S8 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Wildau to Birkenwerder over:
- the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,
- the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926,
- the Outer ring, completed on 22 November 1952 and electrified for the S-Bahn in 1962,
- and a short section of the Prussian Northern line, opened on 10 July 1877 and electrified on 8 August 1925.
Service history
The S8 was created on 2 June 1991, as a slightly shorter replacement of the Lime Green route of the East Berlin S-Bahn between Bernau bei Berlin and Grünau (via the eastern part of the Ringbahn).[2][3]
In popular culture
An S8 train to Zeuthen appears in the opening frames of Pet Shop Boys' music video for the single Leaving from the album Elysium (2012).
Gallery
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S8 at Grünau -
S8 at Plänterwald -
S8 at Treptower Park
References
- ^ "S-Bahn Network Map" (PDF). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official website (in German)
