🚊🇩🇪 Exploring the tramway network of Berlin, which offers insight into the city’s historical development and explains its wider presence in the east. It’s the third-largest system in the world, with 22 lines, over 800 stops, and a route length of 193 km.
🚇🇩🇪 The Berlin U-Bahn is the most used transport system in the city. Its last major extension was the section from Alexanderplatz to Brandenburger Tor of line U5. It opened in 2020 and was merged with the segment to Hauptbahnhof, making it 26 stations and 22 km in total.
🚆🇩🇪 The latest generation of Berlin S-Bahn trains are the BR 483/484, built by Siemens and Stadler. They entered service in 2021 and operate on the ringbahn and south-eastern lines. In total, 106 units were delivered in two and four-car versions, allowing more flexible consists.
🚆🇩🇪 In Berlin, one of the most important transport systems is the S-Bahn network, with 15 lines and 168 stations. It covers 340 km in total, and its distinctive colours, in addition to third-rail electrification, differentiate it from other commuter rail services in Germany.
🚆🇩🇪 Last stretch of this journey between Hamburg and Berlin by regional train: with the
#RE4367 from Rostock Hbf to Berlin Südkreuz, also on a double-decker push–pull trainset. This service operated by DB Regio is integrated as line
#RE5 in VBB network with a 2-hourly frequency.
🚆🇩🇪 Next, I take the
#RE4333 from Bad Kleinen to Rostock Hbf, again on board doppelstockwagen, but this time hauled by a BR 146 electric locomotive. The
#RE1 line is also operated by DB Regio Nordost and is part of the Hanse-Express, with hourly trains between the two cities.
🚆🇩🇪 I change to the
#RE56863 at Lübeck Hbf and continue to Bad Kleinen. This is an
#RE2 service, operated by DB Regio Nordost. The train is hauled by a BR 218 diesel-hydraulic locomotive from 1976 and also has 4th-gen doppelstockwagen, a classic consist on these regional lines!
Thanks to
@marcostrain our Spanish dataset is improving a lot.
🚆🇩🇪 Taking the
#RE11422 from Hamburg Hbf to Lübeck Hbf. The route is integrated as line
#RE8 in the NAH SH network and is operated by DB Regio with Stadler KISS units. The journey takes 46min, covering 63km. This train has an impressive capacity, in triple formation and 12 cars!
🚆🇪🇸 Heading back to Barcelona-Sants from València-Estació del Nord with the
#IC1382 in Elige Confort. It’s not common to travel on loco-hauled trains in Spain, but this service, which runs entirely on the conventional line, is an exception, worked by an S-252 and two Talgo VI!
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