Overview

• Charlottenburg signal repairs have prompted delays and cancellations on the S3, S5, S7, S75 and S9 lines this morning.
• The S3 is operating every ten minutes between Erkner and Ostbahnhof while the S5 runs only between Strausberg or Hoppegarten and Ostbahnhof and the S75 is confined to Wartenberg and Warschauer Straße.
• Over the weekend, a last-minute staffing shortage at the Schöneweide signal box forced limited service on the S45, S46, S47, S8, S85 and S9 lines.
• Commuters have been relying on substitute bus and U-Bahn connections to navigate the reduced S-Bahn service in southeast Berlin.
• Chronic underinvestment in signal infrastructure and maintenance backlogs have heightened the network’s vulnerability to technical failures.