Construction half-time in the north-south tunnel of the S-Bahn: Nordbahnhof closed

Half-time for the construction work on the north-south tunnel of the Berlin S-Bahn: this Friday, work began on the second construction section, as announced by Deutsche Bahn. For passengers, this means that another station will be omitted for the next three weeks.

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Workers profile the track bed behind a tamping machine, which compacts the ballast, during a site inspection of the north-south Berlin S-Bahn tunnel between Oranienburger Strasse and Friedrichstrasse stations. They are spreading the ballast evenly - a task that would normally be done by another machine, but which cannot be used in the tunnel because it creates too much dust.
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A measuring team measures the track position during a construction site inspection of the north-south tunnel of the Berlin S-Bahn between the Oranienburger Straße and Friedrichstraße S-Bahn stations.
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A tamping machine compacts the ballast in the track bed during a site inspection of the north-south tunnel of the Berlin S-Bahn between the Oranienburger Straße and Friedrichstraße S-Bahn stations.
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Excavators stand in the track of Friedrichstraße station during a site inspection of the north-south tunnel of the Berlin S-Bahn between Oranienburger Straße and Friedrichstraße S-Bahn stations.