S7 (Berlin) Explained
S7 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Ahrensfelde to Potsdam over:
- the Wriezen Railway, completed on 1 May 1898 and electrified to Marzahn in 1976, to Mehrower Allee in 1980 and to Ahrensfelde in 1982,
- a section of the Outer ring, completed in the early 1940s as part of the Outer freight ring and electrified in 1976,
- a section of the Prussian Eastern line, opened on 1 October 1866 and electrified on 6 November 1928,
- the Stadtbahn, opened on 7 February 1882 and electrified on 11 June 1928,
- a section of the Berlin-Blankenheim line, opened west of Grunewald in 1879 and further east in 1882 and electrified in 1928 and
- a section of the Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg line, opened in 1838 and electrified in 1928.
Service history
The S7 was created on 2 June 1991, replacing the Red route of the East Berlin S-Bahn between Alexanderplatz and, with the western terminus extended to Friedrichstraße.[2] [3]
Notes and References
- Web site: S-Bahn Network Map . . 27 June 2008 . 7 July 2009.
- Web site: How the S-Bahn got its numbers. S-Bahn Berlin. Deutsche Bahn. 18 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230518233609/https://sbahn.berlin/aktuelles/artikel/wie-die-s-bahn-zu-ihren-nummern-kam#c21296. 18 May 2023. Berlin. de. 9 June 2021.
- Web site: Berliner Nahverkehrsnetz – Schnellbahnnetz. Berliner Linienchronik. Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. 19 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230519002335/https://file1.hpage.com/003497/13/bilder/s_u-bahn_netz_199091.jpg. 19 May 2023. Berlin. de. November 1990.
