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	S-Bahn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name is an abbreviation for "Stadtschnellbahn" (fast city train) and was introduced in December 1930 in Berlin, after "SS-Bahn" (Stadtschnell...) had been unofficially in use already.
		In Austria S-Bahn lines and stations are displayed by a blue circle with a white, cornered 'S' in it.
		The symbol for the S-Bahn in Germany is a white "S" on a green circle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/S-Bahn (438 words)

	Berlin S-Bahn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nord Süd Bahn tunnel was flooded on 2 May 1945 by retreating SS troops during the final Battle of Berlin.
		Because the S-Bahn was operated by the DR, West Berliners vented their frustration at the building of the wall by boycotting it since its fares were seen as subsidising the communist regime in the East.
		Although the S- and U-Bahn are part of a unified fare system, they have different operators: the U-Bahn is run by BVG, the main public transit company for the city of Berlin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berlin_S-Bahn (1319 words)

	The Rings in the Tree Culture & Lifestyle Deutsche Welle 20.02.2002
		Berlin’s citizens can now travel from east to west and north to south alike on the 143 kilometres of the underground system.
		But the city’s underground system is definitely interesting: Berlin’s network of bright yellow trains, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year – has its roots in the swampy soils of 19th century Berlin and is a reflection of the city’s tumultous past.
		Only three years after the first post-war expansions were completed, the growth of the Berliner underground network was yet again stunted by the erection of the Berlin Wall.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,445801,00.html (614 words)

	U-Bahn
		The term was created at the beginning of the 20th century in Berlin, where the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft [German Imperial Railways Company] (predecessor of today's Deutsche Bahn AG [German Railways Inc.]) created a system of urban and suburban railway lines with fast electric trains and short service intervals, called the S-Bahn (abrev.
		Both the Hamburg and Berlin U-Bahn fit the criteria for a metro.
		Nürnberg(Nuremberg) and München (Munich) decided for a full subway, (like those in Berlin and Hamburg) independent from their existing tramways (The tramways were meant to be abandoned in the 1990s).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/u-/U-Bahn.html (491 words)

	Berlin S-Bahn - Wikimedia Commons
		This is a gallery of the Berlin S-Bahn (commuter railway):
		Berlin U-Bahn, Train stations in Berlin, Berlin Tramway
		(1) First train of the Berlin S-Bahn in August 1924
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Berlin_S-Bahn (92 words)

	Berlin U-Bahn Item @ HotAndCold.com (Hot and Cold)
		Zone A is the area in the centre of Berlin and is demarcated by the S-Bahn urban rail ring line.
		Berlin is a part of the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (Berlin-Brandenburg Transit Authority, VBB), which means that its ticketing and fare systems are unified with that of the surrounding Brandenburg.
		Berlin and the state of Brandenburg with VBB fare zones indicated.
	www.hotandcold.com /encyclopedia/Berlin_U-Bahn (4180 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Germany > Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn
		The Greater Berlin area is divided into 3 zones, zone A covers everything within the S-Bahn ring line, zone B the rest of Berlin city, and zone C the surroundings included in the tariff system.
		In East Berlin, however, the S-Bahn became the backbone of the transport system and new extensions were built from Grünau to Königs Wusterhausen (1951), to Strausberg Nord (1956), to Schönefeld Airport (1961), to Ahrensfelde (1976-82) and to Wartenberg (1984/85).
		Berlin was restored as the German capital right after the unification of the two German states in 1990 and has about 3.5 million inhabitants.
	de.geocities.com /u_bln/berlin.htm (2321 words)

	Berlin - Wikitravel
		Berlin is a relatively young city by European standards, dating only to the thirteenth century, and it has always had a reputation as a place filled with people from elsewhere.
		Berlin does not attempt to hide the less savoury parts of its history: a visit to the Topography of Terror (Mitte), for example, provides interesting but sobering insights into the activities of the Gestapo in Berlin during the Nazi years (1933-1945).
		Berlin is best known for its historical associations as German capital, for its lively nightlife, for its many cafes, clubs, and bars, and for its numerous museums, palaces, and other sites of historic interest.
	wikitravel.org /en/Berlin (7722 words)

	A2Z Languages - Berlin, Germany - Transportation
		There are four main train stations in Berlin: trains from the north and west generally arrive at the Zoo Station or Friedrichstrasse; those from the south and east at Lichtenberg or Hauptbahnhof.
		Tickets for the U and S-Bahn system and the bus network can be purchased from the orange ticket machines at the entrances to U-Bahn stations.
		In the former East Berlin, the tram network survives from pre-war days, though thankfully the rolling stock is a little more modern.
	www.a2zlanguages.com /Teenageprograms/berlin/berlin-transportation.htm (687 words)

