Discarded S-Bahn line

We had been meaning to discover a bit more of this end of Berlin for a while. So when you have good weather and a travel pass, you get travelling.

The locality of Siemensstadt was created when the company Siemens & Halske, one of the predecessors of today’s Siemens AG, built their factories in Berlin. These factories needed workers, who then needed transport, and housing and so Siemensstadt was born and grew.

Siemens Siemensstadt Berlin — We had a chortle over the name Ohm Street.

The Siemensbahn was built by Siemens between 1927 and 1929. The four and a half kilometre long railway started at Jungfernheide station then onto Wernerwerk station and Siemensstadt station then the terminus Gartenfeld.

This map from Flickr is from Siemensstadt station. Source: SnaPsi Сталкер/Flickr – definitely worth clicking through to the large version

The S-Bahnhof Siemensstadt was heavily damaged during the Second World War and parts of were dismantled by the Soviets. Service was restored in 1956, however, Siemens moved its headquarters to Munich, so there wasn’t much traffic.

After the Reichsbahnerstreik (rail strike) in September 1980 and the construction of the new U7 nearby, the line was shut down forever.

The buildings of the former S-Bahn still stands with broken lettering and the ghosts of the past. There is no entry to the sites and we were too scared to try. There are plans to re-open the line as the area has been getting a lot of investment.