S1 (Berlin)

Railway line in Berlin, Germany

Wannsee Railway
Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel
Berlin–Szczecin railway
Berlin Northern Railway

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					to Potsdam Hbf
					Wannsee
					Nikolassee
					to Ahrensfelde
					Schlachtensee
					Mexikoplatz
					Zehlendorf
					Sundgauer Straße
					Lichterfelde West
					Botanischer Garten
					Rathaus Steglitz
					Feuerbachstraße
					Friedenau
					Schöneberg
					Julius-Leber-Brücke
					to Blankenfelde, to Teltow Stadt
					Yorckstraße
					Landwehr Canal
					Anhalter Bahnhof
					Potsdamer Platz
					Brandenburger Tor
					Friedrichstraße
					Spree
					Oranienburger Straße
					Nordbahnhof
					Humboldthain
					Gesundbrunnen
					Bornholmer Straße
					to Bernau
					Wollankstraße
					Schönholz
					to Hennigsdorf
					Wilhelmsruh
					Wittenau
					Waidmannslust
					Hermsdorf
					Frohnau
					Brandenburg–Berlin state border
					Hohen Neuendorf
					Birkenwerder
					Borgsdorf
					Lehnitz
					Oranienburg

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

Operations

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,^[update] 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

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

^ Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (10 December 2023). "S+U-Bahn-Liniennetz für Berlin und Umland" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. pp. 36, 125–127. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
^ S-Bahn Berlin GmbH (10 December 2023). "S Wannsee Bhf — S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf — S Oranienburg Bhf" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "31. Mai 1992: Wieder "klassisch" von Wannsee bis Oranienburg". Signal [de] (in German). No. 5. July 1992. pp. 9–10.