S2 (Berlin)

S2
An S2 arrives at Karow in 2023
Overview
Locale	Berlin
First service	9 January 1984 (1984-01-09)
Current operator(s)	S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Route
Termini	Bernau Blankenfelde
Line(s) used	Berlin–Szczecin railway Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel Berlin–Dresden railway
Technical
Rolling stock	DBAG Class 481
Route map via Wünsdorf-Waldstadt Blankenfelde via Birkengrund or BER Airport Mahlow Brandenburg–Berlin state border Mahlower Grenzgraben Lichtenrader Graben Lichtenrade Gebertgraben Schichauweg Buckower Chaussee Marienfelde Teltow Canal Attilastraße to Teltow Stadt Priesterweg Südkreuz to Wannsee Yorckstraße Landwehr Canal Anhalter Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz Brandenburger Tor Friedrichstraße Spree Oranienburger Straße Nordbahnhof Humboldthain Gesundbrunnen to Wildau, to Grünau Bornholmer Straße Pankow Pankow-Heinersdorf Schmöckpfuhlgraben Fließgraben Blankenburg Laake to Birkenwerder Karow Panke Buch Brandenburg–Berlin state border Röntgental Panke Zepernick Panke Bernau-Friedenstal Panke Bernau via Eberswalde

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 in West Berlin: 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.