte. Ich fand die verschiedenen Stationen so cool, dass ich jede einzelne fotografieren wollte, um alle Variationen sehen zu können. Als ich den Mauerpark besuchte und einen Mann sah, der auf dem Flohmarkt T-Shirts mit U-Bahn-Motiven verkaufte, wusste ich, dass ich das ausbauen und meine eigenen T-Shirts mit Motiven herstellen wollte. Dieses Projekt, obwohl es noch nicht abgeschlossen ist, ist auf der Hauptseite dieses Portfolios aufgeführt.

Dieses Projekt dauerte insgesamt vier Monate, weil ich nicht immer Zeit hatte, mich täglich damit zu beschäftigen, und manchmal kann der Versuch, eine ganze Linie wie die U7 mit 40 Stationen zu fahren, bei perfekter Ausführung den Großteil eines Tages dauern. Bei jeder Station musste ich abspringen, über den Bahnsteig rennen, ein gut gerahmtes Foto machen und dann versuchen, es zurück zum Zug zu schaffen, bevor sich die Türen schlossen ... leichter gesagt als getan. Es war ein erfüllendes Unterfangen und ich kann sagen, dass ich die Stadt dadurch sehr gut kenne.

C'est un projet personnel dont j'ai eu l'idée au printemps 2011 lorsque j'ai étudié pour la première fois à l'étranger à Berlin. J'ai trouvé les différentes stations tellement cool que j'ai voulu les photographier toutes pour voir toutes les variations. Lorsque j'ai visité Mauerpark et que j'ai vu un homme vendre des chemises sur le thème de l'U-bahn dans le Flohmarkt, j'ai su que je voulais développer cela et créer mes propres t-shirts à thème. Ce projet, bien qu'inachevé, est répertorié sur la page principale de ce portfolio.

Ce projet a pris au total quatre mois car je n'avais pas toujours le temps de m'y consacrer quotidiennement, et parfois essayer de parcourir une ligne entière comme l'U7 avec 40 stations peut prendre la majorité d'une journée si c'est parfaitement fait. À chaque station, je devais sauter, courir sur le quai, prendre une photo bien cadrée, puis essayer de revenir au train avant la fermeture des portes..plus facile à dire qu'à faire. Ce fut un effort épanouissant et je peux dire que je connais très bien la ville en conséquence.

These are all of the stations on the U1/U12 line in Berlin on the U-bahn.  The line stretches east/west across the city and is the second shortest line in the city.

Below is a comprehensive picture gallery of the U2 line on the Berlin U-Bahn.  The U2 line in Berlin is tied for the second longest line of the Berlin subway and stretches 29 stations from the northeast of Berlin to the central west part of the city.

This is the U3 line on the Berliner U-Bahn and part of it runs alongside the U1.  There are a total of 24 stations, but some are the same station as the U1 and those can be viewed above.  This station runs from southwest Berlin to the relative central east of the city.  It is tied for the fourth longest line on the Berlin U-Bahn.

The U4 line in Berlin is the shortest line in the network, and only spans a total of five stations.  It runs north-south and connects the central west down to the central south on the west side of Berlin.  Despite being a short line, the trains tend to arrive and depart in a longer period of time than the other times in Berlin.  There is one station missing from this collection because it technically resides on the U2, which is Nollendorfplatz, it can be viewed above.

This is the U5 line, which is the third longest line in Berlin with 26 stations and has recently been merged with the U55 line that only had three stations before.  Now one can travel from northeast Berlin directly to the Hauptbahnhof.  Since the line intersects with four different lines in Berlin, then it makes it significantly more convenient to get to the central train station with ease.  I have not visited Berlin since 2016 so I don't have pictures of the stations, but the missing stations are: Rotes Rathaus, Museumsinsel, and Unter den Linden. 

The U6 is tied for the second longest line in the Berlin U-Bahn network and covers 29 different stations from the central south to the northwest of the city.  It runs through "Unter den Linden," which is the Brandenburg Gate, so the line connects one with all of the essential lines of the city.

The U7 is by far the longest line in the Berlin network at 40 different stations.  The line starts in the southeast of the city, briefly runs east to west through the central part of the city, and then turns to the northwest to end at Rathaus Spandau.  This line was one of the most difficult to photograph because of the amount of stations.  However, I found this station to have the most uniquely designed stations with a variety of color and artistic elements. Unfortunately, Karl-Marx-Straße was under construction at the time that I took my photo.

This is the U8 and it runs from the far central north to the short central south crossing over Alexanderplatz.  It is a fairly popular line tied for the fourth longest line in Berlin.  Some of these stations are very benign and brightly-colored, but some have a unique design to them.  Also, crossing over from the U8 to another line that intersects with the U8 can produce an interesting looking station that is a similar design.

The U9 is the third shortest line in the Berlin network with a total of 18 stations.  It has some interesting-looking stations and connects the central north with the central south.  While some of the stations conform to the normal "tile design" there are other stations that have artistic value.  For example, the Westhafen station exemplifies a station in Paris, France with the same design.