	Berlin/Mitte - Wikitravel
		Most of the main sights are to be found within the Mitte district, once the centre-piece of East Berlin (before 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall) but now undergoing a major revival after years of neglect.
		Berlin MItte - Explorations of an Urban Conversion - a brillian photo essay / collection, with location maps, reevaling the changes in Berlin city centre over the years since Reunification
		It stands between the Marienkirche and the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin?s 5th town hall, built in 1869.
	wikitravel.org /en/Berlin/Mitte (1327 words)

	Berlin: Temporal Topographies
		Groß-Berlin (Greater Berlin), as he liked to call it, was at once center of the surrounding provinces, to which all trainlines and streets led, and the metropolis and urban meeting place cultures, ideologies and people.
		Berlin, a crossroads of East and West, is the place that most unifies German memories while yet also most dividing them.
		My interest in these Berlin pathways lies in combining a reading of contemporary Berlin and the current discourse on memory and postwar German identity in the Berlin Republic with the work of a particular author for whom this city, its politics and its space represent very personally German failures and hopes across the twentieth century.
	www.stanford.edu /group/berlin/data2/CLEAN/pathways/trains (791 words)

	S-Bahn 477 074-9 at Berlin Ostbahnhof.
		Berlin S-Bahn class 477 design dates from 1937 although these units were built into the 1940s and modernized in the 1990s.
		In 1970, it was renumbered DR 277 173-1, then to 477 074-9 under the 1992 scheme and was sold to Berlin S-Bahn in January 1995.
		S-Bahn unit 477 074-9 at Berlin Ostbahnhof on Saturday May 10th, 2003.
	www.michaeltaylor.ca /Ind/477074.shtml (117 words)

	Berlin S-Bahn
		The S Bahn route through the north south tunnel has an interesting history which mirrors the political and economic development in Germany between 1914 and the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989.
		By 1861 Berlin had expanded by 2500 hectares and in 1862 it was decided that the elevated railway should connect up all the mainline stations, thus the idea of a Circle Line, "The Ringbahn Line" was born.
		A rapidly growing Berlin needed special solutions for passenger transport because new plants and factories were situated outside the City and large amounts of workers needed to commute to these from their City Centre homes.
	www.lococarriage.org.uk /berlin.htm (3039 words)

	City
		Berlin's city centre was reached by trains running along the 12,145 km long Stadtbahn line built in 1882 on 731 brick masonry viaduct arches, on dams and numerous bridges on an east-west axis.
		Until then, new S-Bahn lines had been built and were operating in East Berlin: to the satellite town of Marzahn (1976), to Ahrensfelde (1982) and Wartenberg (1985).
		The first railway lines from Berlin to Potsdam (1838), to Köthen in Anhalt (1841), to Frankfurt/Oder (1842), to Stettin (1843) and to Hamburg (1846) were separate ventures which had their points of departure in Prussia's capital.
	erewhon.ticonuno.it /arch/rivi/berl/city.htm (4548 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Germany > Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn
		The Greater Berlin area is divided into 3 zones, zone A covers everything within the S-Bahn ring line, zone B the rest of Berlin city, and zone C the surroundings included in the tariff system.
		In East Berlin, however, the S-Bahn became the backbone of the transport system and new extensions were built from Grünau to Königs Wusterhausen (1951), to Strausberg Nord (1956), to Schönefeld Airport (1961), to Ahrensfelde (1976-82) and to Wartenberg (1984/85).
		Berlin was restored as the German capital right after the unification of the two German states in 1990 and has about 3.5 million inhabitants.
	de.geocities.com /u_bln/berlin.htm (2321 words)

	Berlin travel guide - Wikitravel
		Berlin [1] is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 constituent states (Länder) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
		Berlin is best known for its historical associations as the German capital, for its lively nightlife, for its many cafes, clubs, and bars, and for its numerous museums, palaces, and other sites of historic interest.
		Berlin is a relatively young city by European standards, dating only to the thirteenth century, and it has always had a reputation as a place filled with people from elsewhere.
	wikitravel.org /en/Berlin (11127 words)

	Berlin Travel Guide Fodor's Online
		Berlin is again on the cutting edge, as the federal government, new businesses, artists, and visitors from around the world are all being drawn to the city.
		Hitler and the Nazis made Berlin their capital but ultimately failed to remodel the city into a silent monument to their power: By the end of World War II there was more rubble in Berlin than in all other German cities combined.
		Berlin maintained its status as Germany's capital for the duration of the German Empire (1871-1918), through the post-World War I Weimar Republic (1919-33), and also through Hitler's Third Reich (1933-45).
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=berlin@28&...&pg=2 (465 words)

	Berlin U-Bahn - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
		The Berlin U-Bahn is a rapid transit (Metro) system consisting of 10 lines mostly running underground, though some lines run partially aboveground or even elevated.
		See also List of Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn stations
		All means of public transport also including trams, buses and even ferries can be used with the same ticket.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /b/be/berlin_u_bahn.html (85 words)

