S-bahnn.
/ˈɛsbɑːn/ In some German cities, a fast (sub)urban railway line or system.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route
chemin de fer1835
junction1839
mountain railway1851
beltline1863
trans-Siberian1896
trans-continental1907
interurban1912
S-bahn1962
1962 I. Fleming Living Daylights in Octopussy (1966) 79 Feeling more encouraged, he took the S-Bahn back into the city.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia II. 851/2 East Berlin runs the S-Bahn..elevated railway system started in 1871 as a connecting system to a rail net in and out of the city.
1976 P. R. White Planning for Public Transport iv. 74 The creation of links across city centres..to enable S-bahn trains to offer better accessibility within the central area.
1980 G. Seymour Contract v. 63 We should take the U-Bahn to Alexander Platz, then the S-Bahn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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