Overview

• Unknown perpetrators stole copper cables at Bornholmer Straße on Sunday, triggering service restrictions on three key S-Bahn lines
• Line S2 is running every ten minutes only between Lichtenrade and Potsdamer Platz while S25 is confined to Teltow Stadt–Nordbahnhof and S26 serves Teltow Stadt–Südkreuz
• S-Bahn Berlin recommends travelers use line S2 between Nordbahnhof and Blankenburg and lines S2 or S25 between Südkreuz and Potsdamer Platz to bridge service gaps
• This incident follows a string of cable thefts and signal-box failures since spring that have repeatedly disrupted Berlin’s transit backbone
• Despite rapid-response repair teams, chronic funding shortfalls and staff shortages have left long-term infrastructure upgrades in limbo