Get a sense of what it might have been like is still quite special. by 1989, the berlin wall had forcibly divided the city for 28 years, with the communists controlling the eastern part of the city, while the capitalist west controlled the west of berlin. travel between the two was strictly controlled, and in most cases forbidden. but i m heading down into the u bahn, berlin s underground rail network, which i can access with the deutschlandticket. 0k, u8 this way. now, alexanderplatz was in the east, so anybody getting on the u bahn, three stops in that direction, had to wait on board while they got safely four stops down that way.
Public transport network. 49 euros a month. it was a cost of living measure introduced in 2023, initially atjust nine euros each. i do love a train who doesn t? so i m planning to take them to criss cross the country and get a better look at the close relationship between germans and their railways. from berlin s iconic u bahn, to the incredible hanging overhead railway of the industrial west, to the makeshift island trains of the northern coast. you ve got the birds flying, the water, the lights this is stunning. ..i m here to see how engineering and a bit of imagination have led to a network like no other. with almost 40,000 km of track, germany s rail network is the longest in europe,