S7 is a line on the
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 are ...
.
It operates from
Ahrensfelde
Ahrensfelde is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Barnim Plateau at the city limits of Berlin, about northeast of the city centre. The municipal area comprises the villages of Ahrensfelde, Blum ...
to
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...
over:
*the
Wriezen Railway
The Wriezen Railway is a line in the northeast of the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg. It runs from Berlin to Werneuchen and formerly extended via Wriezen to Jädickendorf (now Godków-Osiedle, Godków in Poland). Its terminus in Berlin f ...
, completed on 1 May 1898 and electrified to
Marzahn
Marzahn () is a locality within the boroughs and localities of Berlin, borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Berlin's 2001 administrative reform led to the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf fusing into a single new borough. In the ...
in 1976, to
Mehrower Allee in 1980 and to Ahrensfelde in 1982,
*a section of the
Outer ring, completed in the early 1940s as part of the
Outer freight ring and electrified in 1976,
*a section of the
Prussian Eastern line, opened on 1 October 1866 and electrified on 6 November 1928,
*the
Stadtbahn
(; German for 'city railway'; plural ) is a German word referring to various types of urban rail transport. One type of transport originated in the 19th century, firstly in Berlin and followed by Vienna, where rail routes were created that co ...
, opened on 7 February 1882 and electrified on 11 June 1928,
*a section of the
Berlin-Blankenheim line, opened west of
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* Grunewald (locality)
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* Grünewald (Luxembourg), ...
in 1879 and further east in 1882 and electrified in 1928 and
*a section of the
Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg line, opened in 1838 and electrified in 1928.
Service history
The S7 was created on 2 June 1991, replacing the Red route of the East Berlin S-Bahn between
Alexanderplatz
(, ''Alexander Square'') is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from in the north-ea ...
and , with the western terminus extended to
Friedrichstraße
Friedrichstraße, or Friedrichstrasse (see ß; ) (lit. ''Frederick Street''), is a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin, forming the core of the Friedrichstadt neighborhood and giving the name to Berlin Friedrichstraße stat ...
.
Gallery
File:EastboundS7HauptBhf.jpg, S7 leaving Berlin Hauptbahnhof en route for Ahrensfelde
References
{{Public transport in Berlin
Berlin S-Bahn lines
Transport in Potsdam