S47 (Berlin)

Overview
System	Berlin S-Bahn
Locale	Berlin
Operation
Operator(s)	S-Bahn Berlin
Rolling stock	BVG Class 480 DBAG Class 485
Technical
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Route map Spindlersfeld Oberspree Schöneweide Britzer Verbindungskanal Baumschulenweg Köllnische Heide Neukölln Hermannstraße (valid as of 10 December 2017)

The Berlin S-Bahn line 47 (S47) runs from Spindlersfeld to Hermannstraße.^[1] It operates over:

• the Schöneweide–Spindlersfeld branch line, opened on 1 April 1892 and electrified on 1 February 1929,
• 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.

Until the 28 May 2006, the line ran from Spindlersfeld to Gesundbrunnen. The line was shortened to Südkreuz to allow frequency improvements to the S41 and S42 ring lines. The line was shortened on December 11, 2011 to Hermannstraße and contains now 7 stations.

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