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S8 (Berlin)

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S8
Overview
LocaleBerlin
Service
SystemBerlin S-Bahn
Operator(s)S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Rolling stockDBAG Class 483
DBAG Class 484
Technical
Electrification750 V DC Third rail
Route map

Wildau
Zeuthen
Eichwalde
Grünau
S85
Adlershof
Johannisthal
Schöneweide
Baumschulenweg
Plänterwald
Treptower Park
Ostkreuz
S3 S5 S7 S75
Frankfurter Allee
U5
Storkower Straße
Landsberger Allee
Greifswalder Straße
Prenzlauer Allee
Schönhauser Allee
U2
Bornholmer Straße
S1 S25 S26
Pankow
S85 U2
Pankow-Heinersdorf
Blankenburg
S2 to Bernau
BrandenburgBerlin state border
Mühlenbeck-Mönchmühle
Schönfließ
Bergfelde
Hohen Neuendorf
Birkenwerder

S8 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Wildau to Birkenwerder over:

  • the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,
  • the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926,
  • the Outer ring, completed on 22 November 1952 and electrified for the S-Bahn in 1962,
  • and a short section of the Prussian Northern line, opened on 10 July 1877 and electrified on 8 August 1925.

Service history

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The S8 was created on 2 June 1991, as a slightly shorter replacement of the Lime Green route of the East Berlin S-Bahn between Bernau bei Berlin and Grünau (via the eastern part of the Ringbahn).[2][3]

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An S8 train to Zeuthen appears in the opening frames of Pet Shop Boys' music video for the single Leaving from the album Elysium (2012).

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References

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  1. ^ "S-Bahn Network Map" (pdf). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. ^ "How the S-Bahn got its numbers". S-Bahn Berlin (in German). Berlin: Deutsche Bahn. 9 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Berliner Nahverkehrsnetz – Schnellbahnnetz". Berliner Linienchronik (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. November 1990. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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