S3 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Erkner to Spandau. For most of its existence since becoming a numbered route in 1984, the S3's line colour is blue.[2]

S3
Overview
LocaleBerlin
Service
SystemBerlin S-Bahn
Operator(s)S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Rolling stockDBAG Class 481
DBAG Class 480
Technical
Electrification750 V DC Third rail
Route map

Erkner
BrandenburgBerlin state border
Wilhelmshagen
Rahnsdorf
Friedrichshagen
Hirschgarten
Köpenick
Wuhlheide
Karlshorst
Rummelsburg Betriebsbahnhof
Rummelsburg
S5 S7 S75
Ostkreuz
S41 S42 S8 S85
Warschauer Straße
S75 U1 U3
Ostbahnhof
Jannowitzbrücke
U8
Alexanderplatz
U2 U5 U8
Hackescher Markt
Friedrichstraße
S1 S2 S25 S26 U6
Hauptbahnhof
U5
Bellevue
Tiergarten
Zoologischer Garten
U2 U9
Savignyplatz
Charlottenburg
U7
Westkreuz
S41 S42 S46 S5
Messe Süd
Heerstraße
Olympiastadion
Pichelsberg
Stresow
Spandau
U7

S3 originally was shortened to Ostbahnhof from 2003 to 2009 while awaiting renovation works. To compensate for the diminished throughput on the Stadtbahn, the S3 (formerly ErknerOstbahnhof) was extended westwards to Spandau. Then, it temporarily shortened to Ostkreuz.

Service history

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The S3 was created along with the S1 and S2 on 9 January 1984, when the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) took over the S-Bahn network from the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in West Berlin: the S3 initially ran between Friedrichstraße and Charlottenburg, before being extended south-westwards to Wannsee on 1 May 1984.[3]

Due to the reunification of Germany, the S3 briefly became a four-coloured line on 1 July 1990, absorbing the DR S-Bahn services formerly terminating at Friedrichstraße to Strausberg Nord (orange), Erkner (yellow), Königs Wusterhausen (green), and Flughafen Berlin Schönefeld (sky blue, now BER Airport – Terminal 5).[4] On 2 June 1991, the S3 was broken-up into the following lines:[3]

Old route[4] New route[5]
Line Termini Line Termini
  WestkreuzStrausberg Nord   WannseeStrausberg Nord
  WannseeErkner   Unchanged
  WannseeKönigs Wusterhausen   CharlottenburgKönigs Wusterhausen
  CharlottenburgBerlin Schönefeld Airport   WestkreuzBerlin Schönefeld Airport

References

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  1. ^ "S-Bahn Network Map" (PDF). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ a b "Berliner Nahverkehrsnetz – Schnellbahnnetz". Berliner Linienchronik (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. November 1990. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Region Berlin – Schnellbahnnetz". S-Bahn-Galerie.de (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. June 1991. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.