S Bahn & U Bahn - Berlin 2009

This is a short film sampling Berlins S Bahn & U Bahn in June 2009.Originally filmed in 1920x1080 whilst on location. The S Bahn and U Bahn is an integrated fare system but run independently by Deutsche Bahn (DB) and BVG respectively. The stock is usually yellow and the stations each have a unique character. One of the most famous stations is Berlin-Friedrichstraße which was the only railway East/West transfer point during the Berlin Wall years. Most of the lines were sealed by the DDR to prevent West Berliners getting off and East Berliners getting on. Many stops became ghost stations until reopened after German Reunification. There are other trains visible in this footage notably the ICE national inter-city service, DB regional double deck trains and one instance of the Berlin-Warsaw Express at Berlin-Charlottenburg station.

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Travel & Events

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• Bahn
• DB
• Berlin
• Germany
• Train
• Bahnhof
• Deutsche
• Underground
• Metro
• Fehrberliner
• Platz
• Anhalter

[Flauschtvreporter]

Kann es sein das der erste teil in der S3 war ? XD

[barriculum]

@Flauschtvreporter Gute Frage! Ich weiss nicht. S3, S5, oder S7? hmmm..

[williboy95]

I have been the most places where you are filming. Very nice video 5**

[barriculum]

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you like it.

[burwoodin]

thx for sharing. just taking a quick browse over the description, i wonder how can i tell S-bahn from U-bahn? they look al the same?!

[barriculum]

Good point, I was hopping on and off of them both but the S-Bahn is what I can consider a general overground urban railway that happens to go underground every now and again whilst the U-Bahn tends to primarily go under ground and utilises slightly older looking stock. Both S and U trains are yellow so it can be tricky to distinguish. The train seen at Olympia Stadion is an example S-Bahn having a more tram style appearance with full walk-through carriages.

[Clooglee]

great video i miss Berlin so fucking much

[TheFutureIsByzantine]

Great stuff man- good choice of shots and picture quality is fucking mint. Going to berlin myself soon, and this has whet the appetite to a state of inelegant salivation.

[listohan]

Having been in Berlin last year, I share the views about this video and my fondness for Berlin with others.

But where are the people? Berlin has a small population compared with the capital cities of other great nations, but surely someone catches the train...sometimes.

[bry3500]

no graffiti in sight

[tigerkillslion]

Beste Stadt der Welt!!!

[cynizmizgorzknienie]

7:38 Berlin - Warszawa Express FTW!

[Kregonov]

Ich war dieser Sommer in Berlin. Die Stadt ist einfach toll!

[krobbo81]

What a great video - I loved my trip to Berlin (back in February 2008). That walk in/out of Olympia-Stadion was quite an eerie one.

Would love to go back to Berlin one day.

[jamestargetedindiv]

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[pascalgienger]

@burwoodin

Last annotation:

Historically, "S-Bahn" was run by the former GDR railway company ("Deutsche Reichsbahn"). People in West-Berlin did boycott the lines (which ran also in west berlin!) so BVG built many U-Bahn-lines in the West.

S-Bahn is comparable to "RER" in Brussels or Paris.

U-Bahn is comparable to "Métro" in Paris, "Subway" in New York and "Underground" in London.

And yes, Berlin is great :)

[pascalgienger]

@burwoodin

U-Bahn is a classical "metro" system, like the subway of new york or the metro in Paris.

S-Bahn can get you to suburbs, U-Bahn normally not. Stations in S-Bahn are farer away (besides the S-Bahn ring line).

S-Bahn-Trains in Berlin are colored red and yellow.

As long as you have a ticket valid for the zone in which you are travelling you may take U-Bahn, S-Bahn, Bus, Tramway as you want. It is up to you to find the fastest transit/connection. They share the same ticket price.

[pascalgienger]

@burwoodin

The "S-Bahn" and "U-Bahn" are different network. The only thing they share in Berlin is the fact that they are running an 1435mm rails ("heavy rail" gauge).

"S-Bahn" is run by Deutsche Bahn and it is a "heavy rail" system. The difference to other rolling stock from Deutsche Bahn is that S-Bahn-Trains in Berlin get their energy via a third rail.

he "U-Bahn" is a detached network only usable with "U-Bahn"-cars, getting their energy also via a third rail.

"U-Bahn" is run by "BVG".