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An impressive contemporary document about the construction work on the S-Bahn north-south connection from 1934, which can be assigned to that time in terms of tone, design and address. The Berlin S-Bahn was the first rapid transit railway of its kind in Germany. It provided a connection to the capital Berlin and as a means of transport within the city. The first railways were built around the 1870s/1880s - after the First World War, the Deutsche Reichsbahn decided to convert the city, ring and suburban railways to electric operation. In our search for clues in the mid-1990s, Hagen von Ortloff travels from Gesundbrunnen station towards Friedrichstrasse station. A journey on a route that is over 50 years old and has been laid underground for a length of almost six kilometers. To add even more color to this episode, the main part of the program is showing a black and white documentary of when the S-Bahn went underground in 1934. An impressive contemporary document about the construction work on the S-Bahn north-south connection, which Deutsche Bahn AG has kindly made available to us. (Episode 113 from October 20, 1994 and episode 253 from July 19, 1997) Want even more railways? Then check this out! Here you can find everything about railway romance: Subscribe to the YouTube channel at http://www.bit.ly/eisenbahnromantik Become a fan on Facebook: /eisenbahnromantik. . Circle us on Google+: http://plus.google.com/+eisenbahnroma....