The Berlin S-Bahn is a hybrid rapid transit and suburban rail system in Berlin. The modern incarnation of the system opened in December 1930, succeeding the special fare area Berliner Stadt-, Ring- un
Berlin-Halensee station with Ringbahn train, 2023
Berlin S-Bahn was converted from steam to third rail electrification starting in the late 1920s. The rail is bottom-contact. Seen here at the level crossing at Lichtenrade station
Some Type 477 trains, built before World War II, remained in service until the early 21st century.
Alexanderplatz, an important transport hub in eastern Berlin, 1999
Berlin Friedrichstraße is a railway station in the German capital Berlin. It is located on the Friedrichstraße, a major north-south street in the Mitte district of Berlin, adjacent to the point where
The first Friedrichstraße station in 1900; view from the west across the river Spree
The train shed of the first station; engraving after the original architectural drawing published in 1885
The north side of the remodeled station in 1926