S2 is a line on the
Berlin S-Bahn.
It operates from
Bernau to
Blankenfelde over:
*the
Berlin-Szczecin railway, opened on 1 August 1842 and electrified on 8 August 1924,
*the
Nord-Süd-Tunnel, opened on 28 May 1936 from
Humboldthain to
Unter den Linden and on 6 November 1939 to
Anhalter Bahnhof and
Priesterweg
*the
Berlin–Dresden railway, opened on 17 June 1875 and electrified on 15 May 1933.
Since becoming a numbered route in 1984, the S2's line colour is green.
Service history
The S2 was created along with the
S1 and
S3 on 9 January 1984, when the
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) took over the S-Bahn network from the East German
Deutsche Reichsbahn
The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'' (), also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the Weimar Republic, German national Rail transport, railway system created after th ...
in
West Berlin
West Berlin ( or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin lacked any sovereignty and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1 ...
: the S2 initially ran between
Lichtenrade and
Anhalter Bahnhof, before being extended northwards to
Gesundbrunnen on 1 May 1984, and
Frohnau on 1 October 1984.
In 1990, the S1 replaced the S2 between Gesundbrunnen and Frohnau.
References
{{Public transport in Berlin
Berlin S-Bahn lines