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S-Bahn /
suburban railway / rapid transit Take the city railroad and discover the town. It´s quite simple, because the city railroad connects outlying areas with the city centre and is the fastest way to travel through the city, connecting the most important points of the town. |
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![]() 481 489, station Berlin Lichtenberg, 2004 |
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| 5. | data: history, seperate tracks, electrified since, reunification after 1989, new lines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | literature | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | ONLINE time-table / schedule, S-Bahn timetable | |||||||||||||||||||||
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offers in "Eisenbahnstadt Berlin" (railway
city Berlin): die Ringbahn die Stadtbahn die Nord-Süd-S-Bahn |
![]() 480 065 in Bornholmer Straße, 10.07.2002 |
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| 5. datas | |
| history (C) http://de.geocities.com/u_bln/berlin.htm | |
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- In the middle of the 19th century, many radial lines were built from various termini around the current city centre. Along most of these lines a separate pair of tracks was added around the turn of the century. Meanwhile, the ring line was opened during the 1870's, followed by the Stadtbahn, which was inaugurated in 1882. At the time the U-Bahn began operating in 1902, tests for electric traction were also carried out on the suburban railway lines. The line from the former Potsdamer Bahnhof to Lichterfelde Ost was the first regular electric suburban service, while the other lines kept using steam locomotives until the 1920's. In 1924, today's system (800Vdc, third rail) was introduced on the line from Stettiner Bahnhof (now Nordbahnhof) to Bernau. Soon the other two northern lines (to Oranienburg and to Hennigsdorf / Velten) followed. The positive experience opened the doors for the 'Great Electrification' of the entire suburban network, which since 1 Dec 1930 has been called 'S-Bahn', the 'S' referring both to Stadt [city] and schnell [fast]. |
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- While all suburban lines were converted from steam to electric traction, a north-south tunnel was built to link the northern and the southern lines. The first section from Stettiner Bahnhof to Unter den Linden opened in 1936 just before the Olympic Games. The remaining part followed in 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II. During the War, many routes and station buildings were damaged and it took several years until the whole network was in service again. |
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- Until 1961, S-Bahn trains kept running from East Berlin to West Berlin and back, but when the Wall was built, the network was cut in two, although both systems were operated by the East Berlin Reichsbahn as long as 1984. The erection of the Wall was the reason for a boycott in the West and S-Bahn installations deteriorated through the years. After a railway workers' strike in 1980, many western lines were closed down. In East Berlin, however, the S-Bahn became the backbone of the transport system and new extensions were built from Grünau to Königs Wusterhausen (1951), to Strausberg Nord (1956), to Schönefeld Airport (1961), to Ahrensfelde (1976-82) and to Wartenberg (1984/85). |
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- After the city's reunification in 1990, a lot of effort was put in restoring the former S-Bahn network to its 1961 status, especially the ring line. In December 1997 the connection between Neukölln and Treptower Park via Sonnenallee reopened, which allowed S4 trains to run 75% of the whole ring (between Schönhauser Allee and Jungfernheide). On 19 Dec. 1999, two more stations were put into service, Beusselstraße and Westhafen. From 16 Sept. 2001 trains also run from Schönhauser Allee to Gesundbrunnen (S4). Finally, on 16 June 2002, the section Gesundbrunnen - Westhafen also reopened. From then on trains running the full circle are labelled S41 (clockwise) or S42 (anticlockwise). After completing a full circle, these trains actually continue along one of the outer branches, either to Spindlersfeld (S47), Königs Wusterhausen (S46) or to Flughafen Schönefeld (S45). S8 trains from Zeuthen run along the eastern ring to Nordbahnhof, they will continue north towards Pankow once the link at the northern junction is finished. - In January 1998 the first section of the Spandau branch now served by S9 and S75 opened from Westkreuz as far as Pichelsberg, the remaining section followed in Dec. 1998. - S25 reopened in 1995 between Tegel and Lichterfelde Ost, being extended to Lichterfelde Süd and Hennigsdorf in late 1998. Some sections along this line were only rebuilt single-track, which only allows a 20-minute headway on the northern stretch scheduled to be upgraded in the near future. A 2.5 km, single-track extension was opened from Lichterfelde Süd to Teltow-Stadt on 24 Feb 2005. |
