S5 (Berlin)
Appearance
Overview | |
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Locale | Berlin |
Stations | strausberg nord to Olympia stadium |
Service | |
System | Berlin S-Bahn |
Operator(s) | S-Bahn Berlin GmbH |
Rolling stock | DBAG Class 481 |
Technical | |
Electrification | 750 V DC Third rail |
S5 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Strausberg Nord to Westkreuz over:
- the Strausberg–Strausberg Nord line, completed in 1955 and electrified in 1956,
- 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.
Service history
[edit]The S5 was created on 2 June 1991, replacing the Orange route of the S3 between Westkreuz and ‹See TfM›Strausberg Nord, with the southwestern terminus extended to Wannsee.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "S-Bahn Network Map" (pdf). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "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.