Ferry transport in Berlin
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BVG ferry of the line F11
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Berlin Germany |
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| Transit type | Public ferry transport | ||
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| Began operation | 1896 | ||
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Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP) Various private operators |
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Berlin, the capital city of Germany, has an extensive network of rivers, lakes and canals. As a consequence ferry transport forms a part of the transport network of Berlin.
The service was inaugurated in 1896, when the first ferry line opened between Wilhelmstrand and Baumschulenstraße.
There are six passenger ferry routes that operate within the city boundaries of Berlin and are part of the common public transport tariff run by the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB). All six routes are operated by the Stern und Kreisschiffahrt by order of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the operator of Berlin's U-Bahn, trams and buses.
The six lines run mainly in Treptow-Köpenick district, except for the F10, which runs from Steglitz-Zehlendorf to Spandau, through Großer Wannsee lake and Havel river. The localities (Ortsteile) served by this service are Wannsee, Kladow, Oberschöneweide, Baumschulenweg, Köpenick, Grünau, Müggelheim (5 stops), Schmöckwitz and Rahnsdorf (2 stops).
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