The Local

'More staff not cameras': Death of man at Berlin U-Bahn station sparks calls for better security

Kottbusser Tor station and the area around it are known crime hotspots in Berlin. Photo: DPA More details are emerging over the death of a 30-year-old Iranian man who died at a busy Berlin underground ...
Politico Europe

Berlin politicians intervene in U-Bahn station name racism row

BERLIN — Local politicians in Berlin’s Mitte district agreed to rename the Mohrenstraße subway station after Anton Wilhelm Amo, a German scholar of African origin. The city’s mass transit operator BVG ...
Railway Gazette International

Small-profile Type JK trains enter service on the Berlin U-Bahn

GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has put the first of its small-profile Type JK metro cars into passenger service with ...
Classic FM

Classical music comes to Berlin’s underground train stations in sonic makeover

A new project launched in U-Bahn stations across the German capital is turning commutes into concerts... Today, the city is home to one of the world’s leading orchestra’s, the Berliner Philharmoniker, ...
Mixmag

Techno DJs to start performing at Berlin’s U-Bahn stations

Techno DJs in Berlin could soon start performing at the city’s U-Bahn train stations in a new scheme set up by public transport company BVG, per Tagesspiegel. According to the German news publication, ...
The Local

Berlin police identify U-Bahn attacker, no arrest yet

Screenshot from the footage shared by police. The man, whose brutal attack on a woman at a Berlin U-Bahn station went viral, has been identified but not arrested, officials said on Wednesday. Public ...