[ UrbanRail.Net ]     [ Europe ] [ Americas ] [ Asia ] [ Africa ] [ Oceania ]     [ News ] [ Books ] [ Links ]

Berlin - approx. 3.8 million inh.; capital of Germany; with extensive U-Bahn and S-Bahn network.

Tramway
- except for line M13 between Bornholmer Straße and Virchow-Klinikum, a short stretch on line M10, which runs along the former Berlin Wall between Wolliner Straße and Nordbahnhof as well as a few hundred metres near the present Hauptbahnhof terminus, the entire tram network is in the former eastern part of the city.
- network length ~180 km
- 22 lines
- metro-tram lines (M1, M2, etc.) operate every 10 minutes, other lines every 20 minutes
- 1435 mm gauge
- rolling stock: TATRA KT4D (1976, modernised 1993-97); low-floor Adtranz GT6N (1994-2003, some bidirectional); Bombardier FlexityClassic (on order > 2008-09)

20 Aug 1988: Prerower Platz - Falkenberg
01 May 1991: Zossener Straße - U Hellersdorf - Riesaer Straße
14 Oct 1995: Björnsonstraße - Osloer Straße
25 Oct 1997: Osloer Straße - Virchow-Klinikum
20 Dec 1997 Oranienburger Tor - Universitätsstraße via S+U Friedrichstraße
18 Dec 1998: Mollstraße/Otto-Braun-Straße - Alexanderplatz - Spandauer Straße
28 May 2000 Revaler Straße - S+U Warschauer Straße
29 Sept 2000 Französisch Buchholz Kirche - Guyotstraße
28 Mai 2006: Eberswalder Straße - Nordbahnhof (M10)
30 Mai 2007: Mollstraße/Prenzlauer Allee - Alexanderplatz (M2)
04 Sept 2011: Adlershof - Karl-Ziegler-Str. (1.5 km)
[X] 25 Aug 2013: U Naturkundemuseum - Schwartzkopffstraße loop permanently taken out of service (approx. 1 km)
14 Dec 2014: U Naturkundemuseum - Hauptbahnhof - Lüneburger Straße
31 Oct 2021: S Schöneweide - Karl-Ziegler-Straße (2.7 km)
09 Sept 2023: Hauptbahnhof – Turmstraße (1.5 km)

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)

VBB (Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg)

Tram Projects

Berlin Straba

Straßenbahn Berlin at Wikipedia.de

Berliner Verkehrsseiten - Straßenbahn

Berlin Tram Track Map at gleisplanweb.de

Berlin U-Bahn at UrbanRail.Net

Berlin S-Bahn at UrbanRail.Net

Robert Schwandl:

U-Bahn, S-Bahn & Tram in Berlin.

- 3rd edition Feb. 2023

ISBN 978 3 836573 68 8

More info

Robert Schwandl:

TRAM ATLAS DEUTSCHLAND 6

- 06/2024, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 74 9

- Detailed colour maps for more than 50 German tramway cities, illustrated with numerous photos

- Text German and English

- More details

Robert Schwandl:

U-Bahnen in Deutschland

+ U-Stadtbahnen

- Feb 2019, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 57 2

- Anything you need to know about German metro and light rail systems with underground sections, with detailed maps and hundreds of colour photos; 160 pages; Text German and English - More details