In many major German cities, S-Bahn trains complement the purely urban means of transport by providing fast direct connections between the surrounding region and the core city. This book is an illustrated review of all S-Bahn systems in Germany with descriptions, maps and many illustrations of all the networks.
Features every system, from the classic S-Bahn systems in Berlin and Hamburg, to the regional S-Bahn system in Bremen and in the Rhein-Neckar area as well as the regional tram-train systems based on the Karlsruhe model, some of which run partly on railway tracks and partly on tram tracks. The following systems are included:
- Berlin
- Breisgau (Freiburg)
- Bremen/Niedersachsen
- Chemnitz
- Dresden
- Hamburg
- Hannover
- Karlsruhe/Heilbronn
- Kassel
- Koln
- Mitteldeutschland (Leipzig/Halle)
- Mittelelbe (Magdeburg)
- Munchen
- Neckar-Alb (Tubingen/Reutlingen)
- Nordhausen
- Nurnberg
- Rhein-Main (Frankfurt am Main)
- Rhein-Neckar (Mannheim/Heidelberg)
- Rhein-Ruhr (Dusseldorf/Essen/Dortmund)
- Rostock
- Saarbahn (Saarbrucken)
- Stuttgart
The book also includes a brief overview of S-Bahn systems in Austria and Switzerland.
S-Bahnen in Deutschland contains over 200 colour illustrations and detailed colour maps of every network that show all stations, routes and other information. 160 pages. Text is in German and English.