Originally Posted by billp

The latest news, in Focus news magazine, quoting "insiders," is that the Berlin S-Bahn will not be getting back to fully normal operation until March 2010.

They have to change some 4800 brake cylinders in 300 S-Bahn trains.

I think they might begin to restore service on the main "Stadtbahn" artery as soon as they have sufficient rolling stock. But for the moment, it seems they're concentrating on maintaining some service in the more outlying areas where there aren't as many alternative transportation links.