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München Hauptbahnhof

München Hauptbahnhof or Munich Central Station is the main railway station in the city of Munich, Germany. It is one of the three stations with long-distance services in Munich, the others being Munich East station (München Ost) and Munich-Pasing station (München-Pasing). München Hauptbahnhof sees about 450,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in Germany, such as Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and two in Munich, the other being München Ost.[5] The mainline station is a terminal station with 32 platforms. The subterranean S-Bahn with 2 platforms and U-Bahn stations with 6 platforms are through stations.[2][3]

München Hauptbahnhof
Hbf
The entrance building (demolished in 2019)
General information
LocationBayerstraße, 80335 München, Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates48°08′27″N 11°33′18″E / 48.14083°N 11.55500°E / 48.14083; 11.55500
Elevation523 m (1,716 ft)
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms17 island platforms[1]
Tracks32 above ground; 2 S-Bahn; 6 U-Bahn[2][3]
Other information
Station code4234
DS100 codeMH[4]
IBNR8000261
Category1[5]
IATA codeZMU
Fare zone: M[6]
Website
  • www.bahnhof.de
  • stationsdatenbank.de
History
Opened1839; 185 years ago (1839);
moved to current location in 1848; 176 years ago (1848)
Rebuilt1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Electrified1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Passengers
2007–08450,000 per day (total),[7] of which 165,500 on S-Bahn[8]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Nürnberg Hbf ICE 2 Terminus
Nürnberg Hbf ICE 8
München-Pasing ICE 11 Reverses direction
München Ost
München-Pasing ICE 18 Terminus
Ingolstadt Hbf
Augsburg Hbf ICE 24 München Ost
towards Innsbruck Hbf or Schwarzach-St.Veit
Rosenheim
towards Innsbruck Hbf or Schwarzach-St.Veit
Ingolstadt Hbf ICE 25 Terminus
Nürnberg Hbf ICE 28
München-Pasing
towards Hamburg Hbf
ICE 29
Nürnberg Hbf
towards Hamburg Hbf
Tutzing
Nürnberg Hbf ICE 41 Terminus
Ingolstadt Hbf
München-Pasing ICE 42
reverses out
Tutzing
Augsburg Hbf ICE 60 Terminus
Augsburg Hbf ICE 62
reverses out
München-Ost
Augsburg Hbf EC/RJ 62
reverses out
München Ost
towards Graz Hbf
Augsburg Hbf
towards Paris Est
ICE/TGV 83 Terminus
Buchloe
towards Zürich HB
ECE 88
München-Ost
towards Landeck-Zams
ICE 89
Terminus EC 89 München-Ost
Rosenheim
towards Venezia or Bologna
München-Ost ICE/RJX 90 Terminus
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Salzburg Hbf
towards Budapest
Railjet Express Terminus
Salzburg Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
München Ost Railjet
München Ost
towards Salzburg Hbf
Augsburg Hbf Nightjet Rosenheim
München Ost
towards Rome or La Spezia
Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Dachau RE 1 Terminus
Petershausen
towards Eichstätt, Ingolstadt Hbf or Nürnberg Hbf
Freising
towards Passau Hbf
RE 3
Moosach
towards Passau Hbf
Moosach
towards Landshut Hbf
RE 33
Freising RE 50
München-Pasing
towards Pfronten-Steinach
RE 60
München-Pasing
towards Mittenwald
RE 61
München-Pasing
towards Lermoos
RE 62
München-Pasing RE 70
München-Pasing
towards Oberstdorf
RE 76
München-Pasing RE 87
München-Pasing
towards Murnau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Mittenwald, Innsbruck Hbf, Seefeld or Pfronten-Steinach
RB 6/S 6
Dachau
towards Pfaffenhofen, Ingolstadt Hbf, Treuchtlingen or Nürnberg Hbf
RB 16
Petershausen
towards Pfaffenhofen
Freising
towards Landshut Hbf
RB 33
München-Pasing
towards Reutte in Tirol, Seefeld or Pfronten-Steinach
RB 60
München-Pasing
towards Weilheim
RB 65
München-Pasing
towards Kochel or Penzberg
RB 66
München-Pasing
towards Buchloe
RB 74
Preceding station Following station
Freising
towards Hof Hbf
RE 2 Terminus
Freising
towards Praha hl.n.
RE 25
Preceding station Following station
München Ost
towards Mühldorf or Simbach
RE 4
Limited service
Terminus
München Ost
towards Mühldorf, Rosenheim, Burghausen, Pocking or Simbach
RB 40
Preceding station Following station
München Ost
towards Salzburg Hbf
RE 5 Terminus
München Ost
towards Kufstein
RB 54
Donnersbergerbrücke
towards Bayrischzell
RB 55
Donnersbergerbrücke
towards Lenggries
RB 56
Donnersbergerbrücke
towards Tegernsee
RB 57
Donnersbergerbrücke
towards Rosenheim
RB 58
München-Pasing
towards Füssen
RB 68
Preceding station Following station
München-Pasing
towards Ulm Hbf
RE 9 Terminus
München-Pasing RE 80
München-Pasing
towards Aalen Hbf
RE 89
München-Pasing RB 86
München-Pasing
towards Donauwörth
RB 87
München-Pasing
towards Memmingen
RE 72
München-Pasing RE 96
Preceding station Munich S-Bahn Following station
Hackerbrücke S1 Karlsplatz
Hackerbrücke S2 Karlsplatz
towards Erding
Hackerbrücke
towards Mammendorf
S3 Karlsplatz
towards Holzkirchen
Hackerbrücke
towards Geltendorf
S4 Karlsplatz
towards Ebersberg
Hackerbrücke
towards Tutzing
S6
Hackerbrücke S7 Karlsplatz
towards Kreuzstraße
Hackerbrücke
towards Herrsching
S8 Karlsplatz
Preceding station Munich U-Bahn Following station
Stiglmaierplatz U1 Sendlinger Tor
Königsplatz U2 Sendlinger Tor
Theresienwiese U4 Karlsplatz
towards Arabellapark
Theresienwiese
towards Laimer Platz
U5 Karlsplatz
Stiglmaierplatz U7 Sendlinger Tor
Königsplatz U8
Preceding station Croatian Railways Following station
Augsburg Hbf EuroNight
München Ost
towards Zagreb
Location
München
Location in Bavaria
München
Location in Germany
München
Location in Europe

The first Munich station was built about 800 metres (2,600 ft) to the west in 1839. A station at the current site was opened in 1849 and it has been rebuilt numerous times, including to replace the main station building, which was badly damaged during World War II.

Location edit

The station is located close to Munich's city centre in the north of the borough of Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt. The main entrance to the east of the station is via the Prielmayerstraße or Bayerstraße to Karlsplatz (Stachus). In the station forecourt (Bahnhofsplatz) in front of the main entrance are tram stops on several lines.[9]

The station is bordered to the north by Arnulfstraße and to the west by Paul-Heyse-Straße, which passes through a tunnel near the end of the platforms. The station is bordered to the south by Bayerstraße. The station precinct extends some distance to the west and ends at Donnersbergerbrücke.

History edit

During the industrialisation of the mid-19th century a new, more efficient system was needed to accelerate the transport of passengers and goods. Horse-drawn carts on the mostly poor roads were no longer sufficient. As a solution, the construction of a railway, as was being developed in England, was considered. However, the Bavarian King, Ludwig I preferred the extension of canals. Construction of railways was left to private companies and associations.[10]

After the opening of the approximately six-kilometre-long (3.7 mi) railway from Nuremberg to Fürth on 28 November 1835, interested citizens founded railway committees in Munich and Augsburg. The two committees soon joined to facilitate the construction of a railway line from Augsburg to Munich. The two major cities would be connected by a faster service than could be provided by stagecoach over a distance that in 1835 was measured as 17 Poststunden (“post hours”, which were each half a Bavarian mile, that is about 3,707 metres (12,162 ft)), equivalent to about 63 kilometres (39 mi). Based on the travel speed of a locomotive, a railway could be expected to reduce travel time to one-third of a stage coach's time. The railway committee commissioned a state official to plan the approximate route of the line. The state was to build the railway.[11] The government turned down the proposal, but indicated that Bavaria would financially support its construction.

Joseph Anton von Maffei founded the Munich–Augsburg Railway Company (München-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) as a private company on 23 July 1837. After further support from shareholders had been found, construction began in the spring of 1838.[10][12]

The station in Marsfeld edit

In 1838, the initial planning began for the station in Munich. The Planning Director of the Munich–Augsburg railway, Ulrich Himbsel, and his deputy, Joseph Pertsch, proposed a railway layout with an entrance building and a warehouse for freight. Behind the entrance building, a semicircular building was followed by four radially arranged halls. This was based on English models.[13] Joseph Pertsch preferred a location on today's Sonnenstraße, while Ulrich Himbsel favoured a station at Spatzenstraße. This would have been at the location of the current station.[14]

The Munich-Augsburg railway company could not afford the building and the land on either site. A temporary wooden building was put into operation with the opening of the first section of the line from Munich to Lochhausen on the Munich–Augsburg line on 1 September 1839.[15] This station was built in Marsfeld at the present site of Hackerbrücke.[16] It consisted of a simple wooden station building and two toll booths. In the entrance building there were two waiting rooms and several work spaces. Attached to this building there was a 75.4-by-15.37-metre (247 ft 5 in × 50 ft 5 in) wide station hall with two tracks with a turntable at the end of each.[15][17] There was also a locomotive workshop in the station area. A year later, on 4 October 1840, the entire line to Augsburg was opened. The line was used by about 400 passengers daily.[15]

The first complaints were made about the location of the station in 1841. The station was too far from the city centre, so the trip to the station was too costly.[18] The wooden building was considered to be too small for a city like Munich and not very impressive.[19] King Ludwig commissioned the architect Friedrich von Gärtner to redesign the station in 1843. It would be closer to the city centre, as the old station was half an hour away from the city.[20] When, in 1844, the Munich-Augsburg Railway Company was nationalised, the first steps for the realisation of a new station building were carried out. Three new plans were presented. The station under the first option would have been at the shooting range, under the second option it would have been on the Marsfeld plain and under the third it would have been on Sonnenstraße. In the following years, the state and the city could not choose between the three proposals. The station suffered a major fire on 4 April 1847, although its cause could not be determined. No one was injured. Parts of the freight and operations facilities were destroyed.[14] The decision on where to construct a new station had to be taken now.[21] On 5 April 1847, the king of Bavaria decided to build the new station at the shooting range. The station at Marsfeld was to be restored in the autumn of 1847 to serve until the completion of the new station.[15][22] Due to a delay in the construction, the tracks were extended to the buildings of the former shooting range. The building of the shooting range now served as an entrance building to the new station, which was opened on 15 November 1847.[14]

The new central station (Centralbahnhof) of Friedrich Bürklein edit

 
Munich station, c. 1854

Direction of the construction was transferred to the architect Friedrich Bürklein, a disciple of Friedrich von Gärtner. The new station hall was opened in 1848. It was 111 metres (364 ft) long, 29 metres (95 ft) wide and 20 metres (66 ft) high and had room for five tracks.[15] The station building was opened a year later, on 1 October 1849. The station was used daily by around 1,500 passengers.[20] The building was built of red and yellow brick in the Rundbogenstil with Romanesque revival and Italian Renaissance forms; sand and limestone were also used for individual components. The station building was a basilica-like building, which was extended with a pavilion on the east side.[23] It was equipped with the latest technology, a central hot water heater and a mechanical clock with a central drive, with dials that were up to 130 metres (430 ft) from the central mechanism. The station was illuminated from 1851 by coal gas.

The new building proved again to be too small with the opening of the railway to Landshut in 1858. This meant that the Royal Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (Königlich privilegirte Actiengesellschaft der bayerischen Ostbahnen) built a station north of the actual station. The new station, also called the Ostbahnhof, consisted of a 145-metre-long (476 ft) and 24-metre-wide (79 ft) platform hall with four tracks. This became a carriage house with three tracks, a goods shed and other outbuildings.[15] In 1859, the Bavarian Eastern Railway's line to Nuremberg was commissioned. On 12 August 1860, the Rosenheim–Salzburg railway was opened, adding extra importance to the station. As no more platforms were available in the main hall, trains had to use the Ostbahnhof. The station was also used by international passengers and, in 1860, it was already used by 3,500 passengers daily.[20] To the south a station was also built for postal services in the same style as the other buildings.[24]

New construction in the 1880s edit

 
Front of the station looking towards the south-west, 1870
Operations of the platform tracks in 1879[25]
Tracks Operations
1, 2 From Simbach and Rosenheim
3, 4 To Simbach and Rosenheim
5, 6 From and to Holzkirchen
7, 8 from Tutzing and Lindau
9, 10 To Tutzing and Lindau
11, 12 From and to Ulm
13, 14 From and to Ingolstadt
15, 16 From and to Landshut
 
The great hall constructed by MAN-Werk Gustavsburg (1885)
 
View of the station tracks from Hackerbrücke, 1870

The opening of the line from Munich to Ingolstadt in 1867, the Munich–Mühldorf–Simbach and the Munich–Grafing–Rosenheim lines in 1871 and the Munich–Buchloe in 1873 created further capacity problems.[15] Thus, two projects were developed: Friedrich Bürklein planned another wing station. The other option was a new building, requiring the demolition of the Ostbahnhof. They chose the second option. So from 1877 to 1883 under the leadership of Carl Schnorr von Carlsfeld, Jacob Graff and Heinrich Gerber, a new concourse was built with 16 tracks.[20] Carl Schnorr von Carlsfeld was responsible for the redesign of the tracks, Jacob Graff was the site manager of the building and Heinrich Gerber was in charge of the construction.[15] The old hall was twice the size of the new, so that the front part of it remained as the main hall. The other premises were extended. The project was completed at the end of the 1883.[26]

The Munich Centralbahnhof precinct was divided into three station sections. The first section, which was also called the inner section, took over passenger, express freight, and small freight operations. The middle section at Arbeitersteg (“workers’ bridge”, now called Donnersberger Bridge) contained wagonload operations and the marshalling yard. The outer section ended at the Friedenheimer Bridge and included locomotive and carriage sheds and the central workshop.[27] The station was 2.9 km (1.8 mi) long up to its last crossover and 580 metres (1,900 ft) wide at its widest point. There were 226 sets of points, 42 turntables and 82.3 km (51.1 mi) of tracks.[15]

Remodelling of the station and construction of the wing stations edit

 
The station about 1903 (postcard)
 
The station forecourt in 1900 (coloured postcard)
 
The station in 1923

A few years later, the station again proved to be too small. The architect Friedrich Graf suggested the station be relocated to Landsbergerstraße to create a circle line from South station via Schwabing station to a planned North station. The plans were not realised, instead, freight was separated from passenger operations so that the Hauptbahnhof became a passenger-only station. Now freight was handled at the Laim marshalling yard.[20] Construction began in 1891.[15]

In 1893, the Royal Bavarian State Railways opened the Starnberg wing station (Starnberger Flügelbahnhof), partly serving traffic on the line to Starnberg. It had six tracks and only had a temporary wooden building. Long-distance traffic was now concentrated in the main hall and local traffic towards Pasing was moved to the wing station. In 1897, the wing station received Bavaria's first electro-mechanical interlocking.[15] In 1896, the Laim marshalling yard was opened; only the handling of small goods could not be moved to Laim. In addition, the line to Landshut was moved to a new course running to the west of Nymphenburg Park to allow a connection to the Laim yard. Next new flyovers were built on the line towards Pasing.[26]

On 1 May 1904 was the station's name was changed from München Centralbahnhof ("central station") to München Hauptbahnhof ("main station"). The station now had 22 tracks and handled 300 trains daily. In subsequent years, the station, which then served a city of 407,000, handled 18,000 passengers per day.[15] The passenger numbers continued to rise, and further extensions were planned. FX Liebig and Theodore Lechner recommended a new through station on the Kohleninsel (“Coal Island”, now called “Museum Island”) to improve connections to the Isar Valley Railway. This is now the location of the Deutsches Museum.[28] Other possibilities considered were a through station west of Hackerbrücke (Hacker Bridge), on the site of the current S-Bahn station, and connected to the East station by a tunnel, transferring local traffic only to an underground station and moving the main station to the South Station.[29]

In a memorandum of September 1911, the Bavarian government discarded all these options in favour of an extension of the Starnberg wing station and the construction of Holzkirchen wing station (Holzkirchner Bahnhof), partly serving the line to Holzkirchen.[15] It was also planned to relocate all the local traffic to the wing stations. It was assumed from the outset that in the future a through station would be appropriate.[30] Construction began in 1914, and continued through the First World War, but it was delayed. The wing stations finally opened on 30 April 1921. Local traffic was largely shifted to the wing stations. The station reached 36 tracks in its largest expansion since the Holzkirchen wing station included an additional ten tracks.[31] The trains were controlled by nine electromechanical interlockings built from 1922 to 1929.

The Reichsbahn and Hitler’s reconstruction plans edit

 
Ticket gate, about 1930

Between 1925 and 1927, six of the lines beginning in Munich were electrified so that all parts of the station except the Holzkirchen wing station received overhead lines.[20] This was part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn’s new restructuring plan. The Reichsbahn planned to move the station to the west of the Hacker Bridge. A connection to the South Ring (Südring) by a 1,900-metre (6,200 ft) long tunnel under the Theresienwiese was part of the plan. Local traffic would still terminate at an adjacent terminal station. Laim marshalling yard would have to be demolished under these plans and a new marshalling yard would be built in Milbertshofen instead. As a result of the Great Depression during the following years, none of these plans were realised.[32]

From 1933, Adolf Hitler directed Hermann Alker to create new plans for rebuilding the station. A new station would be built between Laim and Pasing stations and the old railway tracks would be replaced by a boulevard from Karlsplatz to the new station. In addition, a U-Bahn was planned from the new station to the central city under the boulevard. Alkers presented his plans but his client was not satisfied, as the station building would not look impressive at the end of the 120-metre (390 ft) wide boulevard. In 1938, Hermann Giesler, solved the problem by turning the station to a 45-degree angle to the road. He planned a huge domed building with a height of 136 metres (446 ft) and a diameter of 265 metres (869 ft).[32] In May 1942, Deutsche Reichsbahn began on Hitler's instruction to develop plans for his Breitspurbahn extreme broad-gauge railway concept, that would connect the whole of Europe.[26] This was planned to have a track gauge of three metres (9 ft 10 in) with a structure gauge of eight by eight metres (26 by 26 ft). Munich would be on broad gauge lines between Berlin and Munich and between Paris and Vienna. The ten standard gauge tracks and the four broad gauge tracks would be laid in a tunnel seven metres (23 ft 0 in) below the surface. These plans were not realised, however.[33][34]

The timetable of the summer 1939 showed the station had a total of 112 arrivals and departures by scheduled long-distance services each day. It was the eleventh busiest node of Deutsche Reichsbahn's long-distance network.[35]

During and after the Second World War edit

During World War II the station suffered heavy damage from Allied [36] bombing, but train services resumed after each air raid.[15] However, after bombings from 11 July to 13 July 1944, trains had to be diverted because of the impact of 112 bombs. It was only possible for trains to reach Pasing. All trains had to either run around Munich at a distance or use the North Ring as a bypass. Overall, the loss amounted to 7.1 million Reichsmarks. In addition, there were numerous deaths and injuries. On 30 April 1945, American troops entered Munich and initially German troops were ordered to defend the station.[20] Since a counter-attack would have been pointless, it was not carried out. Reconstruction started on 6 May 1945 on the building despite shortages and a complicated approval process. On 24 July 1945 it was possible to operate 128 trains. From 16 December there were 235 trains per day.[26]

 
Bronze plaque commemorating the construction of the main hall

The train shed was demolished from 16 May to 16 August 1949, due to the danger of it collapsing, and then the remaining buildings were demolished to enable their reconstruction. A new beginning after the war was marked in May 1950 by the construction of the new Starnberg wing station, designed by Heinrich Gerbl. Its monumental neoclassicism was seen as backward looking and the pillared hall were criticised for being reminiscent of the Nazi period. The main hall had a width of 240 metres (790 ft) and a length of 222 metres (728 ft). In the same year, the first four areas of the new main hall were completed. A hotel was opened in 1951 in the southern part of the station. From 26 July 1952 push–pull operations were introduced to avoid a change of locomotives. The main hall was put in operation in 1953. The electrification of the Holzkirchen wing station followed in May 1954. The commissioning of radio for shunting operations on 6 February 1956 simplified shunting in the station area. A roof was completed on the concourse of the Holzkirchen wing station on 1 August 1958.[15] The construction of the hall in the main station building, based on plans by Franz Hart, was completed on 1 August 1960.[26] The hall is 140 metres (460 ft) wide and 222 metres (728 ft) long. In addition to the columns at the edge of a span of 70 metres (230 ft), it has a middle row of columns, which was unusual at the time. The current station building was completed on 1 August 1960.[37]

Construction of centralised signalling and the S-Bahn trunk line edit

 
Signalling centre tower with two BOB Talent DMUs
 
VT 11.5 in April 1970 in the train shed

The central signalling centre was brought into operation on 11 October 1964 at 4 AM.[38] The new signal box controlled 295 sets of points and 446 signals and detected occupancy on 300 sections of track and seven automatic block sections.[15] In the signalling centre there were four interlockings, one controlling the Holzkirchen wing station, two controlling the tracks of the main hall and the other one controlling the Starnberg wing station. The new interlockings needed only 38 staff for operations and 12 for maintaining the signal technology, saving 93 jobs.[26]

In the following years, postal operations, which included the station's own underground post office railway, had growing problem due to the interference of passengers. On 18 August 1969, a separate package handling facility was brought into operation at Wilhelm-Hale-Straße, which was connected with the station by a double-track line.[39]

The Starnberg wing station was affected by the construction of the S-Bahn trunk line from 1967 because the trunk line was built under it. The trunk line and the new underground station were taken into operation on 28 April 1972 in time for the 1972 Summer Olympics. During the Summer Olympics the station had a high volume of passengers. On 2 September 1972, there were, for example, 35,000 passengers, excluding S-Bahn operations.[15] The first U-Bahn lines, U8/U1 (now U2/U1) commenced operations through the station on 18 October 1980. As a further development of the S-Bahn, the line to Wolfratshausen as S-Bahn line S 7 was connected to the trunk line with a 260-metre (850 ft)-long tunnel under all the tracks on 31 May 1981.[15] Until then the S-Bahn trains to and from Wolfratshausen, then called line S 10, ended and started in Holzkirchen wing station. The U-Bahn platform on lines U4/U5 opened on 10 March 1984. In the 1980s, the entrance building was converted under the leadership of Ekkehard Fahr, Dieter Schaich and Josef Reindl into a circulating hall with a travel centre in order to create a transparent and open environment. In the timetable of the summer of 1989, the station was the twelfth largest node in the network of Deutsche Bundesbahn, with 269 arrivals and departures by scheduled long-distance services per day.[40]

Improving infrastructure edit

 
Split-flap display (2005)

The platforms were narrow, with a width of 5.4 to 6 metres (17 ft 9 in to 19 ft 8 in) and were 20 centimetres (8 in) too low. After the elimination of the 3.2-metre (10 ft 6 in)-wide baggage platforms, new passenger platforms were built that are up to 76 centimetres (30 in) high and up to 10.2 metres (33 ft) wide. In addition, the facilities of the platforms, such as benches, were renewed and some platforms were extended to be 430 metres (1,410 ft) long. A baggage tunnel was put into operation under tracks 12 and 13.[15] The northern and southern carriage sidings and the maintenance facilities were extended. The construction work began in August 1976. It was completed at Christmas 1987.[15]

A new split-flap display was installed in 1981 at the cross platform concourse. The individual platforms, except for the Holzkirchen wing station platforms, were given split-flap destination displays. These replaced panels that were once attached to the buffer stops. Some still exist at the Holzkirchen wing station, but are no longer used. An additional 37 monitors were installed at internal sites such as the ticket office. All displays are controlled by a computer, on which all changes to the basic timetable are stored. They are updated by the signal centre.[15] A washing plant was established to the south of the tracks for Intercity-Express trains in 1991 and in the following years it was expanded into an ICE depot.[41] Since 2004, the entire area of the station has video monitoring.[42] The 70 cameras are controlled by the control center of DB Security in the station.[43] Meanwhile, the split-flap displays have been replaced with more modern LCD displays. The loudspeaker systems have also been modernised.

Current edit

 
Northern part of Munich station from the Hackerbrücke (August 2008)

A Transrapid route to Munich Airport was planned and to be operational in 2011. However, the original cost estimate of €1.85 billion was revised to €3.2 billion due to the increased price for steel and other materials. The cost escalation caused the project to be cancelled in 2007.

From 2013 to 2015, the mezzanine level linking the Hauptbahnhof to the current S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations and pedestrian pathways to the streets and aboveground tram platforms was extensively renovated to give the bright and airy feeling, to comply with new EU regulations on fire protection measures and escape routes, and to increase the number of stores and restaurants.[44]

 
München Hbf Main Hall with 'Grundig' branding

The current Hauptbahnhof consists of several buildings that were constructed at various times without any common design or physical cohesion between them. This causes lot of maintenance headaches and difficulties in navigating from one area to another for passengers and employees. The various buildings have their own façades that don't harmonise with each other; the larger building resembles some East German Plattenbau architecture.[45] Some areas radiate a quite gloomy and unwelcoming atmosphere.[46] The current layout has all platforms connecting to the main concourse in the east, making the transfers from one train to other lengthy and inconvenient. The passengers boarding and disembarking the trains at either Holzkirchner or Starnberger must walk even longer way through the often crowded platforms 11 and 26 respectively.

Reconstruction edit

The proposal for an extensive reconstruction project of Hauptbahnhof has been launched in 2015 with plannings approved in 2017 and 2018.[47][48] The project called for complete replacement of many Hauptbahnhof buildings except for the steel-reinforced building in the middle that covers the platforms 11 through 26. The new single building utilises a modern and more unified design surrounding the central platform hall along with a new aboveground pedestrian zone in the east towards Karlsplatz (Stachus). A new 75-metre (246 ft) office tower will be built at the northwestern corner of the area to be used for a branch of Deutsche Bahn's administration department. A new underground pedestrian tunnel will be built at western parts of platforms 11–26, connecting the Starnberger and Holzkirchner wing stations directly as well as the platforms 11–26 and subway stations. This will reduce the need to walk to the main concourse for transferring to other trains.

The construction of a second S-Bahn trunk route (a second main tunnel route through the centre of Munich) with a second S-Bahn station has begun in 2018. While the new U-Bahn line, designated as U9, has been planned and approved, the construction has yet to begun and would not be completed until 2035 at latest. However, the construction of third U-Bahn station for U9 line has been incorporated at the same time to expedite the completion of three projects at the same site.

On 24 October 2018, the reconstruction project was officially launched with the removal of large clock on the eastern main façade, which will be transferred to the new building as a link to the past.[49] Shortly after the launch, the eastern entrance hall and middle part of the large building were demolished for the construction of second S-Bahn and third U-Bahn stations.

The three projects are expected to be completed by 2028.[50]

 
Panoramic view of the main hall with Deutsche Bahn information counter (centre) and digital displays in the background (2013)

Station layout edit

 
Portico of the Starnberg wing station
 
Starnberg wing station
 
Entrance hall, 1968

Apart from Lindau-Insel station (called Lindau Hauptbahnhof until 2020), München Hauptbahnhof is the only major terminal station in Bavaria. It has 32 platform tracks and is made up of three station parts and an operationally independent S-Bahn station with two additional tracks.

  • Holzkirchner Bahnhof (Holzkirchen wing station), tracks 5-10
After the Second World War, this section consisted of tracks 1 and 2 for mail and express goods loading and tracks 3 to 10 for regional and suburban passenger trains towards Mühldorf, Grafing–Rosenheim, Holzkirchen, Bayrischzell, Tegernsee and Lenggries and from 1950 towards Wolfratshausen–Bichl. In the 1970s, platform 10 was connected to platform 11 of the main hall to increase the usable length of platform 11. After the construction of the southern mainline tunnel west of Donnersberger Bridge, from 1981 onwards, the regional trains towards Holzkirchen departed from Starnberg station, while the trains to Wolfratshausen (designated as S 10 between 1972 and 1981) became the S7, which, like the other west-east S-Bahn lines were routed through the main line tunnel to Munich East. The remaining tracks 3 – 8 (old) were renumbered to 5 – 10 (new).[51] The Holzkirchen station lost much of its importance after the so-called southern lines were linked to the S-Bahn main line and to the Starnberg station on 31 May 1981. It currently has six platform tracks from which passenger trains depart.
Currently, mainly regional trains depart here for Mühldorf, Kufstein and Salzburg. The platforms in this area were lower in height than in the rest of the station and were the only ones not covered by a roof until they were thoroughly modernised, raised and equipped with roofs from June 2017 to September 2018 for around €14 million. In addition, work was carried out on tracks and points and the platform on tracks 5/6 was extended.[52][53] Immediately after it was modernised this area was only used for regional traffic, but some ICE or Railjet services as well as WESTbahn services to Vienna have since been handled here.
  • Hauptbahnhof (main concourse), tracks 11-26
Starting and ending point for all InterCityExpress (ICE), Intercity (IC)/EuroCity (EC) long-distance services and Nightjet service. RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn services also depart from here to Augsburg, Ingolstadt and Landshut, among other directions.
The steel structure of the main hall was designed and manufactured in 1960 by Friedrich Krupp AG. In the main hall there is the DB tourist center, a DB Lounge and plenty of shops, snack bars and other service facilities.
  • Starnberger Bahnhof (Starnberg wing station), tracks 27-36
This is also an outlying section. Regional services call here for Memmingen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bayrischzell, Lenggries and Tegernsee, along with EuroCity-Express services towards Zurich. In the event of disruptions or construction work on the main S-Bahn line, S-Bahn trains also run westwards from this section. The pillared hall of the wing station has been accessible in recent years, but it has been deserted except for a Yorma snack bar near a platform—there has been a temporary bicycle parking station there since spring 2021. Until March 2014, the hall was in an unsightly condition, but the paint and lighting have since been replaced. In the summer of 2010, the portico was separated from the access to the basement and the two open shops by a newly installed wall. A BackWerk self-service bakery was also built in this newly created corridor. Most passengers use the route into the main hall from the wing station tracks as an exit and thereby bypass this annex building, which takes away the attractiveness of many areas.
 
Platforms 11/12; left towards Holzkirchen wing station

The subterranean Munich S-Bahn station is separated operationally from the mainline station and known as München Hbf (tief). To optimise passenger flow, separate platforms for entering (centre) and disembarking (outer) trains exist. This arrangement of platforms is called "Spanish solution". The subway station is situated near the U-Bahn lines for the U1 and U2 trains, but if one wishes to change from the S-Bahn to U4/U5 trains, it is more practical to stay on the S-Bahn to Karlsplatz (Stachus), as the U4/U5 station is on the opposite side of the station.

Due to the station's size, walking from one platform to another may take a considerable amount of time. Deutsche Bahn recommends planning for a minimum walking time of 10 minutes from the central hall to Starnberger Bahnhof or Holzkirchner Bahnhof; 15 minutes between Starnberger and Holzkirchner Bahnhof; and 15 minutes between the S-Bahn station and Holzkirchner Bahnhof.

The two outlying parts of the station have shorter tracks than the main hall, which means passengers always have to walk down most of the length of either platform 11 or 26 when changing from there. Unlike Frankfurt Hbf or Leipzig Hbf, there is no passenger tunnel under the tracks.

The mainline station lobby is only closed between 1:30 and 3:00, but platforms can be reached all the time. The S-Bahn station operate 24/7 on the S8, and the U-Bahn station closes only between 1:30 and 4:00 (2:30-4:00 on weekends).

On the ground floor are shops where travelers can eat and buy clothes and items for daily household needs.

 
The station in cross section, including planned and now largely abandoned expansion proposals
 
Map of the station

Platforms edit

Platform[a] Track Location Height[b] Length[c]
B01 5 Munich Hauptbahnhof tracks 5–10
Holzkirchen wing station
76 cm 300 m[d]
6 319 m[e]
B02 7 76 cm 217 m
8 230 m
B03 9 76 cm 339 m[f]
10[g]
B04 76 cm 509 m
11 Munich Hauptbahnhof
Main hall
B05 12 76 cm 436 m
13
B06 14 76 cm 432 m
15
B07 16 76 cm 346 m
17
B08 18 76 cm 432 m
19
B09 20 76 cm 366 m
21
B10 22 76 cm 520 m[h]
23
B11 24 76 cm 370 m
25
B12 26 76 cm 474 m
27[i] Munich Hauptbahnhof tracks 27–36
Starnberg wing station
B13 76 cm 360 m[j]
28
B14 29 76 cm 290 m
30
B15 31 76 cm 303 m
32
B16 33 76 cm 251 m
34
B17 35 76 cm 224 m
36
SB3[k] 1[l] Munich Hauptbahnhof (underground)
S-Bahn
96 cm 210 m
SB1[m] 96 cm 210 m
2[n]
SB2[o] 96 cm 210 m
  1. ^ Platform name according to DB Station&Service[54]
  2. ^ Platform heights[54][55][56]
  3. ^ Net length[54]
  4. ^ different length information from other sources[55]
  5. ^ different length information from other sources[55]
  6. ^ different length information from other sources[55]
  7. ^ platform on both sides
  8. ^ different length information from other sources[55]
  9. ^ platform on both sides
  10. ^ different length information from other sources[55]
  11. ^ for disembarking[56]
  12. ^ platform on both sides
  13. ^ for boarding[56]
  14. ^ platform on both sides
  15. ^ for disembarking[56]

Station services edit

Trains edit

Long distance edit

 
ICE 3 at Munich station
 
A Class 101 with an EC at the station
 
An ÖBB Class 1116 (Taurus) with an international train at the station
 
ICE 4 and ICE 3 trains in 2024

The station is the southern point of the InterCityExpress line to Hamburg-Altona via the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line and to Berlin via the Berlin–Munich high-speed railway. It also has frequent links to Dortmund via Frankfurt and Cologne using the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line. The most recent addition is the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed rail line, which has greatly benefited from Munich traffic. Additional ICE services using mainly ordinary lines on their run exist to Vienna and a number of other cities. There are also numerous InterCity and EuroCity services to most parts of Germany as well as neighbouring Austria, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, and Italy. The station used to have a number of DB NachtZug and CityNightLine services to northern Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Italy, but these were suspended in 2016. Facilities for autoracks in night services are located at München Ost railway station. Currently, night services operated by other railway companies, particularly ÖBB are found at the station, for example to Rome, Budapest and Zagreb.

Train class Route Frequency Operator
ICE 2 DüsseldorfKöln Messe/DeutzFrankfurt AirportNurembergMunich 2 train pairs DB Fernverkehr
ICE 8 Berlin GesundbrunnenBerlinBerlin SüdkreuzHalleErfurt – Nuremberg – Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 11 Berlin Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – FrankfurtMannheimStuttgartMunichInnsbruck DB Fernverkehr, ÖBB
ICE 18 Hamburg-Altona – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt / Augsburg – Munich DB Fernverkehr
ICE 24 InnsbruckGarmisch-Partenkirchen Munich – Augsburg – Würzburg – Hannover – Lüneburg – Hamburg – Hamburg-Altona 1 train pair
Schwarzach St. Veit – Kitzbühel – Wörgl – KufsteinRosenheim
ICE 25 Munich – (Nuremberg / Ingolstadt / Augsburg) – Würzburg – Fulda – Kassel – Göttingen – HannoverBremen / Hamburg Hourly
ICE 28 Munich – (Augsburg / Ingolstadt –) Nuremberg – Erfurt – Leipzig – Berlin – (Hamburg)
ICE 29 (Warnemünde – Rostock – Waren – Neustrelitz –) Berlin-Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 41 Munich (– Ingolstadt) – Nuremberg – Würzburg – Frankfurt am Main – Frankfurt Airport – Cologne (– Düsseldorf / Oberhausen / Essen / Dortmund) Hourly
ICE 42 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – MünsterDortmund – (HagenWuppertal) or (EssenDüsseldorf) – CologneFrankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich Every 2 hours
KielNeumünster
ICE 60 Munich – Augsburg – Ulm ( – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe)
ICE 62 /

IC 62

Frankfurt – DarmstadtHeidelberg Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – MunichMunich East – Rosenheim – PrienTraunsteinFreilassingSalzburgVillachKlagenfurt 2 train pairs
Münster → Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – KoblenzMainz – Mannheim – Vaihingen 1 train pair
Dortmund←
EC/RJ 62 Frankfurt – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich – Prien – Traunstein – Salzburg – Graz 1 train pair ÖBB
Saarbrücken – Mannheim – 1 train pair
ICE/TGV 83 Munich – Augsburg – Ulm – Stuttgart – KarlsruheStrasbourgParis 1 train pair DB Fernverkehr
ECE 88 MunichBuchloeLindau-ReutinWinterthurZürich 6 train pairs
ICE 89 Munich – Munich East station – Rosenheim – KufsteinWörglJenbachInnsbruckÖtztal – Imst-Pitztal – Landeck-Zams 1 train pair
EC 89 Munich – Rosenheim – KufsteinInnsbruck (– Bolzano/BozenVeronaMilan / Venice / Bologna) Every 2 hours
ICE/RJX 90 Munich – Salzburg – Vienna West (– Budapest Keleti) ÖBB, DB Fernverkehr
NIghtjetAmsterdam – Innsbruck InnsbruckWörgl – Rosenheim – Munich – Augsburg – Nürnberg – Frankfurt SüdKoblenzBonnUtrechtAmsterdam Single service ÖBB
NIghtjetHamburg – Innsbruck InnsbruckWörgl – Rosenheim – Munich – Augsburg – Nürnberg – Würzburg – GöttingenHannoverHamburgHamburg-Altona
NIghtjetMunich – Milano - La Spezia Munich – Rosenheim – Salzburg – Villach – PadovaVicenzaVeronaPeschiera del GardaBresciaMilano - La Spezia
NIghtjetMunich – Rome Munich – Rosenheim – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – BolognaFirenzeRome
NIghtjetStuttgart – Venice Stuttgart – Munich East – Rosenheim – Salzburg – Villach – UdineTrevisoVenezia Santa Lucia
EuroNightStuttgart – Budapest Stuttgart – Munich East – Rosenheim – Salzburg – LinzSt. PöltenWienHegyeshalomGyörTatabanyaBudapest-Keleti
EuroNightStuttgart – Zagreb / Rijeka Stuttgart – Munich East – Rosenheim – Salzburg – Villach – Ljubljana – Zagreb / Opatija Matulji – Rijeka

Regional trains edit

 
An ALX train to Lindau Hbf at Munich station
 
Alstom Coradia Continental as Fugger-Express at the station

There are numerous RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn services to Landshut, Regensburg, Plattling, Passau, Kempten, Lindau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Nuremberg among others. The Bayerische Oberlandbahn operates services to Bayrischzell, Lenggries and Tegernsee.

All lines are electrified, except the ones to Mühldorf (due to be electrified by 2030), and Kempten (partially electrified, a proposal to electrify the whole route exists but no date has been given) and the lines of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn. To minimise pollution, services using these lines preferably end at tracks 5–10 and 27–36.

Train class Route Frequency Operator
RE 1 MunichIngolstadtAllersbergNuremberg Hourly DB Regio Bayern
RE 2 Munich – Landshut – Regensburg – Schwandorf – Weiden – MarktredwitzHof Every 2 hours
RE 3 Munich – Landshut – PlattlingPassau Hourly
RE 4 Munich – Mühldorf – Simbach Some trains Südostbayernbahn
RE 5 Munich – Rosenheim – Traunstein – Freilassing – Salzburg Hourly Bayerische Regiobahn
RE 9 MunichMeringAugsburgUlm Go-Ahead Bayern
RE 25 MunichLandshutRegensburgSchwandorfChamPilsenPrague Every 2 hours Die Länderbahn
RE 61 MunichWeilheimMurnauGarmisch-Partenkirchen Mittenwald Some trains DB Regio Bayern
RE 62 – Lermoos Some trains
RE 70 MunichBuchloeKemptenImmenstadt (train split) HergatzLindau-Reutin Every 2 hours
RE 76 Oberstdorf
RE 72 MunichKaufering – Buchloe – MindelheimMemmingen Every 2 hours Go-Ahead Bayern
RE 80 Munich – Mering – Augsburg – Donauwörth (train split) – Treuchtlingen – Würzburg Every 2 hours
RE 89 Aalen
RE 96 Munich – Buchloe – Memmingen – Kißlegg – Lindau-Insel – Lindau-Reutin Every 2 hours
RB 6 MunichTutzing – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen (train split) (– Mittenwald – Seefeld (– Innsbruck)) Hourly to Garmisch,
every 2 hours to Seefeld,
every 4 hours to Innsbruck
DB Regio Bayern
RB 60 (– Reutte in Tirol – Pfronten-Steinach) Some trains
RB 16 Munich – Ingolstadt – Eichstätt – Treuchtlingen (– Nuremberg) Hourly
RB 33 MunichFreising – Landshut Some trains
RB 40 MunichMarkt Schwaben – Mühldorf Hourly Südostbayernbahn
RB 54 MunichGrafing Bahnhof – Rosenheim – Kufstein Hourly Bayerische Regiobahn
RB 55 MunichHolzkirchen (train split) – Schliersee – Bayrischzell Hourly
RB 56 – Schaftlach (train split) – Bad Tölz – Lenggries
RB 57 – Schaftlach (train split) – Tegernsee
RB 58 Munich – DeisenhofenBad Aibling – Rosenheim Hourly
RB 65 MunichTutzing (train split) PenzbergBichlKochel Hourly DB Regio Bayern
RB 66 – Weilheim
RB 68 Munich – Kaufering – Buchloe – Kaufbeuren – Biessenhofen – Füssen Some trains Bayerische Regiobahn
RB 74 Munich – Kaufering – Buchloe Hourly DB Regio Bayern
RB 86 Munich – Mering – Augsburg (train split) Dinkelscherben Hourly Go-Ahead Bayern
RB 87 Donauwörth

S-Bahn edit

 
Underground S-Bahn station with the Spanish solution

The Munich S-Bahn operates through a separate part of the station as an S-Bahn station on the S-Bahn trunk line (S-Bahn-Stammstrecke) with two tracks and three platforms in the Spanish solution (the island platform is for boarding only and the side platforms are for disembarking), which is in the northern basement at level -2. This station is served by seven S-Bahn lines S 1, S 2, S 3, S 4, S 6, S 7 and S 8 (in service 24/7). The planned construction of a new S-Bahn station as part of the construction of the second trunk line (zweiten Stammstrecke) at level -5 (-41 metres), formerly intended to start in 2006, has been delayed due to financing issues.

Other facilities edit

 
Sofitel Munich Bayerpost

In the east of the main hall at ground level and on the first floor there are several food shops, newsagents, flower and gift shops, etc. There is also an extensive shopping arcade in the basement to the north and east, as well as direct access to adjacent stores in the inner city through a shopping arcade. Since 1995, the Children and Youth Museum of the City of Munich (Kinder- und Jugendmuseum München) has been located in the Starnberg wing station. In the southern part of the building there is an InterCityHotel. As with many stations, a few hotels are located around the station, including the luxury hotel Sofitel’s Munich Bayerpost and Le Méridien. At the southernmost platform 11 there is an office of the Bahnhofsmission charity, which provides travellers and the homeless with around the clock assistance, food and rest facilities. In the northern section there is a police station of the Munich and Federal Police. In the first floor of the northern wing there is a canteen ("Casino") for employees of the DB and their guests. Two parking decks on the fourth and fifth floors of the main building are accessible from Bayerstraße and Arnulfstraße.

U-Bahn edit

 
Platforms of the U1 and U2 lines at München Hauptbahnhof
 
Platforms of the U4 and U5 lines at München Hauptbahnhof

At the Hauptbahnhof there are two underground stations of the Munich U-Bahn.

The underground station of Munich U-Bahn trunk line 2 is at level -4 and is orientated in a north–south direction under the station forecourt and has four tracks. It branches to the north as line U1 to Olympia-Einkaufszentrum and line U 2 to Feldmoching. It was originally planned to build the station under the Kaufhaus Hertie department store. To enable shorter connections to the main hall and the underground station of lines U 4 and U 5 it was decided instead to build it directly next to the main station. Construction of the U-Bahn station began in the spring of 1975, which required the closure of the station forecourt to surface traffic. The building was built because of its great breadth and depth by the cut and cover method. First the side walls and the roof were built and then the individual levels were built from top to bottom. The U-Bahn station was opened on 18 October 1980. The station is differentiated from the other U-Bahn stations opened in 1980 on line U 2 by the silver lining of the walls opposite the platform and on the pillars in the middle of the station. The platforms connect at the northern end via a mezzanine level to the S-Bahn station and at the south end there is another mezzanine connecting with the U-Bahn station of lines U 4 and U 5. In the middle of the platform escalators lead a mezzanine level connecting with the station forecourt.[57]

The station of U-Bahn trunk line 3 is on level -2 and is orientated in an east–west direction under Bayerstraße south of the main station and has 2 tracks. The station was opened on 10 March 1984. The silver-coloured tunnel-like walls opposite the platforms are curved inward, which give the station a tubular character. The platform does not have columns and is on a slight curve. The lighting is on struts arranged in a square under a retracted ceiling. At the eastern end of the platform is a connection via a mezzanine to the underground station of lines 1 and 2. There is a connection to the southern entrance of the mainline station at the entrance level at the western end of the station. In addition, there is a lift at this end, which provides the disabled with access to the U-Bahn platform.[58]

Trams and buses edit

 
Tram of series R2.2 on one of the tram routes at Munich station

There are four tram stops around the station, known as Hauptbahnhof, Hauptbahnhof Nord, Hauptbahnhof Süd and Holzkirchner Bahnhof. Hauptbahnhof Nord is served by routes 16, 17, 20, 21 and 29. The Hauptbahnhof stop on the station forecourt is served by 16, 17, 19, 20 and 29, with routes 20 and 29 only stopping towards Stiglmaierplatz. The Hauptbahnhof Süd and Holzkirchner Bahnhof stops are served by routes 18, 19 and 29.

The first tram route serving the station forecourt, was a horse tram line that ran from Promenadenplatz to Maillingerstraße and was opened on 21 October 1876. Over the next few years, the horse tram network was expanded and by 1900, four tram routes served the station. The network was electrified and further expanded and by 1938, nine routes served Hauptbahnhof, which had become one of the focal points of the Munich tram system. By 1966, Hauptbahnhof was served by ten tram routes. In the years following, the number of trams and routes in Munich declined, mostly as a result of the construction of the U-Bahn, but they continued to serve Hauptbahnhof, albeit with frequent route number changes and with the number of services serving the station increasing to eleven at one point.[59]

Since 2018, MVG CityRing bus routes 58 clockwise//68 anti-clockwise [60] have served the station. The Hauptbahnhof Nord stop is also served by Museum Bus route 100,[61] as well as by some regional bus services.

The whole station forecourt is currently (2020) being remodelled with an extra, third track for trams, which when completed, will see the recasting of the tram services in this area, planned for 2021/2022. Many station buildings have also been demolished in connection with the construction of the 'Second Cross City S-Bahn' tunnel to be completed in the period 2028/2032. This will also see a further, fourth tram track laid on the station forecourt.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Munchen Hauptbahnhof news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Munchen Hauptbahnhof or Munich Central Station is the main railway station in the city of Munich Germany It is one of the three stations with long distance services in Munich the others being Munich East station Munchen Ost and Munich Pasing station Munchen Pasing Munchen Hauptbahnhof sees about 450 000 passengers a day which puts it on par with other large stations in Germany such as Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt Main Hauptbahnhof It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 station one of 21 in Germany and two in Munich the other being Munchen Ost 5 The mainline station is a terminal station with 32 platforms The subterranean S Bahn with 2 platforms and U Bahn stations with 6 platforms are through stations 2 3 Munchen HauptbahnhofHbfThe entrance building demolished in 2019 General informationLocationBayerstrasse 80335 Munchen Ludwigsvorstadt Isarvorstadt Munich BavariaGermanyCoordinates48 08 27 N 11 33 18 E 48 14083 N 11 55500 E 48 14083 11 55500Elevation523 m 1 716 ft Owned byDeutsche BahnOperated byDB Netz DB Station amp ServiceLine s Munich Ingolstadt KBS 900 901 990 Munich Landshut KBS 930 931 Munich Muhldorf KBS 940 Munich Rosenheim KBS 951 Bayerische Oberlandbahn KBS 955 956 957 Munich Garmisch Partenkirchen KBS 960 Munich Buchloe KBS 970 Munich Augsburg KBS 980 S Bahn S1 S2 S3 S4 S6 S7 S8 U Bahn U1 U2 U4 U5 U7 U8 Tram 16 N16 17 18 19 N19 20 N20 21 29 Bus City Ring 58 68 100 LH Airport BusPlatforms17 island platforms 1 Tracks32 above ground 2 S Bahn 6 U Bahn 2 3 Other informationStation code4234DS100 codeMH 4 IBNR8000261Category1 5 IATA codeZMUFare zone M 6 Websitewww bahnhof de stationsdatenbank deHistoryOpened1839 185 years ago 1839 moved to current location in 1848 176 years ago 1848 Rebuilt1960 64 years ago 1960 Electrified1925 99 years ago 1925 Passengers2007 08450 000 per day total 7 of which 165 500 on S Bahn 8 ServicesPreceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Nurnberg Hbftowards Dusseldorf Hbf ICE 2 Terminus Nurnberg Hbftowards Berlin Gesundbrunnen ICE 8 Munchen Pasingtowards Berlin Gesundbrunnen or Hamburg Altona ICE 11 Reverses direction Munchen Osttowards Innsbruck Hbf Munchen Pasingtowards Kiel Hbf Berlin Gesundbrunnen or Leipzig Hbf ICE 18 Terminus Ingolstadt Hbftowards Hamburg Altona Augsburg Hbftowards Hamburg Altona ICE 24 Munchen Osttowards Innsbruck Hbf or Schwarzach St Veit Rosenheimtowards Innsbruck Hbf or Schwarzach St Veit Ingolstadt Hbftowards Hamburg Altona ICE 25 Terminus Nurnberg Hbftowards Hamburg Altona or Ostseebad Binz ICE 28 Munchen Pasingtowards Hamburg Hbf ICE 29 Nurnberg Hbftowards Hamburg Hbf Tutzingtowards Innsbruck Hbf Nurnberg Hbftowards Dortmund Hbf or Essen Hbf ICE 41 Terminus Ingolstadt Hbftowards Dortmund Hbf or Essen Hbf Munchen Pasingtowards Hamburg Altona Kiel Hbf or Dortmund Hbf ICE 42reverses out Tutzingtowards Garmisch Partenkirchen Augsburg Hbftowards Karlsruhe Hbf ICE 60 Terminus Augsburg Hbftowards Frankfurt Main Hbf ICE 62reverses out Munchen Osttowards Klagenfurt Hbf Augsburg Hbftowards Frankfurt Main Hbf or Saarbrucken Hbf EC RJ 62reverses out Munchen Osttowards Graz Hbf Augsburg Hbftowards Paris Est ICE TGV 83 Terminus Buchloetowards Zurich HB ECE 88 Munchen Osttowards Landeck Zams ICE 89 Terminus EC 89 Munchen Osttowards Innsbruck Hbf Bologna Verona or Venezia Rosenheimtowards Venezia or Bologna Munchen Osttowards Wien Hbf or Budapest Keleti ICE RJX 90 Terminus Preceding station OBB Following station Salzburg Hbftowards Budapest Railjet Express Terminus Salzburg Hbftowards Wien Hbf Munchen Osttowards Klagenfurt Hbf Railjet Munchen Osttowards Salzburg Hbf Augsburg Hbftowards Amsterdam Centraal or Hamburg Altona Nightjet Rosenheimtowards Innsbruck Hbf Munchen Osttowards Rome or La Spezia Terminus Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station Dachautowards Nurnberg Hbf RE 1 Terminus Petershausentowards Eichstatt Ingolstadt Hbf or Nurnberg Hbf Freisingtowards Passau Hbf RE 3 Moosachtowards Passau Hbf Moosachtowards Landshut Hbf RE 33 Freisingtowards Landshut Hbf Regensburg Hbf or Nurnberg Hbf RE 50 Munchen Pasingtowards Pfronten Steinach RE 60 Munchen Pasingtowards Mittenwald RE 61 Munchen Pasingtowards Lermoos RE 62 Munchen Pasingtowards Kempten Hbf or Lindau Reutin RE 70 Munchen Pasingtowards Oberstdorf RE 76 Munchen Pasingtowards Donauworth or Treuchtlingen RE 87 Munchen Pasingtowards Murnau Garmisch Partenkirchen Mittenwald Innsbruck Hbf Seefeld or Pfronten Steinach RB 6 S 6 Dachautowards Pfaffenhofen Ingolstadt Hbf Treuchtlingen or Nurnberg Hbf RB 16 Petershausentowards Pfaffenhofen Freisingtowards Landshut Hbf RB 33 Munchen Pasingtowards Reutte in Tirol Seefeld or Pfronten Steinach RB 60 Munchen Pasingtowards Weilheim RB 65 Munchen Pasingtowards Kochel or Penzberg RB 66 Munchen Pasingtowards Buchloe RB 74 Preceding station Following station Freisingtowards Hof Hbf RE 2 Terminus Freisingtowards Praha hl n RE 25 Preceding station Following station Munchen Osttowards Muhldorf or Simbach RE 4Limited service Terminus Munchen Osttowards Muhldorf Rosenheim Burghausen Pocking or Simbach RB 40 Preceding station Following station Munchen Osttowards Salzburg Hbf RE 5 Terminus Munchen Osttowards Kufstein RB 54 Donnersbergerbrucketowards Bayrischzell RB 55 Donnersbergerbrucketowards Lenggries RB 56 Donnersbergerbrucketowards Tegernsee RB 57 Donnersbergerbrucketowards Rosenheim RB 58 Munchen Pasingtowards Fussen RB 68 Preceding station Following station Munchen Pasingtowards Ulm Hbf RE 9 Terminus Munchen Pasingtowards Wurzburg Hbf RE 80 Munchen Pasingtowards Aalen Hbf RE 89 Munchen Pasingtowards Dinkelscherben RB 86 Munchen Pasingtowards Donauworth RB 87 Munchen Pasingtowards Memmingen RE 72 Munchen Pasingtowards Lindau Reutin RE 96 Preceding station Munich S Bahn Following station Hackerbrucketowards Freising or Munich Airport Terminal S1 Karlsplatztowards Munich Leuchtenbergring Hackerbrucketowards Petershausen or Altomunster S2 Karlsplatztowards Erding Hackerbrucketowards Mammendorf S3 Karlsplatztowards Holzkirchen Hackerbrucketowards Geltendorf S4 Karlsplatztowards Ebersberg Hackerbrucketowards Tutzing S6 Hackerbrucketowards Wolfratshausen S7 Karlsplatztowards Kreuzstrasse Hackerbrucketowards Herrsching S8 Karlsplatztowards Munich Airport Terminal Preceding station Munich U Bahn Following station Stiglmaierplatztowards Olympia Einkaufszentrum U1 Sendlinger Tortowards Mangfallplatz Konigsplatztowards Munich Feldmoching U2 Sendlinger Tortowards Messestadt Ost Theresienwiesetowards Westendstrasse U4 Karlsplatztowards Arabellapark Theresienwiesetowards Laimer Platz U5 Karlsplatztowards Munich Neuperlach Sud Stiglmaierplatztowards Olympia Einkaufszentrum U7 Sendlinger Tortowards Neuperlach Zentrum Konigsplatztowards Olympiazentrum U8 Preceding station Croatian Railways Following station Augsburg Hbftowards Stuttgart Hbf EuroNight Munchen Osttowards ZagrebLocationMunchenLocation in BavariaShow map of BavariaMunchenLocation in GermanyShow map of GermanyMunchenLocation in EuropeShow map of Europe The first Munich station was built about 800 metres 2 600 ft to the west in 1839 A station at the current site was opened in 1849 and it has been rebuilt numerous times including to replace the main station building which was badly damaged during World War II Contents 1 Location 2 History 2 1 The station in Marsfeld 2 2 The new central station Centralbahnhof of Friedrich Burklein 2 3 New construction in the 1880s 2 4 Remodelling of the station and construction of the wing stations 2 5 The Reichsbahn and Hitler s reconstruction plans 2 6 During and after the Second World War 2 7 Construction of centralised signalling and the S Bahn trunk line 2 8 Improving infrastructure 3 Current 3 1 Reconstruction 4 Station layout 4 1 Platforms 5 Station services 5 1 Trains 5 1 1 Long distance 5 1 2 Regional trains 5 2 S Bahn 6 Other facilities 7 U Bahn 8 Trams and buses 9 References 10 Sources 11 External linksLocation editThe station is located close to Munich s city centre in the north of the borough of Ludwigsvorstadt Isarvorstadt The main entrance to the east of the station is via the Prielmayerstrasse or Bayerstrasse to Karlsplatz Stachus In the station forecourt Bahnhofsplatz in front of the main entrance are tram stops on several lines 9 The station is bordered to the north by Arnulfstrasse and to the west by Paul Heyse Strasse which passes through a tunnel near the end of the platforms The station is bordered to the south by Bayerstrasse The station precinct extends some distance to the west and ends at Donnersbergerbrucke History editDuring the industrialisation of the mid 19th century a new more efficient system was needed to accelerate the transport of passengers and goods Horse drawn carts on the mostly poor roads were no longer sufficient As a solution the construction of a railway as was being developed in England was considered However the Bavarian King Ludwig I preferred the extension of canals Construction of railways was left to private companies and associations 10 After the opening of the approximately six kilometre long 3 7 mi railway from Nuremberg to Furth on 28 November 1835 interested citizens founded railway committees in Munich and Augsburg The two committees soon joined to facilitate the construction of a railway line from Augsburg to Munich The two major cities would be connected by a faster service than could be provided by stagecoach over a distance that in 1835 was measured as 17 Poststunden post hours which were each half a Bavarian mile that is about 3 707 metres 12 162 ft equivalent to about 63 kilometres 39 mi Based on the travel speed of a locomotive a railway could be expected to reduce travel time to one third of a stage coach s time The railway committee commissioned a state official to plan the approximate route of the line The state was to build the railway 11 The government turned down the proposal but indicated that Bavaria would financially support its construction Joseph Anton von Maffei founded the Munich Augsburg Railway Company Munchen Augsburger Eisenbahn Gesellschaft as a private company on 23 July 1837 After further support from shareholders had been found construction began in the spring of 1838 10 12 The station in Marsfeld edit In 1838 the initial planning began for the station in Munich The Planning Director of the Munich Augsburg railway Ulrich Himbsel and his deputy Joseph Pertsch proposed a railway layout with an entrance building and a warehouse for freight Behind the entrance building a semicircular building was followed by four radially arranged halls This was based on English models 13 Joseph Pertsch preferred a location on today s Sonnenstrasse while Ulrich Himbsel favoured a station at Spatzenstrasse This would have been at the location of the current station 14 The Munich Augsburg railway company could not afford the building and the land on either site A temporary wooden building was put into operation with the opening of the first section of the line from Munich to Lochhausen on the Munich Augsburg line on 1 September 1839 15 This station was built in Marsfeld at the present site of Hackerbrucke 16 It consisted of a simple wooden station building and two toll booths In the entrance building there were two waiting rooms and several work spaces Attached to this building there was a 75 4 by 15 37 metre 247 ft 5 in 50 ft 5 in wide station hall with two tracks with a turntable at the end of each 15 17 There was also a locomotive workshop in the station area A year later on 4 October 1840 the entire line to Augsburg was opened The line was used by about 400 passengers daily 15 The first complaints were made about the location of the station in 1841 The station was too far from the city centre so the trip to the station was too costly 18 The wooden building was considered to be too small for a city like Munich and not very impressive 19 King Ludwig commissioned the architect Friedrich von Gartner to redesign the station in 1843 It would be closer to the city centre as the old station was half an hour away from the city 20 When in 1844 the Munich Augsburg Railway Company was nationalised the first steps for the realisation of a new station building were carried out Three new plans were presented The station under the first option would have been at the shooting range under the second option it would have been on the Marsfeld plain and under the third it would have been on Sonnenstrasse In the following years the state and the city could not choose between the three proposals The station suffered a major fire on 4 April 1847 although its cause could not be determined No one was injured Parts of the freight and operations facilities were destroyed 14 The decision on where to construct a new station had to be taken now 21 On 5 April 1847 the king of Bavaria decided to build the new station at the shooting range The station at Marsfeld was to be restored in the autumn of 1847 to serve until the completion of the new station 15 22 Due to a delay in the construction the tracks were extended to the buildings of the former shooting range The building of the shooting range now served as an entrance building to the new station which was opened on 15 November 1847 14 The new central station Centralbahnhof of Friedrich Burklein edit nbsp Munich station c 1854 Direction of the construction was transferred to the architect Friedrich Burklein a disciple of Friedrich von Gartner The new station hall was opened in 1848 It was 111 metres 364 ft long 29 metres 95 ft wide and 20 metres 66 ft high and had room for five tracks 15 The station building was opened a year later on 1 October 1849 The station was used daily by around 1 500 passengers 20 The building was built of red and yellow brick in the Rundbogenstil with Romanesque revival and Italian Renaissance forms sand and limestone were also used for individual components The station building was a basilica like building which was extended with a pavilion on the east side 23 It was equipped with the latest technology a central hot water heater and a mechanical clock with a central drive with dials that were up to 130 metres 430 ft from the central mechanism The station was illuminated from 1851 by coal gas The new building proved again to be too small with the opening of the railway to Landshut in 1858 This meant that the Royal Bavarian Eastern Railway Company Koniglich privilegirte Actiengesellschaft der bayerischen Ostbahnen built a station north of the actual station The new station also called the Ostbahnhof consisted of a 145 metre long 476 ft and 24 metre wide 79 ft platform hall with four tracks This became a carriage house with three tracks a goods shed and other outbuildings 15 In 1859 the Bavarian Eastern Railway s line to Nuremberg was commissioned On 12 August 1860 the Rosenheim Salzburg railway was opened adding extra importance to the station As no more platforms were available in the main hall trains had to use the Ostbahnhof The station was also used by international passengers and in 1860 it was already used by 3 500 passengers daily 20 To the south a station was also built for postal services in the same style as the other buildings 24 New construction in the 1880s edit nbsp Front of the station looking towards the south west 1870 Operations of the platform tracks in 1879 25 Tracks Operations 1 2 From Simbach and Rosenheim 3 4 To Simbach and Rosenheim 5 6 From and to Holzkirchen 7 8 from Tutzing and Lindau 9 10 To Tutzing and Lindau 11 12 From and to Ulm 13 14 From and to Ingolstadt 15 16 From and to Landshut nbsp The great hall constructed by MAN Werk Gustavsburg 1885 nbsp View of the station tracks from Hackerbrucke 1870 The opening of the line from Munich to Ingolstadt in 1867 the Munich Muhldorf Simbach and the Munich Grafing Rosenheim lines in 1871 and the Munich Buchloe in 1873 created further capacity problems 15 Thus two projects were developed Friedrich Burklein planned another wing station The other option was a new building requiring the demolition of the Ostbahnhof They chose the second option So from 1877 to 1883 under the leadership of Carl Schnorr von Carlsfeld Jacob Graff and Heinrich Gerber a new concourse was built with 16 tracks 20 Carl Schnorr von Carlsfeld was responsible for the redesign of the tracks Jacob Graff was the site manager of the building and Heinrich Gerber was in charge of the construction 15 The old hall was twice the size of the new so that the front part of it remained as the main hall The other premises were extended The project was completed at the end of the 1883 26 The Munich Centralbahnhof precinct was divided into three station sections The first section which was also called the inner section took over passenger express freight and small freight operations The middle section at Arbeitersteg workers bridge now called Donnersberger Bridge contained wagonload operations and the marshalling yard The outer section ended at the Friedenheimer Bridge and included locomotive and carriage sheds and the central workshop 27 The station was 2 9 km 1 8 mi long up to its last crossover and 580 metres 1 900 ft wide at its widest point There were 226 sets of points 42 turntables and 82 3 km 51 1 mi of tracks 15 Remodelling of the station and construction of the wing stations edit nbsp The station about 1903 postcard nbsp The station forecourt in 1900 coloured postcard nbsp The station in 1923 A few years later the station again proved to be too small The architect Friedrich Graf suggested the station be relocated to Landsbergerstrasse to create a circle line from South station via Schwabing station to a planned North station The plans were not realised instead freight was separated from passenger operations so that the Hauptbahnhof became a passenger only station Now freight was handled at the Laim marshalling yard 20 Construction began in 1891 15 In 1893 the Royal Bavarian State Railways opened the Starnberg wing station Starnberger Flugelbahnhof partly serving traffic on the line to Starnberg It had six tracks and only had a temporary wooden building Long distance traffic was now concentrated in the main hall and local traffic towards Pasing was moved to the wing station In 1897 the wing station received Bavaria s first electro mechanical interlocking 15 In 1896 the Laim marshalling yard was opened only the handling of small goods could not be moved to Laim In addition the line to Landshut was moved to a new course running to the west of Nymphenburg Park to allow a connection to the Laim yard Next new flyovers were built on the line towards Pasing 26 On 1 May 1904 was the station s name was changed from Munchen Centralbahnhof central station to Munchen Hauptbahnhof main station The station now had 22 tracks and handled 300 trains daily In subsequent years the station which then served a city of 407 000 handled 18 000 passengers per day 15 The passenger numbers continued to rise and further extensions were planned FX Liebig and Theodore Lechner recommended a new through station on the Kohleninsel Coal Island now called Museum Island to improve connections to the Isar Valley Railway This is now the location of the Deutsches Museum 28 Other possibilities considered were a through station west of Hackerbrucke Hacker Bridge on the site of the current S Bahn station and connected to the East station by a tunnel transferring local traffic only to an underground station and moving the main station to the South Station 29 In a memorandum of September 1911 the Bavarian government discarded all these options in favour of an extension of the Starnberg wing station and the construction of Holzkirchen wing station Holzkirchner Bahnhof partly serving the line to Holzkirchen 15 It was also planned to relocate all the local traffic to the wing stations It was assumed from the outset that in the future a through station would be appropriate 30 Construction began in 1914 and continued through the First World War but it was delayed The wing stations finally opened on 30 April 1921 Local traffic was largely shifted to the wing stations The station reached 36 tracks in its largest expansion since the Holzkirchen wing station included an additional ten tracks 31 The trains were controlled by nine electromechanical interlockings built from 1922 to 1929 The Reichsbahn and Hitler s reconstruction plans edit nbsp Ticket gate about 1930 Between 1925 and 1927 six of the lines beginning in Munich were electrified so that all parts of the station except the Holzkirchen wing station received overhead lines 20 This was part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn s new restructuring plan The Reichsbahn planned to move the station to the west of the Hacker Bridge A connection to the South Ring Sudring by a 1 900 metre 6 200 ft long tunnel under the Theresienwiese was part of the plan Local traffic would still terminate at an adjacent terminal station Laim marshalling yard would have to be demolished under these plans and a new marshalling yard would be built in Milbertshofen instead As a result of the Great Depression during the following years none of these plans were realised 32 From 1933 Adolf Hitler directed Hermann Alker to create new plans for rebuilding the station A new station would be built between Laim and Pasing stations and the old railway tracks would be replaced by a boulevard from Karlsplatz to the new station In addition a U Bahn was planned from the new station to the central city under the boulevard Alkers presented his plans but his client was not satisfied as the station building would not look impressive at the end of the 120 metre 390 ft wide boulevard In 1938 Hermann Giesler solved the problem by turning the station to a 45 degree angle to the road He planned a huge domed building with a height of 136 metres 446 ft and a diameter of 265 metres 869 ft 32 In May 1942 Deutsche Reichsbahn began on Hitler s instruction to develop plans for his Breitspurbahn extreme broad gauge railway concept that would connect the whole of Europe 26 This was planned to have a track gauge of three metres 9 ft 10 in with a structure gauge of eight by eight metres 26 by 26 ft Munich would be on broad gauge lines between Berlin and Munich and between Paris and Vienna The ten standard gauge tracks and the four broad gauge tracks would be laid in a tunnel seven metres 23 ft 0 in below the surface These plans were not realised however 33 34 The timetable of the summer 1939 showed the station had a total of 112 arrivals and departures by scheduled long distance services each day It was the eleventh busiest node of Deutsche Reichsbahn s long distance network 35 During and after the Second World War edit During World War II the station suffered heavy damage from Allied 36 bombing but train services resumed after each air raid 15 However after bombings from 11 July to 13 July 1944 trains had to be diverted because of the impact of 112 bombs It was only possible for trains to reach Pasing All trains had to either run around Munich at a distance or use the North Ring as a bypass Overall the loss amounted to 7 1 million Reichsmarks In addition there were numerous deaths and injuries On 30 April 1945 American troops entered Munich and initially German troops were ordered to defend the station 20 Since a counter attack would have been pointless it was not carried out Reconstruction started on 6 May 1945 on the building despite shortages and a complicated approval process On 24 July 1945 it was possible to operate 128 trains From 16 December there were 235 trains per day 26 nbsp Bronze plaque commemorating the construction of the main hall The train shed was demolished from 16 May to 16 August 1949 due to the danger of it collapsing and then the remaining buildings were demolished to enable their reconstruction A new beginning after the war was marked in May 1950 by the construction of the new Starnberg wing station designed by Heinrich Gerbl Its monumental neoclassicism was seen as backward looking and the pillared hall were criticised for being reminiscent of the Nazi period The main hall had a width of 240 metres 790 ft and a length of 222 metres 728 ft In the same year the first four areas of the new main hall were completed A hotel was opened in 1951 in the southern part of the station From 26 July 1952 push pull operations were introduced to avoid a change of locomotives The main hall was put in operation in 1953 The electrification of the Holzkirchen wing station followed in May 1954 The commissioning of radio for shunting operations on 6 February 1956 simplified shunting in the station area A roof was completed on the concourse of the Holzkirchen wing station on 1 August 1958 15 The construction of the hall in the main station