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The lighting has been renewed and made brighter, the technology has been brought up to date, the plaster has been extensively renovated and the walls have been clad in a vandalism-proof surface with enamelled sheet steel. The BVG took over Grenander's principle of identifying colors, but chose new color patterns. Numerous metro stations have ...
The Berlin U-Bahn (German: [ˈuː baːn]; short for Untergrundbahn, "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system.
Since 1929, services have been operated by the Berlin Transport Company (German: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, BVG), although during the Cold War-era division of the city they operated in West Berlin only. In East Berlin the public transport agency split off from the BVG and rebranded as BVB, operating the buses in the Soviet sector of Berlin.
The BVG-Ost took their time to withdraw the trains, and by 5 November 1989, the trains has been withdrawn. It is the only train that lasts during the East Berlin division. The 21st order of A class trains was delivered in 1929. 207 and 209 were converted as test vehicles into 507 and 509. 515 and 867 were also there.
Former BVG headquarters on Potsdamer Straße A Berlin bus during the strikes of 1932. The Berliner Verkehrs Aktiengesellschaft was formed in 1928, by the merger of the Allgemeine Berliner Omnibus AG (the operator of the city's buses), the Gesellschaft für Elektrische Hoch- und Untergrundbahnen (the operator of the U-Bahn) and the Berliner Straßenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH (the operator of the city's ...
BVG Class D; In service: 1957–2004 (Berlin U-Bahn) 1999–present (Pyongyang Metro) Manufacturer: AEG O&K Siemens Waggon Union: Constructed: 1956–1965 (1) 1965–1973 (2) Entered service: 1957 (Berlin U-Bahn) 1999–2000 (Pyongyang Metro) Successor: BVG Class H: Operators: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe Pyongyang Metro: Specifications; Car body ...
The BVG Class F is a train type designed for the large profile routes on the Berlin U-Bahn. 257 units (each consisting of two cars) were constructed between 1973 and 1994 in seven batches. These batches differ in terms of design and technical equipment.
A Class GI trainset pulling a mixed train at Sambong on the Hambuk Line, North Korea.. After the GI class was withdrawn from use on the Pyongyang Metro, they were converted by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works to operate as EMUs on the national railway lines of the Korean State Railway, which numbered them in the 500 series.