S26 is a line on the

Berlin S-Bahn The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under this name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area ''Berliner Stadt-, Ring ...

. It runs from Teltow in the

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(''Kreis'') of

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via Südkreuz, through the Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel with a stop at

Friedrichstraße The Friedrichstraße () (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 station. It runs from the northern ...

, and ends in Waidmannslust in the borough of

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. On weekends the S26 runs from Teltow to

Potsdamer Platz Potsdamer Platz (, ''Potsdam Square'') is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag ( German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corn ...

. Trains on this line run every 20 minutes. This interval is in sections shortened to a 10-minute interval by the S25. There is no night service on this line.

History

One line, three routes

This line number is used by the

for temporary routings required during major construction works. As a consequence, the line has existed with three different routes since its inception in May 1995. This line ran between Lichterfelde Ost and Waidmannslust from May until October 1995. The line then ran between Lichterfelde Süd and Birkenwerder from September 2001 until June 2003. The most recent version of the line ran between Teltow Stadt and

(latterly Nordbahnhof) from February 2005 until May 2006.

S26 in 1995

The S26 line ran between Lichterfelde Ost and Waidmannslust from the 28 May 1995. The line only lasted five months with the service revision of 15 October 1995 rendering the service obsolete – the S25 served most of the line and the S2 was extended from Nordbahnhof to Waidmannslust. 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. * Lichterfelde Ost ( S25) * Lankwitz * Südende * Priesterweg ( S2) * Papestraße ( S45) ( S46) * Yorckstraße ( S1) ( U7) * Anhalter Bahnhof *

( U2) *

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( S3) ( S5) ( S7) ( S75) ( S9) ( U6) * Oranienburger Straße * Nordbahnhof ( S2) * Humboldthain * Gesundbrunnen ( U8) * Bornholmer Straße ( S8) (S10) * Wollankstraße * Schönholz ( S25) * Wilhelmsruh * Wittenau ( U8) * Waidmannslust ( S1)

From Lichterfelde Süd to Birkenwerder

The S26 line ran between Lichterfelde Süd and Birkenwerder from 16 September 2001. This time, the line was required to maintain service on the outer railway ring to Birkenwerder during reconstruction work on the Nordring between Schönhauser Allee and Bornholmer Straße after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The line lasted until construction work was completed in June 2003. After this date, line S8 was able to continue to Birkenwerder from the East ring, and the line was once again obsolete. However, the line did not operate the whole distance of the line for the 21 months of operation. Instead, the line operated in two phases from June to October 2002 due to construction works in the North-South Tunnel: from Lichterfelde Süd to Papestraße and from Nordbahnhof to Birkenwerder. The station listing below provides an overview of what the whole 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. * Lichterfelde Süd ( S25) * Osdorfer Straße * Lichterfelde Ost * Lankwitz * Südende * Priesterweg ( S2) * Papestraße ( S4) ( S45) ( S46) * Yorckstraße ( S1) ( U7) * Anhalter Bahnhof *

( U2) *

( S3) ( S5) ( S7) ( S75) ( S9) ( U6) * Oranienburger Straße * Nordbahnhof * Humboldthain * Gesundbrunnen ( S4) ( S8) ( U8) * Bornholmer Straße ( S1) ( S25) *

Pankow Pankow () is the most populous and the second-largest borough by area of Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow. ...

( U2) * Pankow-Heinersdorf * Blankenburg ( S2) * Mühlenbeck-Mönchmühle * Schönfließ * Bergfelde * Hohen Neuendorf ( S1) * Birkenwerder ( S1)

Teltow Stadt Shuttle

The S26 was re-introduced to the

network on 25 February 2005 with the opening of Teltow Stadt station. Due to signalling works in the North-South Tunnel, the line operated as a substitute route for the south part of the S25 as far as

. When the signalling works were completed on 8 May 2006, the line was extended as far as Nordbahnhof. For three weeks, S26 trains continued as the S86 to Birkenwerder, thereby producing a direct connection between Teltow Stadt and Birkenwerder. Upon the timetable change of 28 May 2006, the S25 was re-established to Teltow Stadt and the S26 was once again removed from the network. 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. * Teltow Stadt * Lichterfelde Süd * Osdorfer Straße * Lichterfelde Ost * Lankwitz * Südende * Priesterweg ( S2) * Papestraße ( S41) ( S42) ( S45) ( S46) ( S47) * Yorckstraße ( S1) ( U7) * Anhalter Bahnhof *

( U2) From 8 May 2006 until 27 May 2006, additional stops were added at: *

( S5) ( S7) ( S75) ( S9) ( U6) * Oranienburger Straße * Nordbahnhof (S86)

2017 Restoration

The ''S26'' has been reopened on 10 December 2017 after restoration, as a result of the completion of the connection between the Stadtbahn and Ringbahn at Ostkreuz. * Teltow Stadt ( S25) * Lichterfelde Süd * Osdorfer Straße * Lichterfelde Ost * Lankwitz * Südende * Priesterweg ( S2) * Südkreuz ( S41) ( S42) ( S45) ( S46) * Yorckstraße ( S1) ( U7) * Anhalter Bahnhof *

Brandenburger Tor The Brandenburg Gate (german: Brandenburger Tor ) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II after restoring the Orangist power by suppressing the Dutch popular unrest. One ...

( S3) ( S5) ( S7) ( S9) ( U6) * Oranienburger Straße * Nordbahnhof * Humboldthain * Gesundbrunnen ( S41) ( S42) ( U8) * Bornholmer Straße ( S2) ( S8) ( S85) * Wollankstraße * Schönholz ( S25) * Wilhelmsruh * Wittenau ( U8) * Waidmannslust ( S1)

References

External links

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Berliner Verkehr Netzspinnen
Line Maps for every routing of the S26. *

News Release promoting Teltow Stadt to Birkenwerder routing without changing in May 2006 from March 2006. {{Public transport in Berlin Berlin S-Bahn lines