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S1 (Berlin)

S1
Red and yellow train
S1 service arrives at Schönholz in 2023
Overview
LocaleBerlin
First service1 May 1985 (1985-05-01)
Current operator(s)S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Route
TerminiWannsee
Oranienburg
Line(s) used
Technical
Rolling stockDBAG Class 481

The S1 is a railway service of the Berlin S-Bahn that operates between Wannsee and Oranienburg.

Operations

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The southern end of the line is at Wannsee, on the Wannsee Railway. Trains run north over that line to Anhalter Bahnhof where they enter the Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel, exiting at Berlin Nordbahnhof. Between Berlin Nordbahnhof and Bornholmer Straße trains use the Berlin-Szczecin railway. Finally, trains use the southern end of the Berlin Northern Railway between Bornholmer Straße and Oranienburg.[1][2]

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the S1 operates every 10 minutes between Wannsee and Frohnau and every 20 minutes between Frohnau and Oranienburg.[3]

Since becoming a numbered route in 1984, the S1's line colour is pink.[4]

Service history

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The S1 was created along with the S2 and S3 on 9 January 1984, when the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) took over the S-Bahn network from the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn in West Berlin: however, the dilapidated state of the West Berlin network at the time meant that the first S1 trains did not run until 1 May 1985, when the line between Wannsee and Anhalter Bahnhof reopened.[5]

In 1990, the S1 was extended to Frohnau, while the S2 was curtailed to Gesundbrunnen.[6] It was extended to its present northern terminus of Oranienburg on 31 May 1992, after the reopening of the Berlin Northern Railway between Frohnau and Hohen Neuendorf.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (10 December 2023). "S+U-Bahn-Liniennetz für Berlin und Umland" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. pp. 36, 125–127. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
  3. ^ S-Bahn Berlin GmbH (10 December 2023). "S Wannsee Bhf — S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf — S Oranienburg Bhf" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ Booth, Cameron (10 March 2012). "Historical Maps: West and East Berlin, 1984". Transit Maps. Portland: Cameron Booth. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. ^ "How the S-Bahn got its numbers". S-Bahn Berlin (in German). Berlin: Deutsche Bahn. 9 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Berliner Nahverkehrsnetz – Schnellbahnnetz". Berliner Linienchronik (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. November 1990. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ "31. Mai 1992: Wieder "klassisch" von Wannsee bis Oranienburg". Signal [de] (in German). No. 5. July 1992. pp. 9–10.
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