Overview | |
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Locale | Berlin |
Service | |
System | Berlin S-Bahn |
Operator(s) | S-Bahn Berlin GmbH |
Rolling stock |
DBAG Class 481 DBAG Class 480 |
Technical | |
Electrification | 750 V DC Third rail |
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 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 Erkner ↔ Ostbahnhof) was extended westwards to Spandau. Then, it temporarily shortened to Ostkreuz.
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] | ||
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Line | Termini | Line | Termini |
Westkreuz– Strausberg Nord | Wannsee– Strausberg Nord | ||
Wannsee– Erkner | Unchanged | ||
Wannsee– Königs Wusterhausen | Charlottenburg– Königs Wusterhausen | ||
Charlottenburg– Berlin Schönefeld Airport | Westkreuz– Berlin Schönefeld Airport |