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Fürstenwalde (Spree) Station
Fürstenwalde (Spree) station is the station of the city of Fürstenwalde/Spree in the German state of Brandenburg. It was opened on 23 October 1842 on the Berlin–Wrocław railway, Berlin-Frankfurt railway.Städtisches Museum Fürstenwalde: Sheet no. 7.2 "Eisenbahngeschichte" The station was then about one kilometre north of the town on Müncheberger Chaussee. The station building still exists and is one of the oldest in Germany. History The Berlin-Frankfurt Railway was opened for passenger services on 23 October 1842. Freight operations commenced on October 31 of that year. As of August 1845, the line was extended as part by the Berlin–Wrocław railway, Lower Silesian-Markish Railway (''Niederschlesisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') to Wrocław (then Breslau), completed in 1846. The station was established west of the Müncheberger Chaussee, which as a result was renamed Eisenbahnstraße (“railway street”) between the town and the station. It was about one kil ...
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Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg
The Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) is a transport association run by public transport providers in the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg. It is a private limited company owned jointly by the states of Berlin and Brandenburg (with one third each) and the 18 districts and district-free cities of Brandenburg with 1.85% each. It was founded on 30 December 1996. VBB claims to be one of the largest transport associations in Europe based on the area covered of 30,367 km2 with nearly 6 million inhabitants. Common ticketing was launched on 1 April 1999. The 2005 number of passengers transported was 1.23 billion, with 3.37 million passengers per day. Lines in the VBB Many lines are operated under the VBB fare structure. This includes all local traffic in Berlin, such as the Berlin S-Bahn and Berlin U-Bahn, as well as all regional train services, most of them RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn lines. There are also several trolleybus and ferry lines within the VBB ...
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Berlin S-Bahn
The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system that services the reigon in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under the name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area ('Berlin city, orbital, and suburban railways'). It complements the Berlin U-Bahn and is the link to many outer-Berlin areas, such as Berlin Brandenburg Airport. As such, the Berlin S-Bahn blends elements of a commuter rail service and a rapid transit system. In its first decades of operation, the trains were steam-drawn; even after the railway electrification system, electrification of large parts of the network, some lines remained under steam. Today, the term ''S-Bahn'' is used in Berlin only for those lines and trains with Third rail, third-rail electrical power transmission and the special Berlin S-Bahn loading gauge. The third unique technical feature of the Berlin S-Bahn, the automated mechanical train control (works very similar ...
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Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
Potsdam Hauptbahnhof is the main station in the German city of Potsdam, capital of the state of Brandenburg. It lies on the Berlin–Magdeburg railway and was founded in 1838. However, it has had this name only since 1999. It was originally called ''Bahnhof Potsdam'' (Potsdam station) and it was called ''Potsdam Stadt'' (city) station from 1960. The station is the terminus of line S7 of the Berlin S-Bahn, which comes from Ahrensfelde. It is also connected with the central bus station, which is a transfer point between Potsdam and the southwestern region of Berlin, and has a stop on the Potsdam tram network. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. History The first railway from Berlin to Potsdam was opened on 22 September 1838. It was the first railway in Prussia and is now one of the oldest railways in Germany still in operation. Its final stop was at the site of the current Potsdam station. From the station, a port track ran to a steam boat landing west ...
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Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof
Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the town of Brandenburg an der Havel in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies on the Berlin–Magdeburg railway at the junction with the Brandenburg Towns Railway. It has largely lost its former major role for long-distance passenger services and freight traffic, but it continues to serve regional traffic. A water tower on the site of the former freight yard and a plaque commemorating French forced labourers at the station buildings are heritage-listed. The station was renamed ''Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof'' at the end of World War II, previously it had been called ''Brandenburg Rb'' (Rb for Deutsche Reichsbahn) station.Various timetables It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. Location The station is located at the kilometre 61.3 point of the Berlin–Magdeburg railway (calculated from the former Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof), which runs in an approximately east–west direction. The route of the Brandenbur ...
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