S3 (Berlin)
S-Bahn line in Berlin
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S3 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Erkner to Spandau. For most of its existence since becoming a numbered route in 1984, the S3's line has been coloured blue.[2]
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| Overview | |
| Locale | Berlin |
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| System | Berlin S-Bahn |
| Operator | S-Bahn Berlin GmbH |
| Rolling stock | DBAG Class 481 DBAG Class 480 |
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| Electrification | 750 V DC Third rail |
S3 originally was shortened to Ostbahnhof from 2003 to 2009 while awaiting renovation works. To compensate for the diminished throughput on the Stadtbahn, the S3 (formerly Erkner ↔ Ostbahnhof) was extended westwards to Spandau. Then, it was temporarily shortened again to Ostkreuz.
Service history
The S3 was created along with the S1 and S2 on 9 January 1984, when the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) took over the S-Bahn network from the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in West Berlin: the S3 initially ran between Friedrichstraße and Charlottenburg, before being extended south-westwards to Wannsee on 1 May 1984.[3]
Due to the reunification of Germany, the S3 briefly became a four-coloured line on 1 July 1990, absorbing the DR S-Bahn services formerly terminating at Friedrichstraße to Strausberg Nord (orange), Erkner (yellow), Königs Wusterhausen (green), and Flughafen Berlin Schönefeld (sky blue, now BER Airport – Terminal 5).[4] On 2 June 1991, the S3 was broken-up into the following lines:[3]
| Old route[4] | New route[5] | ||
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| Line | Termini | Line | Termini |
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Westkreuz–Strausberg Nord |  |
Wannsee–Strausberg Nord |
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Wannsee–Erkner |  |
Unchanged |
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Wannsee–Königs Wusterhausen |  |
Charlottenburg–Königs Wusterhausen |
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Charlottenburg–Berlin Schönefeld Airport |  |
Westkreuz–Berlin Schönefeld Airport |