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The name S-Bahn is an abbreviation of the German Stadtschnellbahn ("city rapid railway") and was introduced in December 1930 in Berlin. The name was introduced at the time of the reconstruction of the suburban commuter train tracks— the first section to be electrified was a section of the Berlin–Stettin railway from Berlin Nordbahnhof to Bernau bei Berlin station in 1924, leading to the ...
The Berlin S-Bahn (German: [ˈɛs baːn]) is a rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany.It has been in operation under this name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area Berliner Stadt-, Ring- und Vorortbahnen ('Berlin city, orbital, and suburban railways'). [1]
The S-Bahn announced it was to invest €120 million to achieve the goal of 500 train sets in service by December 2011. [10] Rüdiger Grube, the head of the DB, announced that losses due to the S-Bahn crisis had reached €370 million at the end of 2010.
Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and 14 S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn, commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn ('underground railway'), are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while the S-Bahn or Stadtschnellbahn ('city rapid railway') are commuter rail services, that may run underground in the city center and have metro-like ...
The Munich S-Bahn (German: S-Bahn München) is an electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. " S-Bahn " is the German abbreviation for Stadtschnellbahn (literally, "urban rapid rail"), and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteristics of both rapid transit and commuter rail systems.
This is an alphabetical list of Berlin S-Bahn stations. As of 2023, there are 168 active stations. A. Berlin Friedrichstraße. Station Line ...
After the S-Bahn Berlin GmbH was founded in 1995, it took over the station and driving service personnel; workshop facilities and vehicles are also the property of the S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, while the stations, track systems, traction power supply and signalling technology remained the property of DB Station&Service and DB Netz.
Prices for the West Berlin S-Bahn were kept slightly below the fares of the West Berlin BVG. In East Berlin , a flat fee of 0.20 Mark was charged until 1991. West Berlin politics and most of the populace fully boycotted the S-Bahn, which was run by the East German railways, and introduced bus and U-Bahn lines running parallel to the S-Bahn ...