Grafing station

Grafing Bahnhof (Grafing station)
Separation station

Street side of the station building
Location Grafing, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 48°2′36″N 11°56′24″E / 48.04333°N 11.94000°ECoordinates: 48°2′36″N 11°56′24″E / 48.04333°N 11.94000°E
Line(s)
Platforms 6
Other information
Station code n/a
DS100 codeMGB[1]
Category3 [2]
History
Opened 15 October 1871

Grafing station (German: Grafing Bahnhof) is a station in the Bavarian town of Grafing and a station of the Munich S-Bahn. There is also the S-Bahn station of Grafing Stadt ("Grafing town") in central Grafing. The station has six platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. It is served daily by about 160 trains, 110 of which are S-Bahn trains. Grafing station is located on the Munich–Rosenheim railway and is the beginning of the Grafing–Wasserburg railway to Wasserburg.

Location

The station is located in the west of the village of Grafing Bahnhof ("Grafing station"), which is to the west of the town of Grafing. The station building is located on the Hauptstraße (main street); in front of the station the streets of Birkenstraße and Brünnsteinstraße branch off the Hauptstraße. To the south, state road 2351 passes under the railway tracks. There is a bus station in front of the station.

History

Grafing station was opened along with the Munich–Rosenheim railway on 15 October 1871. The new line replaced the Bavarian Maximilian's Railway between Munich and Rosenheim and made the detour via Holzkirchen and the Mangfall valley unnecessary. A branch line from Grafing to Glonn was opened on 26 May 1894. This was followed by the opening of another branch line to Ebersberg on 6 November 1899, which was extended to Wasserburg on 1 October 1903. Passenger services on the Grafing–Glonn line were closed on 31 May 1970 due to declining passenger numbers and freight operations on the line ended on 23 May 1971. The station was integrated in the Munich S-Bahn network on 28 May 1972, the S-Bahn trains run over the Munich–Rosenheim line to Grafing station and then run over the Grafing–Wasserburg line to Ebersberg. The station was upgraded for S-Bahn operations in 1972. Since 1999, services between Munich East station and Grafing run on the S-Bahn's own tracks, which run parallel to the main line.

Infrastructure

Grafing station platforms

Grafing station has six tracks on three platforms. Platform track 1 is located next to the station building and is served by the S-Bahn to Munich. The S-Bahn to Ebersberg and trains to Wasserburg stop on track 2. Regional trains on the Munich–Rosenheim line towards Munich stop on track 3. Trains towards Rosenheim stop on track 5. Track 4 and the bay platform 11, which is attached to platform 1 are no longer used in scheduled operations.[3] All platforms are covered and have digital destination displays. The platforms are connected by a tunnel to platform 1. Platform 1and the first island platform are equipped with lifts and have barrier-free access for the disabled, while the second island platform (tracks 4 and 5) do not have barrier-free access. The entrance building has a travel centre, which is accessible from the side of platform 1.[4] The main hall of the station building is no longer open to the public.

Platform data

Platform lengths and heights are as follows:[5]

Rail services

S4 service to Grafrath

Grafing station is served every hour by the München-Salzburg-Express, a Regional-Express operated with class 111 electric locomotives hauling double-deck or Silberling carriages. Extra trains run in the peak hour as Regionalbahn services between Munich, Rosenheim and Kufstein, using class 425 EMUs or class 111 locomotives hauling Silberling carriages. Regioanlbahn services operated by SüdostBayernBahn with class 628 run every two hours between Grafing and Wasserburg. In addition, Munich S-Bahn line 4 service are operated with class 423 EMUs at 20 minute intervals. All InterCity trains and Regional-Express trains, apart from the München-Salzburg-Express, pass through the station without stopping.

Line Route Frequency
RE München-Salzburg-Express:
Munich – GrafingRosenheimTraunsteinFreilassing – Salzburg
Hourly
RB Munich – Grafing – Rosenheim (– Kufstein) Individual services
RB Grafing – Ebersberg – Wasserburg (Inn) Every 2 hours
Preceding station   Munich S-Bahn   Following station
Kirchseeon
toward Geltendorf
Grafing Stadt
toward Ebersberg

Notes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 edition ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. "Track plan for Grafing station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  4. "Map of the station area, showing the S-Bahn station, bus stops, disabled access and parking" (PDF) (in German). MVV. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  5. "Platform information for Grafing station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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