 After the City of Berlin took over the incomplete "GN-Bahn" (Gesundbrunnen - Neukölln Railway) line from the AEG subsidiary which was unable to complete it in the aftermath of World War I, the Neanderstraße station was built in 1926–28 and opened on 6 April 1928.It was the northern terminus of the line for two years, until 18 April 1930, when Gesundbrunnen station opened.Alfred Grenander designed the station in his characteristic sparse New Objectivist style and chose pale violet or aubergine (similar to Kottbusser Tor) as the distinguishing colour for the wall tiles and the tiled central pillars on the platform level.