ドイツ連邦の首都、ベルリン Berlin, the capital of Germany

Berlin, Germany Berlin is the capital of Germany. Berlin is Germany's largest city. Its population is 3.45 million. It is located in northeastern Germany and in the European Plains. Around one-third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes. Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World War�U, the city became divided into East Berlin and West Berlin,surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961-1989) . In 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of Germany. Berlin is a world city of culture, politics, media, and science. Significant industries include IT, pharmaceuticals, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, electronics, traffic engineering, and renewable energy. (L) The Brandenburg Gate is an iconic landmark of Berlin and Germany. (R) Berlin Brandenburger Tor S2 station Brandenburger Tor in the morning and at the evening These photographs show the present Berlin Wall. People crossing the so-called 'death strip' on the eastern side were at risk of being shot. (L) Berlin Ostbahnhof, one of the two main railway stations, was the East Berlin railroad terminal until 2006. The Eastside Gallery of the Berlin Wall is nearby the Ostbahnhof. (R) Inside of a new Berlin's S-Bahn train photographed before arriving Friedrichstrasse station. (L) German parliament, the Deutscher Bundestag, in Berlin (R) A huge open-air eye of top of the dome (L) The entrance to the Parliament, Reichstag (R) This photo shows the inside the glass dome of the Reichstag. The spiral walkways and the mirrored cone at the center of the dome (L) This is a front view of the German Parliament, Reichstag building. (R) The 'Dem Deutschen Volke' seen at the Parliament building, means 'To/For the German People. Berlin's transportation infrastructure is highly complex, providing a very diverse range of urban mobility. Long-distance rail lines connect Berlin with all the major cities of Germany and with many cities in neighboring European countries. Regional rail lines provide access to the surrounding areas of Brandenburg and to the Baltic Sea. The Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the largest crossing station in Europe. Deutsche Bahn runs trains to domestic destinations, like Nuremberg, Hamburg, Freiburg and others. It also runs an airport express rail service, as well as trains to international destinations, like Moscow, Vienna, and Salzburg. Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe and the Deutsche Bahn manage several dense urban public transport systems. (L) Zone AB 24hur-ticket cost 6.30 Euros (R) Zone AB within three-stations ticket cost 1.4 Euros System Stations/ Lines/ Net length Passengers per annum Operator/ Notes S-Bahn 166 / 15 / 331km 376 million DB/ Mainly overground rail system: Some suburban stops U-Bahn 173 / 10 / 147km 457 million BVG/ Mainly underground rail system: 24hour-service on weekends Tram 398 / 22 / 192km 171 million BVG/ Operates predominantly in eastern boroughs The　Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (German for Berlin Transportation Company) is the main public transport company of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It manages the city's U-Bahn railway, as well as the city's tram, bus and ferry networks, but not the S-Bahn urban rail system. Source: Wikipedia Berlin Hauptbahnhof by the Spree River. This main station in Berlin has been operated since 2006. (L) Berlin Hauptbahnhof viewed from the Reichstag building. (R) The signboard of Berlin Hauptbahnhof Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the non-smoking station. ICE trains arrive from the various countries, and the right train was just arrived from Schiphol International Airprt, Amsterdam, Holland. (L) Bottom plateform in the Berlin Hauptbahnhof (R) ICE train arrived at the top plateform from Interlaken Ost, Switzerland. These Photographs are DB's ICE train and a dinning car on the bottom plateform of the