S Bahn - U Bahn

I am looking forward to going to Berlin for the first time in two weeks time. I keep reading on forums about certain hotels being next to the S Bahn or the U Bahn stations... what is the difference between these train lines?

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Hi,

U-Bahn is a subway while S-Bahn is a local railway. You can use both with the same ticket. U-Bahn operates only in the city (mainly in the western part) while S-Bahn also goes to some destinations in Brandenburg (like Potsdam). In the East there are also some trams.

S-Bahn:

…cocolog-nifty.com/diary/…sbahn_berlin.JPG

U-Bahn:

trampicturebook.de/tram/…ubahnberlin.htm

You could check:

http://www.s-bahn-berlin.de/englisch/

http://bvg.de/index.php/en/Bvg/Start

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Great, thanks for that info!

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