Alle fahren für S-bahn : all drive for tor the S-Bahn : publicity booklet issued by the Reichsbahndirektion Berlin, Germany : November 1933 rear cover
A publicity booklet issued by the Reichsbahndirektion Berlin advertising a new fares structure on the Berlin S-Bahn that included short distance fares of 15 Pf for 3rd Class and 20 Pf for 2nd class travel. The nomenclature S-Bahn dates from 1930 when it came into widespread use to denote the Berlin suburban railway system operated by the then Deutsche Reichsbahn and that effectively complemented the U-bahn rapid transit system of underground and elevated electric 'Metro' services that served Berlin. Indeed the S-bahn name echoes that of the U or Untergrundbahn.
The booklet consists of boldly designed covers with contents that include maps of the system and services, a directory of stations, destinations and fares 'zones' as well as an outline history of the suburban railway network. The layout and typography make much use of bold headings, reversed out of the predominate red/orange colour and the bleeding out of shadow illustrations or vignettes showing trains, stations and the S-bahn 'logo'.
No designer is given for the brochure or booklet as a whole but the cover designs are attributed to "Her". The rear or back cover shows two highly stylised units and a station clearly badged as S-bahn. This shows the S-Bahn symbol as designed by Fritz Rosen in 1930 and that was later, in 1936, altered to show the S within a circle.
Alle fahren für S-bahn : all drive for tor the S-Bahn : publicity booklet issued by the Reichsbahndirektion Berlin, Germany : November 1933 rear cover
A publicity booklet issued by the Reichsbahndirektion Berlin advertising a new fares structure on the Berlin S-Bahn that included short distance fares of 15 Pf for 3rd Class and 20 Pf for 2nd class travel. The nomenclature S-Bahn dates from 1930 when it came into widespread use to denote the Berlin suburban railway system operated by the then Deutsche Reichsbahn and that effectively complemented the U-bahn rapid transit system of underground and elevated electric 'Metro' services that served Berlin. Indeed the S-bahn name echoes that of the U or Untergrundbahn.
The booklet consists of boldly designed covers with contents that include maps of the system and services, a directory of stations, destinations and fares 'zones' as well as an outline history of the suburban railway network. The layout and typography make much use of bold headings, reversed out of the predominate red/orange colour and the bleeding out of shadow illustrations or vignettes showing trains, stations and the S-bahn 'logo'.
No designer is given for the brochure or booklet as a whole but the cover designs are attributed to "Her". The rear or back cover shows two highly stylised units and a station clearly badged as S-bahn. This shows the S-Bahn symbol as designed by Fritz Rosen in 1930 and that was later, in 1936, altered to show the S within a circle.