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The Map of the Berlin Tram Lines clearly show the seperation of the East and West from years gone by (i.imgur.com)

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[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

East Berlin had trams, West Berlin had double decker buses. The doubledeckers can't pass safely below the wires of the tram, so if you see a tram you are in former east Berlin, but if you see a doubledecker you are in former west. At least that's what my friend told me years ago who lived in Berlin for some years. Can someone confirm this? I can't find any info on this on the internet.

[–] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

That might have been the case at some point, but I have definitely been on a doubledecker bus that's crossing Tram lines in east Berlin.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As an east Berliner we have trams and no double deckers, but I have only seen double deckers near the center of the city.
I can't remember seeing them in the places with trams, but I don't see them much at all. This is my limited observation, as I don't use busses as much as trains and don't know the west as well as the east.

If you really care I can cycle out (in?) on the weekend and check.

Edit: added my bias