	Berlin Wall Memories: The Wall by David Kublick
		I kept my room in West Berlin, but for the next week my days and evenings were spent in East Berlin, visiting museums and the reading rooms of Humboldt University, talking to students, touring those research projects that weren't off limits, and going to plays and movies.
		Berlin spreads out over a wide area, and weather can vary in different parts of the city.
		Mostly Berliners, because it's harder to get into East Berlin from the east than it is to cross over once they get there.
	www.dailysoft.com /berlinwall/memories/memories_06.htm (2625 words)

	International Railway Journal: Has DC traction power had its day? A section of U-Bahn tunnel in Berlin that for a time will be isolated from the rest of the network is to be used for an experiment that could change the face of metros worldwide
		A section of U-Bahn tunnel in Berlin that for a time will be isolated from the rest of the network is to be used for an experiment that could change the face of metros worldwide
		Berlin still carries some of the historical baggage from the days when it was a divided city and the main significance of the U5 extension is that it will connect the eastern districts and suburbs as far out as Honow to the historic centre and government district of Berlin.
		BVG will invite the railway supply industry and the power supply company in Berlin to participate in the project, and plans to test the concept from 2006 on a section of line currently designated U55.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_9_44/ai_n6239925 (1404 words)

	Berlin : Planning a Trip : Getting Around Frommers.com
		Bicycling in Berlin's crushing traffic is not a very appealing prospect, but you may want to rent a bike to explore the city's outlying parks and forests.
		City Driving -- One problem that often infuriates drivers in Berlin is that it's almost impossible to turn left on major avenues (except at major intersections in the east), because of the positioning of metal barriers and tram lines.
		If you're going to be in Berlin for 3 days, you can purchase for 19€ ($22) a Berlin-Potsdam Welcome Card, which entitles holders to 72 free hours on public transportation in Berlin and Brandenburg.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/berlin/0046020156.html (761 words)

	Travel for Kids: Berlin, Germany
		Her parents cross safely to West Berlin, but Heidi and her grandmother are still in East Berlin on the day the wall goes up.
		In the 20th century, Berlin figured in two world wars and was a divided city, East and West Berlin, for nearly thirty years.
		In 1963, when John F. Kennedy gave a speech near the Berlin Wall, he used the phrase " Ich bin ein Berliner." A "Berliner" is a kind of doughnut, filled with jam and covered with sugar.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Germany/Berlin/berlin.htm (513 words)

	Jaroslav Rudis and the discreet charms of the Berlin U-Bahn - 19-10-2003 - Radio Prague
		In fact the Berlin U-Bahn was the hero of Jaroslav Rudis's highly successful first novel, "Nebe pod Berlinem" - "The Heavens under Berlin" - that was published last year.
		I liked the music that was made in Berlin, and I liked the energy of Berlin, and I liked the energy, which I found under Berlin in the underground.
		The book's rather quirky title is an inversion of the film director Wim Wender's Berlin classic, "Der Himmel über Berlin", known in English as "Wings of Desire", and the novel offers an eccentric, very Czech perspective on life in the German capital.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/46359 (1341 words)

	Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn Maps 1989 and 1999
		The East Berlin U-Bahn system can be seen as narrow black lines.
		There were a number of S-Bahn and U-Bahn lines which passed under or over East Berlin.
		Berlin U-Bahn and S-Bahn Maps 1989 and 1999
	www.geocities.com /isanders_2000/ubahn.htm (201 words)

	Berlin Hotels, Berlin hotel apartments, accommodation Berlin
		Berlin Hotel Apartments' main building is by the Rosa Luxemburg U-Bahn, situated perfectly for AlexanderPlatz and the amazing Funkturm, trendy Hachesche Markt, and Prenzlauer Berg with the best night life in Berlin.
		Our accommodation is located in and around the coolest areas of Berlin.
		Welcome to Berlin Apartments: the original and the best accommodation company to offer you something more than plain old hotels in Berlin.
	www.berlin-hotels.co.uk (478 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		Seeking a Berlin museum that catered to children, we headed to the the Kindermuseum Labyrinth, or Labyrinth Children’s Museum, in the city’s northeastern section.
		Berlin is filled with famous landmarks and monuments that are perfect places for exploration by any child.
		It offers a “Berlin for” section on the left side menu with a specific section titled “Berlin for Children and Families.” Package deals on accommodations and tours and an extensive list of museums and other entertainment are listed.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=19298&archive=true (2285 words)

	The Belly of Berlin - Gridskipper
		Berlin’s three airports are small, and their runways are not long enough for a 747.
		When I stayed in Berlin in August 2002 and 2003, the weather was warm and humid — not oppressive like Mexico or Florida, but humid enough for two or three showers a day.
		Berlin’s famous Kaufhaus des Westens department store (or “KaDeWe”) has eight floors (Cartier jewelry on the ground floor).
	www.gridskipper.com /travel/berlin/the-belly-of-berlin-123921.php (902 words)

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