1 - Lange Nacht der Museen

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BeRlIneR s-BAHn-museum
off-route
Visitors have the opportunity to print their own paper tickets. Photograph: Archiv Berliner S-Bahn-Museum
In the S-Bahn substation at Griebnitzsee the exhibition
presents both the technical history of the
train network and its part in Berlin’s cultural and
social history.
Permanent exhibition
The Development of the S-Bahn in Divided
Berlin
special exhibition
The Eventful History of the Current Griebnitzsee
Station
The first platforms were built here in 1838 ready
for the very first Prussian railway voyage, from
Berlin to Potsdam. During the city’s division from
1961 to 1989 the current S-Bahn platform was
used for transit trains; at this time no passengers
were allowed in the carriages, only security staff.
Interactive
All You need to know about the S-Bahn
Take a seat in the driver’s position of an old train or
print your own ticket in the interactive section of the
museum.
Film (in German)
Various interesting videos on related themes
BeRlIneR u-BAHn-museum
off-route
Based in a former station control centre, the museum
focuses on the technology of Berlin’s underground
network, including machine demonstrations.
Permanent exhibition
109 Years: History of the Berlin u-Bahn
Based in the former station control centre of
Olympia-Stadion station, the museum focuses on
the technology of Berlin’s underground network,
including machine demonstrations. A main attraction
is the former largest European sequencing
lever control centre in operation from 1931 to
1983.
Demonstration
u10 – from here to the imaginary and back
again
Roland Boden’s Kronos-Modell (Cronus Model)
The Cronus Model by
Roland Boden (detail)
forms a part of an art project by the NGBK Berlin.
The U-Bahn line 10, which was conceived in early
20th century and has never been completed, was
used as the basis for a secret experiment in 1926
that sought to achieve the deceleration of time,
inspired by Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. To this
end an A-I carriage was rebuilt and – complete
with test passengers – sent off; the train is supposedly
still travelling through Berlin’s underground
as a time machine today.
special exhibition
Children’s drawings on the theme U-Bahn, created
during the BVG’s company festivities for the U-
Bahn sector.
In the station’s entrance hall: live music and
market stalls selling souvenirs
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