Berlin Hauptbahnhof. (L) Berlin Friedrichstarasse station (R) Tram operated by BVG (L) A walkway corridor near the Friedrichstrasse station (R) Berlin Friedrich-Strsasse station (L) Berlin Friedrichstrsasse station (M) Validation machine for ticket (R) A SOS panel seen at the underground station plateform Berlin Ostbahnhof Berlin Hackescher Market station (L) Looking down from the Hackescher Market station (R) A tramcar in front of the Hackescher Market station (L) A unique outdoor seat of cafe at Hackescher Market (R) A cycling road at the area of Potsdamer Platz (L) Hackescher Market S-Bahn station (R) Cafe in the Hackescher Market plaza (L) Berlin's largest church is the Berlin Cathedral, which is called as Berliner Dome in German. (R) Altes Museum (L) A hotdog hawker and a street performer (R) Hackescher Market station (L) Berliner Dome is visible, in the distance, from the platform of Berlin Friedrichstrasse station. (R) Friedrichstrasse station (L) A vending machine display for a ticket purchase (R) Alexanderplatz, The entrance to the U-Bahn. (L) People at Alexanderplatz (R) Toll toilet (0.5 Euros) (L) A street performer at Alexanderplatz (R) Karl-Liebknecht Strasse near the Alexanderplatz station (L) Line M2 tram at Alexanderplatz, Berlin (R) Line M2 rail track The interior of Line M2 tram and a railway track (L) Deutsch Dome at night (R) Many security policemen are in action near the Brandenburger Tor. (L) Emergency plateform telephone board placed in a Metro station. (M) A ticket machine is placed at the corner of plateform. (R) Stadtmitte station A glass window of the train of U-Bahn Metro is printed with Brandenburger Tor, which prevents the visibility of outside scenery. (L) Alexanderplatz station (R) A horse-drawn carriage seen near the Deutsch Dome (L) Potsdamer Platz station. A bluish tall building is the Sony Center's Bahn Tower. (M) Many young women are gotten together for a live show. (R) The entrance to the Sony Store Berlin in the Potsdamer Platz (L) The TV tower in Alexanderplatz, Berlin (M) TV tower viewed from Spree River. (R) A comfortable shade under the tree, experienced near the Berlin Cathedral. The Charite is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe. Here, 3800 doctors and scientists heal, do research and teach at the top international level. More than half of the German Nobel Prize winners in medicine and physiology come from Charite. It extends over four campuses bundled under17 Charite Centers. The Charite is one of the largest employers in Berlin, with a staff more than 13,000. (L) Name plate of Charite Hospital, Berlin (R) Hospital staffs are in a strike. Charite University Hospital, Berlin and an ambulance car NH Berlin-Mitte is a four-star hotel located on the Friedrichstrasse. The total numbers of guest rooms are 240, of which 40 are smoking rooms ( 16.7% ). Sofitel Berlin, has 92 guest rooms, and the number of smoking rooms is 22, which consists of about 23.9 % of the total. Regent Berlin has 195 guest rooms, of which smoking rooms are 27 ( 13.8% of the total rooms ). Marriott Berlin Hotel, near the Potsdamer Platz has 379 rooms, and smoking rooms are 41 rooms, which consists of 10.8% of total guest rooms. Ritz-Carton Berlin has 303 rooms. The number of smoking rooms is 27 (8.9% ). Hotel Adlon Berlin, close to the Brandenburger Tor, has a smoking room floor on the 2nd and 6th floor, about 25% of the total of 398 rooms. Hilton Berlin Hotel has 601rooms.. Of these, 25 rooms are smoking, which is equivalent to 4.1% of total. All guest rooms of the Westin Berlin are no-smoking, and smoke-free. (L) The Ritz-Carlton Berlin Hotel (M) Marriott Berlin Hotel (R) Regent Berlin Hotel (L) Hotel Adlon Berlin (M) Hilton Berlin Hotel (R) Westin Berlin Hotel (L) Bayer's building at the front of Zoologisher Garten station (R) A small canal in Berlin (L) A unique building observed from the Storkower Strasse station of S-Bahn (R) Treptower Park station (L) The Spree in Berlin (R) Fernsehturm Berlin ( television tower ) seen from the DB railway track, in the distance. Spandau Station is one of Berlin's larger stations, located in the western district of Spandau. Intercity train services to and from destinations in western Germany, such as Hannover, Koeln ( Cologne ) and Frankfurt stop here, as well as many regional trains. Spandau is also the terminus of east-west S-Bahn routes. Berlin-Spandau DB station Berlin-Spandau station (L) Berlin S-Bahn Pankow station (M) Passengers of the train from Schoenefeld airport (R) Schoenefeld Flughafen terminal station There is a long underground passageway and a roofed footpath to the Schoenefeld terminal. (L) Many taxis are waiting for an air passenger at the Schoenefeld airport. (M) A line-up for a security check at the terminal (R) Departure board at the outside of the Schoenefeld airport Berlin has two commercial airports. Tegel International Airport, which lies within the city limits, and Schonefeld International Airport, which is situated in the south-eastern border, just outside Berlin. It serves mainly for low-cost airline travel. Berlin's airport authority plans to transfer all of Berlin's air traffic in June 2012 to a newly built airport at Schonefeld, to be renamed Berlin Brandenburg Airport. Source: Wikipedia Tegel International Airport 2010年の都市的地域の人口は370万人であり、EUでは第8位である。ヨーロッパ屈指の世界都市で、 ドイツ国内では第1位の都市である。大都市でありながら、ベルリン行政区の3分の一には緑あふれる 豊かな自然が残されており、日本の過密都市の住人にとっては誠にうらやましき限りである。 ベルリンは、1871年のドイツ帝国成立から1945年の第２次世界大戦の終結まで、ドイツ国の首都で あった。第２次大戦戦後の冷戦時代には東西に分断され、東ベルリンは旧東ドイツの首都であったし 、西ベルリンは米英仏共同管理区域であったが、1990年の統一以後は再び統一ドイツの首都となった。 ドイツ最大の都市であり政治の中心地ではあるが、地方分権の歴史が長いドイツでは、金融と 交通の中心地はフランクフルト、産業の中心はルール地方、ミュンヘン、シュトゥットガルト、 ケルンとされている。 空港は旧西ベルリン地域のベルリン・テーゲル国際空港とテンペルホーフ空港、旧東ベルリン地域の シェーネフェルト空港がある。現在、小規模のシェーネフェルト空港は拡張されて、ベルリン・ブラン デンブルク国際空港となる予定で、その際にテーゲル国際空港は閉鎖される見込みである。 鉄道は、ベルリン地下鉄にはUバーン、都市近郊電車のSバーンがある。双方が駅で連絡しているが、 地下の連絡通路はほとんどなく、標識も少なく、一旦外へ出てから入り直すなど、不便さは残る。 旧東ベルリン地域では路面電車（トラム）が運行されている。ドイツ国内各地へのドイツ国鉄の列車の 他、 パリ、ウィーン、東欧各国へ長距離列車が走っている。東西分断時代は、西側がZoo駅、 東側はBerlin Ost駅がターミナルとなっていたが、2006年5月、東西のターミナルを統合した、 多重層の新しいベルリン中央駅が完成し、長距離列車の拠点としての重要な役割を担っている。 Berlin Tram and S-Bahn train, Berlin A side trip to the country town southwest of Berlin France, Germany and Switzerland Paris 2011 Mont Saint-Michel Marseille Nice Monaco Lyon Strasbourg Freiburg Basel Berlin Railway Travel in Europe 2011 Smoking restrictions in France, Germany and Switzerland ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// All railway trains should be completely smoke-free. 海外鉄道紀行 　イタリア鉄道旅行記　Italia Rail: Trenitalia 　アイルランド鉄道旅行記 　 Rail Travel Ireland 　ニュージランド鉄道旅行記 　NZ Rail: Tranz Alpine/Scenic 　オーストラリア鉄道旅行記 　 Brief Journey by Australian Rail 　米国鉄道旅行記 　Amtrak Acela Express/Boston_Newyork 　シカゴCTA鉄道 　Chicago CTA Rail 　マイアミMETRO鉄道 　Miami Metro Rail 　ストックホルム・アーランダ急行 　Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Express 　ストックホルム地下鉄・近郊鉄道 　 Stockholm County Railways 　Ｘ２０００の旅 　X2000:Stockholm_Copenhagen Express 　コペンハーゲン地下鉄・近郊鉄道 　 Greater Copenhagen Railways 　パリ鉄道ターミナル 　Paris Rail Terminals 　パリ地下鉄・近郊鉄道 　Paris Metro_RER_Tram 　バンコク・スカイトレイン・地下鉄・タイ鉄道 　 Bangkok Mass Transit/Thai Railways 　台湾高速鉄道 　Taiwan High Speed Rail 　フィンランド鉄道、路面電車、地下鉄 　Railways in Helsinki, Finland 　インド鉄道・地下鉄 　Indian Railways and Dehli Metro 　ポルトガル地下鉄・鉄道 　Portugal Metro, Railways 　アムステルダム鉄道・市電 　Amsterdam Rail 　スペイン高速鉄道 　High-speed train in Spain 　バロセロナ都市交通 　Barcelona Railways 　ワシントンDC地下鉄・ユニオン駅 　Washington DC Metro/Union Station 　 フランス国鉄の旅 　Railway Travel in France 　ドイツ国鉄の旅 　Railway Travel in Germany 　バンクーバー・スカイトレイン　Vancouver Skytrain 　カナダ・エドモントン地下鉄 　Edomonton Metro 　カナダ大陸横断鉄道・VIA　Trans-Canada Railway, VIA 高速鉄道建設の国際競争激化　Market Booms for new High-speed Trains 　鉄道全面禁煙化は世界の常識　Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world 2011年6月執筆 　2011年5月写真撮影 禁煙席ネット主宰　医学博士　　宮本順伯 ★記事、写真の無断転載禁止 著作権は宮本順伯に帰属 ★「禁煙席ネット」へのリンクは自由 The photographs were taken in May, and the article was written in June 2011, by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.

ドイツ鉄道旅行　 Railway Travel in Germany