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| 5.1. seperate tracks: | |
| 1874: | Zehlendorf - Wannsee - Griebnitzsee |
| 1882: | Schlesischer Bf. - Westend |
| 1891: | neue Wannseebahn zw. Potsdamer Bf. - Wannseebf. in Berlin and Zehlendorf |
| 1896: | Stettiner Vorortbf. - Verzweigung bei Gesundbrunnen |
| 1896: | Berliner Innenring |
| 1903: | Potsdamer Ring- u. Vorortbf. - Lichterfelde Ost |
| 1903: | Schlesischer Bf. - Erkner |
| 1903: | Schlesischer Bf. - Lichtenberg-Friedrichsfelde |
| 1909: | Treptower Park - Grünau |
| 1911: | Stadion - Spandau |
| 1912: | Verzweigung bei Gesundbrunnen - Frohnau |
| 1916: | Verzweigung bei Gesundbrunnen - Bernau |
| 1926: | Frohnau - Borgsdorf |
| 1929: | Kaulsdorf - Mahlsdorf |
| 1936: | Grunewald - Wannsee |
| 1936: | Stettiner Bf. - Unter den Linden |
| 1939: | Unter den Linden - Anhalter Bf. |
| 1943: | Lichterfelde Ost - Ludwigsfelde |
| 1943: | Mahlsdorf - Kaulsdorf |
| 1962: | Grünauer Kreuz - Flughafen Schönefeld |
| 1976: | Friedrichsfelde Ost - Marzahn |
| 1982: | Marzahn - Ahrensfelde |
| 1982: | Grünau - Zeuthen |
| 1983: | Borgsdorf - Oranienburg |
| 1984: | Blankenburg - Hohen Neuendorf |
| 1984: | Springpfuhl - Hohenschönhausen |
| 1985: | Hohenschönhausen - Wartenberg |
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5.2. electrified since: |
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| 1903: | Potsdamer Ringbf. - Lichterfelde Ost |
| 1924: | Stettiner Vorortbf. - Bernau |
| 1925: | Verzweigung bei Gesundbrunnen - Oranienburg |
| 1927: | Schönholz-Reinickendorf - Velten |
| 1928: | Potsdam - Stadtbahn - Erkner |
| 1928: | Wannsee - Stahnsdorf |
| 1928: | Ausstellung - Spandau West |
| 1928: | Charlottenburg - Halensee - Neukölln - Treptow - Stadtbahn |
| 1928: | Neukölln - Grünau |
| 1928: | Schlesischer Bf. - Kaulsdorf |
| 1929: | Niederschöneweide-Johannisthal - Spindlersfeld |
| 1929: | Charlottenburg - Nordring - Baumschulenweg |
| 1929: | Nordring - Stralau-Rummelsburg - Stadtbahn |
| 1929: | Potsdamer Ringbf. - Papestr. |
| 1929: | Potsdamer Ringbf. - Ebersstr. |
| 1929: | Halensee - Westend |
| 1929: | Potsdamer Ringbf. - Lichterfelde Ost (Spannung von 500V auf 800V) |
| 1929: | Jungfernheide - Gartenfeld |
| 1930: | Kaulsdorf - Mahlsdorf |
| 1933: | Potsdamer Fernbf. - Zehlendorf Mitte |
| 1933: | Wannseebf. - Zehlendorf Mitte - Wannsee, Verbindung in Zehlendorf Mitte |
| 1936: | Stettiner Bf. - Unter den Linden |
| 1936: | Heerstr. - Reichssportfeld Sonderbstg |
| 1939: | Unter den Linden - Wannseebahn bzw. Papestr. |
| 1939: | Priesterweg - Mahlow |
| 1940: | Mahlow - Rangsdorf |
| 1943: | Lichterfelde Ost - Lichtefelde Süd |
| 1947: | Mahlsdorf - Hoppegarten |
| 1948: | Zehlendorf - Düppel |
| 1948: | Hoppegarten - Strausberg |
| 1951: | Grünau - Königs Wusterhausen |
| 1951: | Lichterfelde Süd - Teltow |
| 1951: | Spandau West - Staaken and Falkensee |
| 1951: | Jungfernheide - Spandau |
| 1952: | Schönhauser Allee - Pankow Gütergleise |
| 1956: | Strausberg - Strausberg Nord |
| 1961: | Schönhauser Allee - Pankow eigene Gleise |
| 1961: | Hohen Neuendorf - Blankenburg |
| 1962: | Grünauer Kreuz - Flughafen Schönefeld |
| 1976: | Friedrichsfelde Ost - Marzahn |
| 1980: | Marzahn - Otto-Winzer-Str. |
| 1982: | Otto-Winzer-Str. - Ahrensfelde |
| 1984: | Springpfuhl - Hohenschönhausen |
| 1985: | Hohenschönhausen - Wartenberg |
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5.3. reunification after 1989: |
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| 02.07.1990: | Bf. Friedrichstr. Bahnsteig C Richtung Westen |
| 01.04.1992: | Wannsee - Potsdam |
| 31.05.1992: | Frohnau - Hohen Neuendorf |
| 04.10.1992: | Lichtenrade - Blankenfelde |
| 17.12.1993: | Baumschulenweg - Westend |
| 28.05.1995: | Schönholz - Tegel, Priesterweg - Lichterfelde Süd |
| 15.04.1997: | Westend - Jungfernheide |
| 18.12.1997: | Treptower Park - Neukölln |
| 16.01.1998: | Westkreuz - Pichelsberg |
| 25.09.1998: | Lichterfelde Ost - Lichtefelde Süd |
| 15.12.1998: | Tegel - Hennigsdorf |
| 30.12.1998: | Pichelsberg - Spandau |
| 20.12.1999: | Jungfernheide - Westhafen |
| 17.09.2001: | Schönhauser Allee - Gesundbrunnen und Pankow - Bornholmer Str. (West) |
| 15.06.2002: | Ringschluss Gesundbrunnen - Westhafen, planmäßig ab 16.06.2002 |
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5.4. new lines: |
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| 16.06.2003: | Kurve Schönhauser Allee - Bornholmer Straße (Ersatz für die "Ulbrichtkurve" von 1961) |
| 24.02.2005: | Lichterfelde Süd - Teltow Stadt |
![]() 475 605 in Ostkreuz, 21.12.1997 |
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| 6. literature - selection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Epilog: die Nord-Süd S-Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Epilog: das Raw Schöneweide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Epilog: die Stadtbahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| - | more informations here: S-Bahn-Berlin GmbH or in various papers, eg. "Berliner Verkehrsblättern", "Punkt 3", "S-Press" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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