Overview
- Trains on lines S41 and S42 now run around the ring without interruption but skip Wedding in both directions, with a bus link between Gesundbrunnen and Westhafen maintaining access to the station.
- Engineers are inspecting the station’s structural stability after heat damaged parts of the canopy, which is being partially dismantled, and the railway estimates a six‑figure repair cost.
- Firefighters contained a blaze in a platform guard room at Wedding shortly after midnight on New Year’s, and investigators suspect negligent arson while the exact cause remains unconfirmed.
- The line had been suspended on Friday morning between Gesundbrunnen and Westhafen with replacement buses and U‑/S‑Bahn detours before through service was restored later in the day.
- Separately on the U9, BVG will run limited service to Friedrich‑Wilhelm‑Platz from January 5 with a shuttle to Walther‑Schreiber‑Platz and bus connections, as repairs continue on more than 75 damaged cables at Schloßstraße.