S8 (Berlin)

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.

Overview
Locale	Berlin
Service
System	Berlin S-Bahn
Operator(s)	S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Rolling stock	DBAG Class 483 DBAG Class 484
Technical
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Route map Legend to Königs Wusterhausen Wildau Zeuthen Eichwalde Plumpengraben Grünau to BER Airport Teltow Canal Adlershof Johannisthal to Spindlersfeld Schöneweide Britz Canal Baumschulenweg via Hermannstraße Plänterwald via Hermannstraße Treptower Park Spree to Spandau Ostkreuz Frankfurter Allee Storkower Straße Landsberger Allee Greifswalder Straße Prenzlauer Allee Schönhauser Allee via Gesundbrunnen via Gesundbrunnen Bornholmer Straße Pankow Pankow-Heinersdorf Fließgraben Blankenburg to Bernau Panke Blankenfelder Graben Brandenburg–Berlin state border Schönwalder Südgraben Mühlenbeck-Mönchmühle Schönfließer Ostgraben Schönfließ Bergfelde to Wannsee Hohen Neuendorf Birkenwerder to Oranienburg This diagram: view talk edit

Service history

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]

In popular culture

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).

Gallery

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  S8 at Grünau
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  S8 at Plänterwald
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  S8 at Treptower Park

References

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.

External links

• Official website (in German)