traveling by train to Strausberg from Berlin

Yesterday decided to go to Strausberg by train ...... it takes nearly an hour from Berlin along the S-Bahn line.

Because it was a Saturday my ticket only cost 2 Euro and 80 cents, normally it is about 8 or 9 Euros, so the day started out very well indeed.

Everyone was helpful - even though none spoke English - I had my directions and where I wanted to go written in my notebook so all I had to do was point. The lady in the rail store where I bought my ticket was very helpful and even when I tried to ask her how long the train trip was or how many stations it was before I got to Strausberg, she printed out a list of stations for me. It was very helpful, especially when I had no idea how to even pronounce the names!

First though I had to get to the station - Friedrichstrasse .....

OK ..... so now I wait ..... so many trains pulling in and out .... and it was not this one ...

nor was it this one.....

and it wasn't this one either, though the dog certainly knew it was his ....

I kept looking up the line waiting for mine ......

eventually mine came along and on I hopped ....

carriages were large and clean with area's set aside for strollers and bikes or any other large item ... there was a man that got on with a huge industrial cleaner .... the doors are opened by pressing the red button beside the door. They are not self opening upon arrival into the station!

so had an interesting train journey to Strausberg 

and back again on the following train that is seen here 

waiting at the Strausberg Rail Station

would recommend traveling by train in and around the outskirts of Berlin ... it is a pleasant and easy way to see the countryside.

.