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Posted by Jon Bell on Thu Nov 19 19:53:29 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Germany & France, 1994 - Part 4, posted by Jon Bell on Wed Nov 18 22:59:46 2009. Now we wrap up this tour with some glimpses of Berlin's U-Bahn and trams. Eberswalder Strasse (route U2) is on an elevated section of the U-Bahn that opened in 1913. Trams run alongside and cross underneath the elevated structure here.  From Eberswalder Strasse I rode tram 50 north to the end of the line at Buchholz.  The Hellersdorf U-Bahn station is in the outer reaches of eastern Berlin, on a section of route U5 that opened on July 1989, only four months before the Wall came down. This area was developed during the Communist years, with large apartment blocks.  From Hellersdorf I rode back into central Berlin by tram, changing routes at Landsberger Allee / Weissenseer Weg.  Finally, we made a day trip to Potsdam, just southwest of Berlin, to visit Frederick the Great's palace Sanssouci. Potsdam has its own tram system that is also part of the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg that coordinates operations and common fares and tickets for the Berlin region.  This isn't quite the end of the tour, but the last couple of pictures are off-topic here so I've posted them over on BusChat. :-) |
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