Departing from BER

Your onward journey from BER

The Airport Express (FEX) runs every half hour between BER Tand Berlin Central Station. The trains take about half an hour and also stop at Ostkreuz station and in Berlin Gesundbrunnen. Together with the RE8 and RB23 lines, this means that there are fast connections between BER and Berlin Central station or Ostkreuz four times an hour during the day.
The RE8, RB22, RB23, RB24 and RB32 lines also offer hourly direct connections to Potsdam, Königs Wusterhausen, Nauen, Ludwigsfelde and Wünsdorf-Waldstadt. Many other places in Brandenburg can be reached with just one change in Berlin, Potsdam, Ludwigsfelde or Königs Wusterhausen.

In addition, the regional train lines RB24 to Berlin-Lichtenberg / Eberswalde and RB32 (via Berlin-Lichtenberg) to Oranienburg depart every hour from BER Airport - Terminal 5 station.

The S-Bahn lines S45 and S9 run from BER to the city centre. This means that there are 20-minute intervals - i.e. a total of 6 journeys per hour - from BER to Berlin city centre.

The Intercity line Rostock-Berlin-Dresden stops at BER Airport every two hours, thus connecting BER to the German long-distance transport network. To Berlin Südkreuz and Hauptbahnhof as well as Elsterwerda and Doberlug-Kirchhain, IC trains can also be used with VBB tickets and the Deutschlandticket.

Bus transport offers an attractive complement to rail transport away from the airport. It convinces with its dense 5-10 minute intervals.

At BER, the central right-of-way is in front of Terminal 1 on the airport arrivals level.

Connections in detail:

  • Every 5 to 10 minutes, passengers can use express bus X7 and X71 from BER to Rudow underground station (U7). Line X71 continues every 20 minutes to Alt-Mariendorf underground station (U6).
  • Bus lines 163, 164 and 171 go to Schönefeld railway station (S-Bahn) (no stop at BER Airport).
  • Bus line 743 runs hourly from BER via Schönefeld railway station (S-Bahn), Großziethen to Lichtenrade (S2).
  • Bus line 744 connects Schönefeld-Nord, Großziethen and Berlin-Gropiusstadt from Schönefeld railway station (S-Bahn) every 20 minutes.

This service is supplemented by an express bus line called the "Airport Shuttle". This line is faster, offers special comfort, but is subject to a surcharge:

  • Line BER2 connects the airport with Potsdam Central Station with intermediate stops in Stahnsdorf and Teltow.
  • Further information is available here.

The airport is also served by other bus lines in the direction of Dahme-Spreewald and Teltow-Fläming as well as Potsdam-Mittelmark.

  • The two PlusBus lines 735 and 736 connect the airport with Königs Wusterhausen every hour.
  • Bus line 734 runs from Schönefeld railway station (S-Bahn) to the Zeuthen S-Bahn station and continues as line 733 in the direction of Schmöckwitz - Wernsdorf - Königs Wusterhausen.
  • Bus line 600 departs from Waßmannsdorf S-Bahn station (one stop away from BER station by S-Bahn) to Mahlow (S2) and on via Großbeeren to Teltow (RE3, S25, S26).
  • Bus line 621 to Teltow is available from BER Airport with line RB22 with a connection at Ludwigsfelde-Struveshof station every hour Monday to Friday.

Passengers can also travel to Berlin in the late evening and at night with the night bus services N7 (to Spandau / Rudow) and N60 (to Alexanderplatz).
In the direction of Dahme-Spreewald, the N36 line runs from BER via Königs Wusterhausen to Mittenwalde.

On Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday nights, as well as on the nights before public holidays, the S-Bahn line S9 also runs to Berlin every 30 minutes.

On all nights, the regional express RE8 to Berlin runs every hour with stops at Ostkreuz, Ostbahnhof, Alexanderplatz, Friedrichstr., Hauptbahnhof, Zoologischer Garten and Charlottenburg.

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