Why many Berlin trains don't have air conditioning:
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BVG does not plan air conditioning for Berlin’s U-BahnBVG buses and most trams have air conditioning; about 16 percent of the S-Bahn fleet is equipped with it.
- According to BVG, all buses and most trams have air conditioning, which cools them to about three degrees below the outside temperature but not below 24 degrees Celsius.
- The 106 Class 483/484 trains introduced between 2021 and 2023 operate on S41/S42, S46, S47 and S8 and account for about 16 percent of the S-Bahn fleet, according to Deutsche Bahn.
- Most of the more than 750 S-Bahn trains cannot be retrofitted with air conditioning, so all vehicles are not expected to be air-conditioned until the mid-2030s.
- BVG considers air conditioning on U-Bahn trains unsuitable because it could heat the tunnels; newer trains have ventilation systems, and all U-Bahn trains have tilting windows.
The systems are technically designed to cool down to around 3 degrees Celsius below the outside temperature, but not below 24 degrees.— A spokesperson for BVG in response to an inquiry from rbb|24.
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