Berlin Electric Railway Museum

The Berlin S-Bahn railway was formed in 1924 when the first electric train came through the city.

The letter S is a short form of the word 'Stadtban, S-bahn' denoting belonging to the city. Later the contraction was used throughout the country.

At the time of the third Reich the total length of the railway lines accounted for 300 km. In May 1945 the underground railway stopped its functioning, many parts of it were damaged. In 1961 following formation of a border between the western and eastern sites of Berlin about 50 km of the railway was left abandoned.

'Attention! The station Humboldt Forest towards Friedrichstrasse is the last station in the given sector'.

A railway employee in the Soviet occupation zone.

After the fall of the wall the transport network undergoes complete reconstruction. Today Berlin has 15 electric rail lines and 166 stations. The total length of the lines constitutes about 331 km.

Since 2005 it ihas been prohibited to smoke at any station. The fine accounts for 15 Euros. The penalty for ticketless travel is 40 Euros.

The S-bahn trains are put into motion with the help of the collector rail operating on 750 volt DC power.

Traditional maroon and ochre colors of the trains appeared in 1928. The maroon color is a symbol of danger and denotes the approaching train. The ochre color is the brand color of Berlin Transportation Company which previously owned the S-Bahn network.

S-Bahn Museum was opened in 1997. It contains a large collection of exhibits related to S-Bahn.

A ticket price is just 1-2 Euros. The museum is open 15-16 times a year so it's not so easy to get there.

The appliance is used to mark tickets.

Ticket- and gum-issue machines.

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