Weißer Turm

Weißer Turm is a Nuremberg U-Bahn station, located on the U1 and U11 lines. Located in the south-western part of Nuremberg's historical city and at the western end of the pedestrian-only shopping district. It serves as destination for shoppers and shop employees during the day and provides transportation to the amusement venues (primarily bars and restaurants) located in the vicinity during the evenings. Like all subway stations in Nuremberg, it opens at about 5 am and closes at about 1 am Mondays to Sundays.ArchitecturePlatform levelThe station features an island platform with one track at each side located at -2 storeys. The 100 meter long platform is aligned in a northeast-southwest direction and has middle columns.At the southwest end, a straight staircase and one upward escalator lead to the southwest entrance level. About one third from the northeast end the northeast staircase is located one upward and one downward escalator on each side. At the northeast platform end (below the northeast staircase) an elevator provides access from and to the platform, the northeast access level and the street level.Almost walls and all columns are tiled with leaf-green tiles, except the wall behind the tracks, which are covered with sandstones, a reference to the sandstone of Nuremberg's Castle Hill, to which this subway station is the closest.Access levelsThere are two access level, located at the -1 level at the northeast and at the southwest end of the station.SouthwestThe southwest access level is a small space with a disused ticket booth and ticket vending machines. A staircase with one upward escalator leads from the platform level to this access level, and another staircase with one upward escalator leads to the street level. The access level space and the downward staircase are tiled leaf-green.