On 07/01/2012 22:42, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
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On 04/01/2012 21:41, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
Lüko wrote
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I am quite sure that Friedrichstraße was the only East Berlin
S-Bahn
station where one could buy S-Bahn tickets towards West Berlin in
DM. And only in the "non-socialist currency" area, i.e. the area
which acted as an exchange station for intra West Berlin traffic.

In the "eastern" part of the station there was a ticket counter where
you could buy the same tickets at the same price in East German
marks. And at least until 1984 those tickets were available all over
East Berlin. Maybe after 1984 only at Friedrichstraße, I'm not sure.

Were those at the subsidised price of 20 pfennig?

No! They were at the same price that DR sold S-Bahn tickets within West
Berlin, which used to be 10 or 20 Pf below those of BVG, in line with
their fare rises which happened regularly.

It wouldn't surprise
if they would have wanted to see exit documents from the DDR if buying
a ticket into West Berlin,

No.


What do you mean when you say no? Would there not have been border
control coming from East Berlin into West Berlin?