Munich S-Bahn

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S-Bahn trains in Munich are operated by S-Bahn München, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn Regio Bavaria. The Munich S-Bahn network is integrated in the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, MVV). Together with the U-Bahn, it is the backbone of Munich's public transport system.

S-Bahn train at Hackerbrücke

S-Bahn station Marienplatz with S7 to Munich East

The Munich S-Bahn commenced operation on 28 May 1972. It's construction was speeded up as part of the scheme to provide an adequate transportation system during the Olympic Summer Games held in Munich in September 1972 and as a means of upgrading transportation in the Munich conurbation. The system was created by connecting the suburban rail services from the west of the city with those to the east, by means of a tunnel section from Hauptbahnhof in the west to Ostbahnhof in the east (so-called "core" route).

1 Data
2 Lines
- 2.1 System
- 2.2 S-Bahn lines
3 History
4 Type Series
5 Plans and further expansions
6 Literature
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Data

10 S-Bahn lines
442 km tracks
147 S-Bahn stations
238 S-Bahn electric multiple unit trains
ca. 750.000 passengers per working day
Computer Integrated Railroading on the "core" route

[edit] Lines

[edit] System

The network has seven arms in the West, which are simply numbered from S1 (to Freising) to S8 (Geltendorf) (there is no S3). These are coupled with the five arms in the East according to technical necessities, which results in the numbering of the Eastern arms.

In addition, the two lines not going through the core route tunnel have two-digit numbers like S2x. Further, the non-electrified line to Altomünster is called line A.

[edit] S-Bahn lines

	Freising / Flughafen-M. ― Neufahrn - Eching ― Lohhof ― Unterschleißheim ― Oberschleißheim ― Feldmoching ― Moosach ― M.-Laim ― M.-Donnersbergerbrücke ― M.-Hackerbrücke ― M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Karlsplatz (Stachus) ― M.-Marienplatz (Station) ― M.-Isartor ― M.-Ostbf. (Munich East)
	Petershausen ― Dachau (Bf.) ― M.-Laim ― M.-Donnersbergerbrücke ― M.-Hackerbrücke ― M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Karlsplatz (Stachus) ― M.-Marienplatz (Station ― M.-Isartor ― M.-Ostbf. (Munich East) ― M.-Leuchtenbergring ― Heimstetten - Poing - Markt Schwaben ― Erding
	Mammendorf ― Maisach ― M.-Pasing ― M.-Laim ― M.-Donnersbergerbrücke ― M.-Hackerbrücke ― M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Karlsplatz (Stachus) ― M.-Marienplatz ― M.-Isartor ― M.-Ostbf. (Munich East) ― M.-Leuchtenbergring ― Zorneding ― Ebersberg
	Herrsching ― Germering-Unterpfaffenhofen ― M.-Pasing ― M.-Laim ― M.-Donnersbergerbrücke ― M.-Hackerbrücke ― M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Karlsplatz (Stachus) ― M.-Marienplatz ― M.-Isartor ― M.-Ostbf. (Munich East) ― M.-Giesing Bf. ― Deisenhofen ― Holzkirchen
	Tutzing ― Starnberg - M.-Pasing ― M.-Laim ― M.-Donnersbergerbrücke ― M.-Hackerbrücke ― M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Karlsplatz (Stachus) ― M.-Marienplatz ― M.-Isartor ― M.-Ostbf. (Munich East) ― M.-Giesing Bf. ― Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn ― Aying ― Kreuzstraße
	Wolfratshausen ― M.-Solln ― M.-Heimeranplatz ― M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Karlsplatz (Stachus) ― M.-Marienplatz ― M.-Isartor ― M.-Ostbf. (Munich East)
	Geltendorf ― Fürstenfeldbruck - Eichenau ― M.-Pasing ― M.-Laim ― M.-Donnersbergerbrücke ― M.-Hackerbrücke ― M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Karlsplatz (Stachus) ― M.-Marienplatz ― M.-Isartor ― M.-Ostbf. (Munich East) ― M.-Leuchtenbergring ― Ismaning ― Flughafen-M.

	M.-Pasing ― M.-Heimeranplatz ― M.-Solln ― Deisenhofen
	M-Hbf. (Central Station) ― M.-Donnersbergerbrücke ― M.-Heimeranplatz ― M.-Solln – Deisenhofen

	Altomünster ― Dachau-Stadt ― Dachau Bf. ( ― M-Hbf. (Central Station))

[edit] History

An underground railway line for Munich was first proposed in 1928 in a report on the "relocation of traffic centres". An underground route would allow "direct long distance traffic to and through the city centre".

