The S6 was a line number used by the

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from June 1991 until June 2002. The line always ran to the south-east corner of Berlin, although a number of routings were used during its period of operation. The line was replaced by the S46 and S9 which now provide connections to south-east

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Service history

The S6 was created on 2 June 1991, as a shorter replacement of the Green route of the S3 between

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and . A year later, the line was extended by one station to Westkreuz. In May 1994, the line was shortened to act as a peak-time shuttle between Warschauer Straße and

Zeuthen Zeuthen is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany. Geography It is located near the southeastern Berlin city limits on the western shore of the Dahme (river), Dahme River and the Zeu ...

. The line was removed in June 2002.

Route

The station listing below provides an overview of what the line looked like. The possible travel connections are correct for the period of operation and do not reflect the current travel connections for these stations. *

Königs Wusterhausen Königs Wusterhausen (; , ) is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district of the state of Brandenburg in Germany a few kilometers outside Berlin. Geography Geographical location Königs Wusterhausen – locally known as "KW" () or "KWh" ()– lie ...

( DB) (Not served after May 1994) *

Wildau Wildau () is a German town of the state of Brandenburg, located in the district of Dahme-Spreewald. It is located close to Berlin and easily reached by the ''S-Bahn''. As of 2019 its population was 10,404 inhabitants. History The history of Wilda ...

(Not served after May 1994) *

( S46) * Eichwalde * Grünau ( S8) *

Adlershof Adlershof (, literally "Eagle's Court") is a locality (') in the Boroughs of Berlin, borough (') Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany. Adlershof is home to the new City of Science, Technology and Media (WISTA), located on the southwestern edge of ...

( S45) ( S9) * Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide / Johanissthal (Present Day) * Schöneweide ( S85) ( S86) ( DB) * Baumschulenweg ( S45) ( S46) ( S86) * Plänterwald *

Treptower Park Treptower Park (, with a silent ''w'') is a park alongside the river Spree (river), Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin. History It was the location of the Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin i ...

( S4) *

Ostkreuz Berlin Ostkreuz station () (literally "Berlin East Cross") is a station on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway and the busiest interchange station in Berlin. It is in the former East Berlin district of Friedrichshain, now part of the borough of Fr ...

( S3) ( S4) ( S5) ( S7) ( S75) ( S8) ( S85) * Warschauer Straße ( U1) ( S75) * Hauptbahnhof (Now Ostbahnhof) ( DB) ( S86) (Not served after May 1994) * Jannowitzbrücke ( U8) (Not served after May 1994) *

Alexanderplatz (, ''Alexander Square'') is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from in the north-ea ...

( U2) ( U5) ( U8) ( DB) (Not served after May 1994) *

Hackescher Markt ("Hacke's Market") is a square in the central Mitte locality of Berlin, Germany, situated at the eastern end of Oranienburger Strasse. It is an important transport hub and a starting point for the city's nightlife. Overview Originally a mars ...

(Not served after May 1994) *

Friedrichstraße Friedrichstraße, or Friedrichstrasse (see ß; ) (lit. ''Frederick Street''), is a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin, forming the core of the Friedrichstadt neighborhood and giving the name to Berlin Friedrichstraße stat ...

( U6) ( S1) ( S2) ( DB) (Not served after May 1994) * Lehrter Stadtbahnhof (Not served after May 1994) *

Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. Bellevue or Belle Vue may refer to: Places Australia * Bellevue, Queensland * Bellevue, Western Australia * Bellevue Hill, New South Wales Canada * Bellevue, Alberta * Bellevue, Newfoundlan ...

(Not served after May 1994) * Tiergarten (Not served after May 1994) *

Zoologischer Garten A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...

( U2) ( U9) ( DB) (Not served after May 1994) * Savignyplatz (Not served after May 1994) *

( U7) ( S5) ( DB) (Not served after May 1994) * Westkreuz ( S3) ( S45) ( S46) ( S7) ( S9) (Only served between May 1992 and May 1994)

References

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