Local Transportation

TRAVEL AROUND BERLIN

For starters, the public transportation system is wonderful and easy to navigate. Try www.berlin.defor information about the City.There is an English version and a detailed map.The map or Stadtplan provides a link to a route planner if you input the start and end destinations. Or you can try http://www.bvg.de(also in English).

The city has 5 systems of local travel:
U-Bahn Subway - Fast
S-Bahn Elevated
Bus
Tram - Mostly in the old East Zone.
Metro - More like an Express Bus i.e. fewer stops
Train - Regional Rail for inercity travel

The Single Ticket is the best option for people who travel by public transport only occasionally. Most often you only need a ticket or pass for Zones A and B. Zone C is for the more distant locations such as Schoenefeld, Petershagen, or Postdam.

Single Tickets entitle you to travel with any number of changes towards your destination via a direct travel route or one necessitated by works or other network alterations. They are valid for a maximum of two hours.

You can use the buses, trams and urban rail and underground trains of all transport companies within the Berlin fare zones (A, B and C)  including regional rail transport and ferries.
Within the two-hour validity of the Single Ticket you may change trains/buses, etc. or interrupt your journey as often as you wish.

Return and round trips are not permitted. Return trips are journeys in the direction of the starting point on the same line as on the outward journey.

There are Express buses from Tegel Airport
Bus 128 goes to Kurt-Schumacher-Platz for connections to U 6
Bus TXL goes to Alexanderplatz with stops at Hauptbahnhof