A FANTASTIC subway network! | Berlin U-Bahn & S-Bahn

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[nikolausspoerel]

The one U-Bahn S-Bahn interchange you missed is the most unusual one: Wuhletal, with S5 and U5 on opposite sides of the same platform, allowing easy change - especially impressive if both trains enter the station exactly at the same time.

[berlindude]

And in case you're wondering why there is no fourth interchange station called "Nordkreuz" (North Cross), that would be Gesundbrunnen station. In fact, the signs there bear the secondary name "Nordkreuz" in smaller font under the official name "Gesundbrunnen". When about 15 years ago they planned to rename the station (along with "Südkreuz" formerly known as "Papestraße"), local residents objected the move and eventually the historical name "Gesundbrunnen" ("Health Fountain") was kept.

[Bornevalesh]

The designs of the U-Bahn stations might not be fancy compered to international standards, but every U-Bahn station (in the undergound) is in fact unique. Some look similar on the first sight, but there is always something different to all the other stations in the network... f.e. the material, colour or pattern of the wall and design of the interior. The design refers often to the area around the stations or historical events.

Great video by the way. :)

[matalata]

This was the first European city I ever visited and had no idea its transit system was this incredible. I credit Berlin for my love of transit now, and as a Los Angeles native, absolutely loathe cars.

[thedavidj]

I was in Berlin at the end of May 2022 and we rode the tram, S-Bahn, and U-Bahn system everyday and let me tell you it is so easy to navigate.

[benjamindally]

Of course you can say that East Germany didn’t have enough money for tunnelling. On the other hand, they were not needed as the surface tracks of nowadays line 5 were integrated into the urban design process. The housing complexes of eastern Berlin therefore are an example of Transit Oriented Development. You can of course find that in other cities as well, e.g. Stockholm (Kista, …), Nürnberg (Langwasser) …

[Draregkoeliekalie]

Havent seen this video, but just on my way home from Berlin by train to Rotterdam and public transport in Berlin is fantastic! Currently its possible to pay 9, - for a month to use all public transport.

[bi]

Hey, if you come back to Berlin, try to join one of the underground tours they do in open carriage trains on part of the subway network. Its a great experience for public transit nerds like you (and me). 😀

[marcusrosenberg]

Hey, just a small thing: Whenever you know that you will be back in Berlin, in between May and October - try to get a tour of abandoned train stations in Berlin. You will see it is much larger than you expected. and as some sort of trainnerd, you would love it. They are suitable for English speakers as well.

[janik]

As someone living in Berlin for a number of years now this was amazing to watch!
I really liked the way you just went through the lines and gave a great overview. I learned quite a bit about my own city ;) 
Something I feel was missing / might be interesting is the BVG itself - the company operating the U-Bahn and also all the trams and busses. To Berlin people they are a bit of a cultural icon as they consistently create hilarious marketing acts where they very self-consciously mock themselves for being late, grubby, yet still an integral and therefore love-hated part of Berlin. One of their past ones were to apply for world heritage. There's all kinds of fun trivia around the BVG, including their patented seat fabric prints, weird merch and much more. I guess no one here would actually say they enjoy taking the public transport but everyone knows quite well how amazing it is in getting you wherever you need no matter the time of day.

[Schlumpftibumfti]

The most remarkable fun fact, shortly mentioned in the video: Some of the old East Berlin U-Bahns are running in North Korea... Grown up in East Berlin, I have been visiting Pyeongyang and using the trains I have probably already used years ago on the other sied of the world :D

[sanluxi]

The Berlin metro is very interesting and versatile, I loved it! It is also very complete, allowing anyone to go to any part of the Capital. Congratulations from Brazil!

[moba]

15:10 this is not for preventing graffitis, but prevent scratchings! i can remember times where it was really rare to find a non-scratched window in s-bahn or u-bahn!
15:15 fun fact: narrow and wide trains have same track size. currently narrow trains are driving on wide train tracks, caused by a lack of wide trains

[mozismobile]

Mor Trainz! It does kind of seem as though Berlin is a rail network that people happen to live in. Build it and they will come? But that's a lot better than the usual "cities are for cars, people get in the way" approach in many other countries.

[trumpsupporter]

The U% is not disconnected from the rest of the network. There is the single track "Waise' Tunnel which starts from just north of Heinrich Heine Strasse to just west of Alexander Platz, This was built as part of the original plans for the current U8 and has never been in passenger service.

The U2 was built in this curving way through the centre between Potsdammer Platz and Alexander Platz because competition objections were raised by the preexisting tram companies who had a more direct route between these two locations.

[MarekMichalakMusic]

Great video!
Stayed in Berlin last autumn for 10 days and found the entire system very easy and convenient to use.

Ticket barrier free public transport is a feature pretty much across all German cities and regions, not just Berlin.

[MoLauer]

I'd love to see a video about Hamburgs U-Bahn and S-Bahn :)

[Kgh-]

The U5 now expands to go to Hauptbahnhof (which is much appreciated)

[Jonkatonka]

I love your videos, as I'm a public transport geek. And I love this one even more, as I've lived in Berlin all my life. A few small additions to your great content: 1. At 10:01 you stopped the green S2 line too early, it actually terminates further south at Blankenfelde. 2. You should add Gesundbrunnen on your list of major S-Bahn interchanges at 13:04 as well as Wuhletal, Spandau, Rathaus Steglitz and Wittenau on your list of major interchange points between S-Bahn and U-Bahn at 13:39. 3. Finally, the new S-Bahn tunnel track between Hauptbahnhof and the northern Ringbahn not only connects to Westhafen (as shown at 14:17) but also branches east to reach Wedding station. Hope these pointers help you in some way. Keep creating great videos!