S7 (Berlin)
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| Overview | |
| Locale | Berlin |
| Service | |
| System | Berlin S-Bahn |
| Operator(s) | S-Bahn Berlin GmbH |
| Rolling stock | DBAG Class 481 |
| Technical | |
| Electrification | 750 V DC Third rail |
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
[edit]The S7 was created on 2 June 1991, replacing the Red route of the East Berlin S-Bahn between Alexanderplatz and Ahrensfelde, with the western terminus extended to Friedrichstraße.[2][3]
Gallery
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S7 leaving Berlin Hauptbahnhof en route for Ahrensfelde
References
[edit]- ^ "S-Bahn Network Map" (PDF). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Berliner Nahverkehrsnetz – Schnellbahnnetz". Berliner Linienchronik (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. November 1990. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
