This article is about the orbital railway outside Berlin. For the motorway, see
Bundesautobahn 10.
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The outer ring near Sellheimbrücke, on the left
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| Native name | Berliner Außenring |
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- 6126 Saarmund–Eichgestell
- 6080 Eichgestell–Biesdorfer Kreuz
- 6067 Biesdorfer Kreuz–Karower Kreuz
- 6087 Karower Kreuz–Priort
- 6068 Priort–Golm
- 6116 Golm–Saarmund
- 6011 Biesdorfer Kreuz–Springpfuhl (S-Bahn)
- 6012 Springpfuhl–Wartenberg (S-Bahn)
- 6009 Karower Kreuz–Bergfelde (S-Bahn)
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| Locale | Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany |
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| Route number | 207, 209.12, 209.20, 209.21, 209.22 |
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| Line length | 125 km (78 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Operating speed | 160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum) |
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The outer ring continues
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Golm
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Kuhfort junction to Werder and Potsdam
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Golm cross
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Wildpark West junction from Werder (Havel)
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Potsdam Pirschheide
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Nesselgrund
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Nesselgrund Ost junction
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Bergholz
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Saarmund
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Ahrensdorf
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Ludwigsfelde-Struveshof
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former connecting line to IFA works |
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Genshagener Heide (passenger station until 2012)
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Bft Genshagener Heide Mitte
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Genshagener Heide Ost junction
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Diedersdorf
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Glasower Damm West junction
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to Dresden
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Glasower Damm Ost junction
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Selchow West junction
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Waßmannsdorf
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(S-Bahn)
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Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
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Grünau cross south to Görlitz and Schöneweide
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Grünau cross
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Grünau cross north from Görlitz
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Wendenheide junction to Schöneweide
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Eichgestell
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from Köpenick
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Berlin Park Railway
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Wuhlheide cross
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Berlin Wuhlheide marshalling yard
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Biesdorf cross south
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Biesdorf cross middle
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Biesdorf cross
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Biesdorf cross north
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Springpfuhl
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connecting curve to Tegel-Friedrichsfelde Industrial Railway
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Bürknersfelde planned
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Berlin north-east freight yard
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Gehrenseestraße
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Hohenschönhausen
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Wartenberg, terminus of
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Malchow planned until 1990
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Sellheimbrücke planned
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Karow Ost junction to Eberswalde and Pankow
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Panke
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Buchholz Nord planned until 1990
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Arkenberge Ost planned until 1990
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Mühlenbeck-Mönchmühle
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Heidekraut Railway
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Tegel stream
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Schönfließ
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Bergfelde
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Schönfließ West junction
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Hohen Neuendorf West
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Velten Canal
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Schönwalde (Kr. Nauen)
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Nieder Neuendorf Canal
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Falkenhagen (Kr. Nauen)
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to Hamburg and Berlin
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Brieselang cross
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Hasselberg junction from Hamburg
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Wustermark cross
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Wustermark cross
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Wustermark
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75.1
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Satzkorn
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Marquardt
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Bornim-Grube
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The Berlin outer ring (BAR; German: Berliner Außenring) is a 125 km (78 mi) long double track electrified railway located in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany. Its route forms a ring around the former West Berlin, and includes parts of some older lines such as the Outer Freight Ring, Jüterbog–Nauen railway, and Michendorf–Großbeeren railway.
The BAR was originally built by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) between 1950 and 1961 to bypass West Berlin for political, economic, and military reasons. It allowed East Germany to seal off West Berlin without disrupting its transport links, in preparation for the building of the Berlin Wall during the division of Germany, by encircling West Berlin through East Berlin and the suburbs in Bezirk Potsdam. The BAR was integrated into the Deutsche Bahn railway system in the 1990s after German reunification.
The term Outer ring is used to distinguish the line from the Ringbahn of inner Berlin.