S9 (Berlin)

Overview
Locale	Berlin
Service
System	Berlin S-Bahn
Operator(s)	S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Rolling stock	DBAG Class 481
Technical
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Route map Flughafen BER Waßmannsdorf Schönefeld (bei Berlin) Brandenburg–Berlin state border Grünbergallee Altglienicke via Grünau Teltow Canal Adlershof Johannisthal to Spindlersfeld Schöneweide Britz Canal Baumschulenweg via Hermannstraße Plänterwald via Hermannstraße Treptower Park via Ostkreuz via Ostkreuz Warschauer Straße Ostbahnhof Jannowitzbrücke Alexanderplatz Hackescher Markt Spree Kupfergraben Friedrichstraße Spree Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal Hauptbahnhof Bellevue Tiergarten Landwehr Canal Zoologischer Garten Savignyplatz Charlottenburg Westkreuz to Potsdam Hbf Messe Süd Heerstraße Olympiastadion Pichelsberg Stresow Havel Spandau This diagram: view talk edit

S9 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn.[1] It operates from Flughafen BER to Spandau through Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Central Station) over:

• a very short section of the Outer ring, opened in 1951 and electrified in 1983,
• a short section of the former Outer freight ring opened in the early 1940s and electrified in 1983,
• the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,
• the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926 and, via a connecting curve,
• the Berlin–Wrocław railway, which at Berlin Ostbahnhof becomes
• the Berlin Stadtbahn to Charlottenburg,
• the Spandau Suburban Line.

Service history

The S9 was created on 2 June 1991, replacing the Blue route of the S3 between Charlottenburg and Flughafen Berlin Schönefeld (now Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station), with the western terminus extended by one stop to Westkreuz.[2][3]

References

1. "S-Bahn Network Map" (PDF). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 27 June 2008. 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.