On 22nd May 1938, the first tunnel, which was part of the north-south route, was started in the Lindwurmstraße, between the present-day underground stations Sendlinger Tor and Goetheplatz. In the speech of Julius Dorpmüller, the general director of Deutsche Reichsbahn, the project was called "S-Bahn" for the first time. Due to World War II the construction and plans for the Munich S-Bahn were set aside.

In 1965, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Free State of Bavaria, the state capital of Munich and the Deutsche Bundesbahn signed a contract on the construction of the Munich S-Bahn. The further development was most influenced by a decision made in Rome on 26th April 1966: The International Olympic Committee chose Munich over Detroit, Madrid and Montreal as the scene for the 1972 Summer Olympics. This resulted in a tight schedule: There were only six years to complete the Munich S-Bahn network.

Not only did the tunnel through the city centre have to be built, the full railway infrastructure had to be expanded. The network of suburban lines had to be changed over and modernised. A large number of stations had to be upgraded; the platforms were brought to a length of 210 m to allow for three-unit trains; the platform height was raised to 76 cm. However, the floor height of the trains used then and now is at ca. 1 m, which makes boarding difficult for people with disabilities or perambulators. Tunnel stations and platforms updated recently where no freight trains run feature a height of 96 cm, however.

On 25th February 1971 the topping-out ceremony could be celebrated in the core route tunnel. In May the first S-Bahn train of the ET 420 series was put into service on the route between Pasing and Gauting. On 1st September 1971 a regular advance service was started on that route.

On 28th May 1972, the Munich S-Bahn network was finally put into service with 360 km of tracks and 101 trains of the ET 420 series. It was the first time a S-Bahn network that size was put into service on a single date. The route S10 to Wolfratshausen (today S7) was operated with conventional push-pull trains from the southern wing of Munich Central Station. It was electrified later and connected to the core route after the construction of a 260 m tunnel crossing the large number of mainline rail tracks leading to Munich Central Station.

Three months later the German President Gustav Heinemann opened the 1972 Summer Olympics. During the Games there were two additional S-Bahn lines servicing the now-defunct station Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium). The new S-Bahn system stood the test and transported 3.18 million passengers in 7,138 runs to and from the sports sites in only 17 days.

Since then the Munich S-Bahn network has been expanded multiple times. In 1992, the route between Ismaning and the new Airport Munich II has been put into service. Until 2005, there was a 266 million Euro programme to substantially extend the infrastructure. For example, the route Giesing-Deisenhofen has been upgraded with a second track. Since 2000, trains of the type series ET 420 have been gradually replaced by ET 423 trains.

Further dates:

15th June 1966 - Construction of the core route tunnel begins in Arnulfstraße.
28th April 1972 - first test runs on the tunnel route (Hauptbahnhof-Marienplatz-Ostbahnhof).
28th May 1972 - regular service with 360 route km begins.

[edit] Type Series

ET 423 (since 2000)
VT 628 (on line A, which is not electrified)

ET 420

ET 423

No longer in service:

ET 420 ("Olympia train", 1972 to 2004)

[edit] Plans and further expansions

Second core route: Nearly all lines use the trunk route, which results in a bottle-neck responsible for long delays on even the smallest disruptions. It is planned to build a second tunnel through the city centre, which will be about 10 km and is supposed to be finished in 2011. It will start between the stations Laim and Donnersbergerbrücke and lie north of the current tunnel. Just before Munich East it will fork with one fork going to Munich East and the other one going to Leuchtenbergring. In between, only two stations, Central Station and Marienhof (slightly north of Marienplatz) are planned. The tunnel was chosen over another variant to build an S-Bahn along the railway "south ring".

Extension of S7 to Geretsried. (by 2009)
Erding ring: connection of the ends of S1/S8 (airport) and S2 East (Erding) (planned, by 2009/2010)
relocation of the S2 East to the Munich International Trade Fair site with station (Messestadt-Nord?)
upgrade of the Sendling Connection Route between Pasing and Heimeranplatz.
new station Berduxstraße between Obermenzing and Laim (S1/S2 West).
new station Friedenheimer Brücke between Laim and Donnersberger Brücke (all lines except S1, S2 and S7).
new station Menterschwaige between Solln and Deisenhofen (S20, S27).
upgrade of Line A between Dachau and Altomünster (by 2008)

[edit] Literature

Popischil, Reinhard; Rudolph, Ernst; S-Bahn München. - Düsseldorf : Alba 1997. ISBN 3-87094-358-0.
Armin Franzke: Im Tunnel unter City und Isar. 1972: Die S-Bahn München nimmt den Betrieb auf. In: LOK MAGAZIN. Nr. 251/Jahrgang 41/2002. GeraNova Zeitschriftenverlag GmbH München, ISSN 0458-1822, S. 90-97.