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Bus transport is the oldest public transport service in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, having been introduced in 1846. 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 ...
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 ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 00:07, 19 April 2023: 1,660 × 1,004 (2.07 MB): Adrio: Namen und Zusatzbezeichnungen an BVG-Netzplan angepasst; U6 bis 2025 nur bis Kurt-Schumacher-Platz
The Berlin light rail system is one of the five most extensive in Europe in terms of track lengths. Of the 22 BVG-operated tram routes, nine are designated as part of the MetroNetz, which provide a high frequency service in areas poorly served by the U-Bahn and S-Bahn.
This is an alphabetical list of Berlin U-Bahn stations. Currently, there are 175 active stations. [1]Adenauerplatz Alexanderplatz Blaschkoallee Bülowstraße Dahlem-Dorf Eberswalder Straße Friedrichstraße Gesundbrunnen Görlitzer Bahnhof Hallesches Tor Heidelberger Platz Hermannplatz Jannowitzbrücke Klosterstraße Konstanzer Straße Krumme Lanke Leinestraße Märkisches Museum Mohrenstraße ...
In 1865, a horse tramway was established in Berlin. In 1881, the world's first electric tram line was opened in the city. Numerous private and municipal operating companies constructed new routes, so by the end of the 19th century the network had developed quite rapidly, and the horse trams had been replaced by electric ones.
Berlin public transit passes are available from many places, automated and non-automated, from BVG, Bahn, and authorized third-parties. The Ring-Bahn Line and the other S-Bahn lines are included, as are all U-Bahn lines, buses, trams, ferries, and most trains within the city limits: tickets are valid for all transportation considered part of ...
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.