S45 (Berlin)

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DBAG Class 484
Technical
Electrification750 V DC Third rail
Route map
Berlin S45
Flughafen BER
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Waßmannsdorf
Schönefeld (bei Berlin)
BrandenburgBerlin state border
Grünbergallee
Altglienicke
S46 S8 S85
Adlershof
Johannisthal
Schöneweide
Baumschulenweg
S8 S85 S9
Köllnische Heide
S42
Neukölln
U7
Hermannstraße
S47 U8
Tempelhof
U6
Südkreuz
S2 S25 S26
S41 S46

S45 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Flughafen BER beneath Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Südkreuz[2] via:

  • a very short section of the Outer ring, opened in 1951 and electrified in 1983,
  • a short section of the former
    Outer freight ring
    opened in the early 1940s and electrified in 1983,
  • the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,
  • the Baumschulenweg–Neukölln link line, opened on 8 June 1896 and electrified in 1928 and
  • the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926.

History

A southern extension from the former terminus at the Schönefeld Airport station has been constructed prior to the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport.[3] The rail extension includes include two new stops: Waßmannsdorf and Berlin Brandenburg Airport.[4][5] Due to the opening of the new airport, Schönefeld Airport station has been renamed to "Flughafen BER - Terminal 5 station". When Terminal 5 was closed, the station has been renamed to Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station.

References

  1. ^ "S-Bahn Network Map" (PDF). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ Bahnhofs- und Linieninformationssystem s-bahn-berlin.de
  3. ^ "2020 vision for Berlin's long-overdue Brandenburg Airport" Travel weekly, 9 January 2018
  4. ^ Map of the reorganization of the rail system serving the new airport "Berlin Brandenburg"
  5. ^ (in German) Infos and map on "S-Bahn Berlin GMBH" website Archived 10 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine