München Ost station
The Station from above | |
Location |
Haidhausen, Munich, Bavaria Germany |
Coordinates | 48°07′37″N 11°36′17″E / 48.12694°N 11.60472°ECoordinates: 48°07′37″N 11°36′17″E / 48.12694°N 11.60472°E |
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Platforms | 11 |
Other information | |
Station code | 4241 |
Category | 1 [1] |
München Ost (German for Munich East, also called München Ostbahnhof) is a railway station in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was constructed as Haidhausen station in 1871 as part of the railway lines to Neuötting/Mühldorf and Rosenheim. The station is the third interregional station in Munich next to München-Pasing in the west of Munich and München Hauptbahnhof in the city centre.
History
- 1 May 1871 Opening of the station as part of the line to Neuötting
- 15 October 1871 Opening of the line to Rosenheim
- 15 October 1876 Renaming of the station into München Ost
- 1927 Electrification
- April 1944 Station damaged by air raids
- 1972 The station becomes part of the Munich S-Bahn network
- 1988 The station becomes part of the Munich U-Bahn network
- 1999 Refurbishment of the station building
Operational usage
The station has 17 tracks.[2] Tracks 1-5 are use by the S-Bahn, tracks 6-8 and 11-14 are used by regional and interregional traffic. Tracks 9, 10 and 15 are through tracks. Tracks 16 and 17 are used by Motorail.
Mainly InterCity/EuroCity services to Innsbruck, Salzburg and Vienna in Austria, Italy and South-eastern Europe depart from this station. Some ICE services to Vienna and Innsbruck stop here.
There are regional services departing from this station to many destinations in Chiemgau and eastern Bavaria.
S-Bahn
The Ostbahnhof (the name of the S-Bahn part of the station) was refurbished under the Takt 10 project. As an endpoint of the backbone tunnel of Munich's S-Bahn system all lines pass through the station, except S20, S27. Lines S2, S4 and S8 continue via platform 5 further east. The lines S3 and S7 change direction at platform 4 and continue further south to Giesing. The lines S1 and S6 terminate at platforms 4 and 5. The trains to the tunnel depart from platforms 1-3.
U-Bahn
Since 1988 there is a U-Bahn service to Ostbahnhof by the line U5. It continues south to Neuperlach Süd via Innsbrucker Ring and east to Laimer Platz via Max-Weber-Platz, Hauptbahnhof and Theresienwiese. The line services the station every ten minutes (five in rush-hours).
Tramway
The Ostbahnhof stop of the Munich tramway is immediately in front of the station, and served by route .[3]
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
- RailJet services Munich - Salzburg - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna - Győr - Budapest
Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Railjet | Rosenheim toward Budapest Keleti |
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Munich Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf | IC/EC 62 | towards Salzburg Hbf |
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Munich Hbf towards Saarbrücken Hbf |
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Preceding station | Munich S-Bahn | Following station | ||
Terminus | ||||
toward Petershausen or Altomünster | toward Erding |
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toward Geltendorf | toward Ebersberg |
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toward Mammendorf | toward Holzkirchen |
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toward Tutzing | toward Zorneding |
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toward Wolfratshausen | toward Kreuzstraße |
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toward Herrsching | toward Airport |
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Preceding station | U-Bahn | Following station | ||
toward Laimer Platz | toward Neuperlach Süd |
References
- ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Map of the station area, showing S-Bahn, U-Bahn, tram and bus stops" (PDF) (in German). MVV. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Munich tram network" (PDF). MVG. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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