The Siemensbahn - Abandoned Berlin

No trains have trundled along the Siemensbahn’s tracks since September 1980. The S-Bahn line was run by the East German state railway company, which pulled the plug on services in response to a strike from workers unhappy that their hours were cut.
The East German state railway ran all the S-Bahns across Berlin even after the division of the city into East and West. West Berliners boycotted the service after the Berlin Wall went up in 1961.
This wasn’t good for business. The S-Bahn operators lost millions sending empty trains around West Berlin. So when their workers went on strike in 1980, they gladly shut down nearly half their services in the walled-in part of the city. The Siemensbahn never got going again.
The line ran from Jungfernheide through the S-Bahnhöfe of Wernerwerk and Siemensstadt to Gartenfeld. It was built primarily for the workers of the Siemens factories that gave the area its name. Construction began in 1928 and services started on Dec. 18, 1929. They could get things done in those days.
There are plans to revive the Siemensbahn. Some of the overgrowth has been cleared away, and there’s even talk of building new bridges and extending the line. We'll see. It's hard to keep plans on track in Berlin.
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[@Daniel-rd4eh]

Wow, this is really well made ! Excellent video of this gem of Berlin abandonment.

[@fhwolthuis]

Amazing video 🤩👌🏼

[@bosyber]

Well done documentary, nice how you follow the tracks when arriving at a station so it feels like it's an S-Bahn! Wow though, that seems like quite a bit of work to clean up, repair and renew in order to take it back into service; guess that's why it will take a decade (well that and politics,planning etc :)

[@thomasnygaard4514]

Amazing story. Amazing video!! What's the status as of August 2023? I guess it's much more sealed off now ? - with the future plans of the reopening in mind..

[@MDBenson]

I am fascinated by the S-Bahn and railways in Berlin and it’s history and lines and the parts of it that are abandoned, much of which is untouched and largely unimpeded even after decades of development. The Siemensbahn from the Spree to Gartenfeld is apparently protected as a historical monument and there are even mutterings of it being reinstated to serve the new Siemens research campus in Siemensstadt, which would be really interesting but only if they retain or replace all the steel bridgework which is so iconic. The buildings alone deserve preservation, Gartenfeld is a really good example of German 1920s architecture style.

[@AbandonedBerlinFilms]

Thanks Mark. I fully agree!

[@MDBenson]

@@AbandonedBerlinFilms you might try talking to KZbin user @Kingl3r as he has done videos of other abandoned road and rail infrastructure in Berlin

[@smashin1988]

Siemensbahn in planed to be reopened with S-Bahn service from 2029. First works on the old infrastructure already have began.

[@Hi-tj2ox]

How many stations are abandoned at this line?

[@mevoadventures]

Can you easily enter there or it is a big fence and guards?

[@AbandonedBerlinFilms]

It's very easy to enter.

[@mevoadventures]

@@AbandonedBerlinFilms vielen dank,I'll go there in the spring