Berlin Straßenbahnen (Trams) April 1990

Some views of trams in Berlin, as seen in April 1990
This video features two tram rides on different types of tram plus trams + closed U-Bahn stations, and more.
The closed stations include Oranienburger Tor & Nordbahnhof on line U6, the latter being where for a brief moment we hear a West Berlin U-Bahn train travelling under an East Berlin street (@ 1' 25")
A more modern view of Oranienburger Tor station (looking in the opposite direction) can be seen here...
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[@imsixftsix]

I enjoyed the video...I went to Berlin in '91 and remember riding a tram in the eastern area...

[@TramFreak]

Ein Hammer Doku-Film!!! Die alten KT4D und Reko Züge sind einfach großartig! :)

[@LomLom1975]

Thank you for this great video!!! I always like to see old movies of my most favorite town!!

[@stachebln]

3:17 these noise of door closing was so typical, omg, reminds me of my childhood. that was 20 years ago, so much is changed now

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thank you. I am pleased you enjoyed this film. Simon

[@krizvasa]

It is interesting to watch progres of Berlin transport. They had bus lane on tram track in 1990 but preference for trams on intersections wasn´t working. Very interesting video...

[@a01arta]

Nice videos of Berlin, thank you for them!

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Yes! I was there in 2005 - I thought it was a different place!! Simon

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thanks. Simon

[@VanlifewithAlan]

@citytransportinfo That would then have been a really exciting journey! I did it for the first time in October 1992 but by then everything was under new management!

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

The location where the trams travel almost under the U-Bahn viaduct the streets were full of pavement cafes and there were busy suburban shops & malls. But I was I was disappointed to see the lack of central island loading at the tram stop. Instead passengers still walk out in front of 3 lanes of (nowadays very busy) car traffic. The W Berlin historical tram has been replaced with a reopened U-Bahn. Simon

[@mikec10001212]

thankyou for posting,i went through germany on a motorcycle staying in various places and coudnt believe how parts of the east look,trabants and old looking buildings.a taxi driver said they prefered things before the wall came down though which i couldnt understand at the time,but i guess its all the tax;s and living costs now.but hope to go back this year and revisit berlin leipzig and chemnitz and colditz.a great country

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

I visited these locations in former E Berlin in 2005, and they were thriving city streets; still with trams and no different to anywhere else in Germany that still has trams.

[@dddaviddd01]

Amazing. I lived in Berlin for one year ( 2008 ) and cant recognize some places... The last stop on that ( also last stop in the video ) U-bahn railway was used for a tram?

[@TrainNico]

A wunderful video! Thanks for uploading! 5* ;-) Greeting TN

[@telekino5]

@TruckerSF Die historische Straßenbahn pendelte zwischen Nollendorfplatz und Bülowstr und hier war die Bahn gerade auf der fahrt nach Bülowstr zu sehen. Die M-Bahn führ erst ab Gleisdreieck, so dass die U2-Trasse hinter Bülowstr. im Dornröschenschlaf lag.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@dronespace Hello, thanks for your comments - I'm pleased that you found my films to be of interest. Regards Simon

[@ToastedCigar]

I was in Berlin last October. The Eastern side of the city was still quite shabby even after 22 years from the opening of the borders.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

7:49 i'm not sure but that station looks like Station Bühlowstraße because the church in the background looks familiar. So does the Comerzbank building on the left (the huge dark-grey one) Today the U-Bahn is driving on that lane. Wonderful and precious scenes of a Berlin that doesn't look like that anymore and only excists in our memories.

[@Steve14ps]

I remember the Turkish Bazar on Bülowstraße

[@laribum]

Nice video .

[@Hickmaann90]

I love the Tatra-Cars

[@mattpbent]

cool ! lovely fottage

[@emil250]

Very interesting ! Today it looks nostalgic, but it was not funny to live there ! Many people think it was like living in a romantic museum, but that was all-time reality with no change to break out.

[@VanlifewithAlan]

That brought back memories!

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thanks for telling me. My website is down - I do not know why - so I've complained to the web hosting people. Hopefully it will be back online soon. Simon

[@VanlifewithAlan]

@citytransportinfo Yes I appreciate that. You cannot 'feel' it the same! A pity not to have seen Berlin as it was then!

