S45 (Berlin)

Overview
Locale	Berlin
Service
System	Berlin S-Bahn
Operator(s)	S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Rolling stock	DBAG Class 483 DBAG Class 484
Technical
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Route map Berlin S45 Legend Flughafen BER Waßmannsdorf Schönefeld (bei Berlin) Brandenburg–Berlin state border Grünbergallee Altglienicke Teltow Canal Adlershof Johannisthal to Spindlersfeld Schöneweide Britz Canal Baumschulenweg Köllnische Heide Neukölln Hermannstraße Tempelhof Südkreuz This diagram: view talk edit

S45 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. ^[1] The line is being discontinued as of 14 December 2025. ^[2]

It operates from Flughafen BER beneath Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Südkreuz ^[3] via:

• a very short section of the Outer ring, opened in 1951 and electrified in 1983,
• a short section of the former Outer freight ring opened in the early 1940s and electrified in 1983,
• the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,
• the Baumschulenweg–Neukölln link line, opened on 8 June 1896 and electrified in 1928 and
• the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926.

History

A southern extension from the former terminus at the Schönefeld Airport station has been constructed prior to the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport. ^[4] The rail extension includes include two new stops: Waßmannsdorf and Berlin Brandenburg Airport. ^{[5] [6]} Due to the opening of the new airport, Schönefeld Airport station has been renamed "Flughafen BER - Terminal 5 station". When Terminal 5 was closed, the station has been renamed Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station.

References

1. "S-Bahn Network Map" (PDF). S-Bahn Berlin GmbH. 10 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
2. "Die neue ÖPNV-Anbindung zum Flughafen BER ab dem 14. Dezember 2025". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
3. Bahnhofs- und Linieninformationssystem s-bahn-berlin.de
4. "2020 vision for Berlin's long-overdue Brandenburg Airport" Travel weekly, 9 January 2018
5. Map of the reorganization of the rail system serving the new airport "Berlin Brandenburg"
6. (in German) Infos and map on "S-Bahn Berlin GMBH" website Archived 10 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine