S8 (Berlin)
# S8 (Berlin)

S8 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Wildau to Birkenwerder over:

* the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,
* the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926,
* the Outer ring, completed on 22 November 1952 and electrified for the S-Bahn in 1962,
* and a short section of the Prussian Northern line, opened on 10 July 1877 and electrified on 8 August 1925.

## Service history

The S8 was created on 2 June 1991, as a slightly shorter replacement of the Lime Green route of the East Berlin S-Bahn between Bernau bei Berlin and Grünau (via the eastern part of the Ringbahn).

## In popular culture

An S8 train to Zeuthen appears in the opening frames of Pet Shop Boys' music video for the single Leaving from the album Elysium (2012).

## Gallery

* S8 at Grünau
* S8 at Plänterwald
* S8 at Treptower Park
