The S1 is a railway service of the Berlin S-Bahn that operates between Wannsee and Oranienburg.
| S1 | |
|---|---|
 S1 service arrives at Schönholz in 2023 | |
| Overview | |
| Locale | Berlin |
| First service | 1 May 1985 |
| Current operator(s) | S-Bahn Berlin GmbH |
| Route | |
| Termini | Wannsee Oranienburg |
| Line(s) used | |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | DBAG Class 481 |
Operations edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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 (in German). No. 5. July 1992. pp. 9–10.
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