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Do you mean the West Berlin tourist tram? I do not know the exact dates but think it was between 1972 and 1991. But that is a guess. Simon

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@dronespace Yes, well I bought my first camcorder in December 1989, and then started filming! Alas it was already too late for some things (which I'd filmed in super 8) but expecting many changes to start happening I went to Berlin as soon as the spring arrived. Simon

[@TopGearrules]

Berlin is such a cool city!

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@alanheath Yes, a lot of people find these films to be nostalgic. But its different for me, as I only ever visited Berlin after the opening of the wall in 1989.

[@leilocasportuguesa]

i just want to see it by my self!!

[@amschristian]

Ab 3.14 der Fahrscheinautomat. 10Pf ein Fahrschein :-). Tolles Video ich bin 75 in Berlin gebohren fuer mich bringt das viele Errinnerungen zurueck.

[@panjacek6674]

Where is it? The intersection with trams looks like Chausestr. / Invaliden but it's so different. Where is the elevated tram going? Is it today's U2?

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@alanheath Alan, I was going to drive to Moscow for the 1980 Olympics, travelling through Berlin and Warsaw and also taking some religious items to distribute to local people, but the boycott saw that trip being cancelled. Other than that I was not confident to travel behind the 'Iron Curtain'. Simon

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

send me a link to them. Do you have any Israeli railway videos too? Even the Haifa Carmelite? (underground funicular) Simon

[@vomDeich]

wow

[@nuffaildaniaelle977]

Western berliner expanding their subway whilst Eastern berliner expanding their tramway

[@Vitus-Cerasus]

Do you know that the depart signal from this video was stolen by Train Team Berlin who used it for one of their Add-Ons called "Straßenbahn Berlin-Köpenick" for the Microsoft Train Simulator?

[@6000mikesch]

das ist doch nicht Hackescher Markt, das ist doch Friedrichsstr. , links vor der Brücke ist der Tränenpalast, rechts hinter mir wäre rechts ein Stück weiter der Friedrichstadtpalast, bin doch da immer in Strab eingestiegen, die von der Schleife vom Pergamon Museum kam? bin ich jetzt total kirre, hab vorher Tram Berlin 2020 angesehen, ich kenn da ja nischt mehr...

[@Baxter760]

Ey voll Krass. die alte Tram der 20er, 30er jahre fährt ahf der U-Bahn trasse der U2 und Lass mich raten hinter dieser Mauer war huntertprozent die Magnetbahn im Westen. Aber kanst du mier sagen welcher Bahnhof es war?

[@guillews]

i enjoyed this video because i impresssed about the Ostalgie, i read a lot of articules about it and i mad a photo-video mixturing east berlin's pic with montevideo's pics.. please check it here in youtube thnks

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

the way things are going (economy, politics) things will be like they were before the wall came down for EVERYONE! Soon! Simon

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

eh?

[@telekino5]

Are you sure, you were in the former East Berlin? Because in general the houses in the Eastern side are now freshly renovated and the houses in West Berlin, especially near to the former border, are in a bad condition. It happens a lot, that tourists mix up the two parts of Berlin and believe they have to be in east Berlin, only because they see shabby houses. West Berlin is full of ugly apartement houses build in the 70s and 80s.

[@villy27]

Großartig! Straßenbahntechnisch könnte man sich die DDR ja fast zurückwünschen... Wann fuhr denn die Straba auf der Hochbahnstrecke?

[@stefants3986]

Das war in Westberlin.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thanks everyone, I am pleased that you found the video to be of interest. I am sorry to read that Berlin suffers from the 'hoddie/yob' culture. I hate that too. I wish something could be done to to make people behave with responsibility. The 'western' nations seem to be like a fruit which is going bad. It is so sad. I am not watching the new 'Simpsons' film (movie in American English) as Bart Simpson is part of 'the problem' Simon

[@gasaholic47]

I am curious as to how this section of Berlin looks today. From this video, it seemed to be a drab, lifeless entity at the time. (I am assuming this is the leftover from Communist rule at the time.) Oh, and Bart Simpson contributes to the hoodie/yob culture? Please, give me a break. It existed long before Bart hit your tv screen.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

btw, re: Bart the Brat, I hate him because at one time he actually advocated it being good to be uneducated dunces! Youth culture should encourage children to be the best they can, not pig ignorant.

[@estoyaqui85]

socialist society at it's very best! Viva la RDA/DDR!

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thank you. I am pleased you enjoyed this film. Simon

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thanks. Simon