Theres no recollection of those news events, so being able to be here and just get a sense of what it might have been like feels quite special. By 1989, the Berlin Wall had forcibly divided the city for 28 years with the communists controlling the eastern part of the city whilst the capitalist west controlled the rest of berlin. Travel between the two was strictly controlled and, in most cases, forbidden. But im heading down into the U Bahn, berlins underground rail network, which i can access with the deutschlandticket. 0k, u8 this way. Ooh now, alexanderplatz was in the east, so anybody getting on the U Bahn three stops in that direction had
regional public transport network. it was a cost of living measure introduced in 2023, initially atjust nine euros each. i do love a train who doesn t? so i m planning to take them to crisscross the country and get a better look at the close relationship between germans and their railways. from berlin s iconic u bahn to the incredible hanging overhead railway of the industrial west, to the makeshift island trains of the northern coast. we ve got the birds flying, the water, the light this is stunning! i m here to see how engineering and a bit of imagination have led to a network like no other. with almost 40,000km of track, germany s rail network is the longest in europe,
Wer den nordwestlichen Teil der Hamburger U-Bahn-Linie 1 nutzt, kann wieder aufatmen: Das Teilstück zwischen Ohlsdorf und Kellinghusenstraße wird wieder normal befahren.