building based on plans by Franz Hart was completed on 1 August 1960 26 The hall is 140 metres 460 ft wide and 222 metres 728 ft long In addition to the columns at the edge of a span of 70 metres 230 ft it has a middle row of columns which was unusual at the time The current station building was completed on 1 August 1960 37 Construction of centralised signalling and the S Bahn trunk line edit nbsp Signalling centre tower with two BOB Talent DMUs nbsp VT 11 5 in April 1970 in the train shed The central signalling centre was brought into operation on 11 October 1964 at 4 AM 38 The new signal box controlled 295 sets of points and 446 signals and detected occupancy on 300 sections of track and seven automatic block sections 15 In the signalling centre there were four interlockings one controlling the Holzkirchen wing station two controlling the tracks of the main hall and the other one controlling the Starnberg wing station The new interlockings needed only 38 staff for operations and 12 for maintaining the signal technology saving 93 jobs 26 In the following years postal operations which included the station s own underground post office railway had growing problem due to the interference of passengers On 18 August 1969 a separate package handling facility was brought into operation at Wilhelm Hale Strasse which was connected with the station by a double track line 39 The Starnberg wing station was affected by the construction of the S Bahn trunk line from 1967 because the trunk line was built under it The trunk line and the new underground station were taken into operation on 28 April 1972 in time for the 1972 Summer Olympics During the Summer Olympics the station had a high volume of passengers On 2 September 1972 there were for example 35 000 passengers excluding S Bahn operations 15 The first U Bahn lines U8 U1 now U2 U1 commenced operations through the station on 18 October 1980 As a further development of the S Bahn the line to Wolfratshausen as S Bahn line S 7 was connected to the trunk line with a 260 metre 850 ft long tunnel under all the tracks on 31 May 1981 15 Until then the S Bahn trains to and from Wolfratshausen then called line S 10 ended and started in Holzkirchen wing station The U Bahn platform on lines U4 U5 opened on 10 March 1984 In the 1980s the entrance building was converted under the leadership of Ekkehard Fahr Dieter Schaich and Josef Reindl into a circulating hall with a travel centre in order to create a transparent and open environment In the timetable of the summer of 1989 the station was the twelfth largest node in the network of Deutsche Bundesbahn with 269 arrivals and departures by scheduled long distance services per day 40 Improving infrastructure edit nbsp Split flap display 2005 The platforms were narrow with a width of 5 4 to 6 metres 17 ft 9 in to 19 ft 8 in and were 20 centimetres 8 in too low After the elimination of the 3 2 metre 10 ft 6 in wide baggage platforms new passenger platforms were built that are up to 76 centimetres 30 in high and up to 10 2 metres 33 ft wide In addition the facilities of the platforms such as benches were renewed and some platforms were extended to be 430 metres 1 410 ft long A baggage tunnel was put into operation under tracks 12 and 13 15 The northern and southern carriage sidings and the maintenance facilities were extended The construction work began in August 1976 It was completed at Christmas 1987 15 A new split flap display was installed in 1981 at the cross platform concourse The individual platforms except for the Holzkirchen wing station platforms were given split flap destination displays These replaced panels that were once attached to the buffer stops Some still exist at the Holzkirchen wing station but are no longer used An additional 37 monitors were installed at internal sites such as the ticket office All displays are controlled by a computer on which all changes to the basic timetable are stored They are updated by the signal centre 15 A washing plant was established to the south of the tracks for Intercity Express trains in 1991 and in the following years it was expanded into an ICE depot 41 Since 2004 the entire area of the station has video monitoring 42 The 70 cameras are controlled by the control center of DB Security in the station 43 Meanwhile the split flap displays have been replaced with more modern LCD displays The loudspeaker systems have also been modernised Current edit nbsp Northern part of Munich station from the Hackerbrucke August 2008 A Transrapid route to Munich Airport was planned and to be operational in 2011 However the original cost estimate of 1 85 billion was revised to 3 2 billion due to the increased price for steel and other materials The cost escalation caused the project to be cancelled in 2007 From 2013 to 2015 the mezzanine level linking the Hauptbahnhof to the current S Bahn and U Bahn stations and pedestrian pathways to the streets and aboveground tram platforms was extensively renovated to give the bright and airy feeling to comply with new EU regulations on fire protection measures and escape routes and to increase the number of stores and restaurants 44 nbsp Munchen Hbf Main Hall with Grundig branding The current Hauptbahnhof consists of several buildings that were constructed at various times without any common design or physical cohesion between them This causes lot of maintenance headaches and difficulties in navigating from one area to another for passengers and employees The various buildings have their own facades that don t harmonise with each other the larger building resembles some East German Plattenbau architecture 45 Some areas radiate a quite gloomy and unwelcoming atmosphere 46 The current layout has all platforms connecting to the main concourse in the east making the transfers from one train to other lengthy and inconvenient The passengers boarding and disembarking the trains at either Holzkirchner or Starnberger must walk even longer way through the often crowded platforms 11 and 26 respectively Reconstruction edit The proposal for an extensive reconstruction project of Hauptbahnhof has been launched in 2015 with plannings approved in 2017 and 2018 47 48 The project called for complete replacement of many Hauptbahnhof buildings except for the steel reinforced building in the middle that covers the platforms 11 through 26 The new single building utilises a modern and more unified design surrounding the central platform hall along with a new aboveground pedestrian zone in the east towards Karlsplatz Stachus A new 75 metre 246 ft office tower will be built at the northwestern corner of the area to be used for a branch of Deutsche Bahn s administration department A new underground pedestrian tunnel will be built at western parts of platforms 11 26 connecting the Starnberger and Holzkirchner wing stations directly as well as the platforms 11 26 and subway stations This will reduce the need to walk to the main concourse for transferring to other trains The construction of a second S Bahn trunk route a second main tunnel route through the centre of Munich with a second S Bahn station has begun in 2018 While the new U Bahn line designated as U9 has been planned and approved the construction has yet to begun and would not be completed until 2035 at latest However the construction of third U Bahn station for U9 line has been incorporated at the same time to expedite the completion of three projects at the same site On 24 October 2018 the reconstruction project was officially launched with the removal of large clock on the eastern main facade which will be transferred to the new building as a link to the past 49 Shortly after the launch the eastern entrance hall and middle part of the large building were demolished for the construction of second S Bahn and third U Bahn stations The three projects are expected to be completed by 2028 50 nbsp Panoramic view of the main hall with Deutsche Bahn information counter centre and digital displays in the background 2013 Station layout edit nbsp Portico of the Starnberg wing station nbsp Starnberg wing station nbsp Entrance hall 1968 Apart from Lindau Insel station called Lindau Hauptbahnhof until 2020 Munchen Hauptbahnhof is the only major terminal station in Bavaria It has 32 platform tracks and is made up of three station parts and an operationally independent S Bahn station with two additional tracks Holzkirchner Bahnhof Holzkirchen wing station tracks 5 10 After the Second World War this section consisted of tracks 1 and 2 for mail and express goods loading and tracks 3 to 10 for regional and suburban passenger trains towards Muhldorf Grafing Rosenheim Holzkirchen Bayrischzell Tegernsee and Lenggries and from 1950 towards Wolfratshausen Bichl In the 1970s platform 10 was connected to platform 11 of the main hall to increase the usable length of platform 11 After the construction of the southern mainline tunnel west of Donnersberger Bridge from 1981 onwards the regional trains towards Holzkirchen departed from Starnberg station while the trains to Wolfratshausen designated as S 10 between 1972 and 1981 became the S7 which like the other west east S Bahn lines were routed through the main line tunnel to Munich East The remaining tracks 3 8 old were renumbered to 5 10 new 51 The Holzkirchen station lost much of its importance after the so called southern lines were linked to the S Bahn main line and to the Starnberg station on 31 May 1981 It currently has six platform tracks from which passenger trains depart Currently mainly regional trains depart here for Muhldorf Kufstein and Salzburg The platforms in this area were lower in height than in the rest of the station and were the only ones not covered by a roof until they were thoroughly modernised raised and equipped with roofs from June 2017 to September 2018 for around 14 million In addition work was carried out on tracks and points and the platform on tracks 5 6 was extended 52 53 Immediately after it was modernised this area was only used for regional traffic but some ICE or Railjet services as well as WESTbahn services to Vienna have since been handled here Hauptbahnhof main concourse tracks 11 26 Starting and ending point for all InterCityExpress ICE Intercity IC EuroCity EC long distance services and Nightjet service RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn services also depart from here to Augsburg Ingolstadt and Landshut among other directions The steel structure of the main hall was designed and manufactured in 1960 by Friedrich Krupp AG In the main hall there is the DB tourist center a DB Lounge and plenty of shops snack bars and other service facilities Starnberger Bahnhof Starnberg wing station tracks 27 36 This is also an outlying section Regional services call here for Memmingen Garmisch Partenkirchen Bayrischzell Lenggries and Tegernsee along with EuroCity Express services towards Zurich In the event of disruptions or construction work on the main S Bahn line S Bahn trains also run westwards from this section The pillared hall of the wing station has been accessible in recent years but it has been deserted except for a Yorma snack bar near a platform there has been a temporary bicycle parking station there since spring 2021 Until March 2014 the hall was in an unsightly condition but the paint and lighting have since been replaced In the summer of 2010 the portico was separated from the access to the basement and the two open shops by a newly installed wall A BackWerk self service bakery was also built in this newly created corridor Most passengers use the route into the main hall from the wing station tracks as an exit and thereby bypass this annex building which takes away the attractiveness of many areas nbsp Platforms 11 12 left towards Holzkirchen wing station The subterranean Munich S Bahn station is separated operationally from the mainline station and known as Munchen Hbf tief To optimise passenger flow separate platforms for entering centre and disembarking outer trains exist This arrangement of platforms is called Spanish solution The subway station is situated near the U Bahn lines for the U1 and U2 trains but if one wishes to change from the S Bahn to U4 U5 trains it is more practical to stay on the S Bahn to Karlsplatz Stachus as the U4 U5 station is on the opposite side of the station Due to the station s size walking from one platform to another may take a considerable amount of time Deutsche Bahn recommends planning for a minimum walking time of 10 minutes from the central hall to Starnberger Bahnhof or Holzkirchner Bahnhof 15 minutes between Starnberger and Holzkirchner Bahnhof and 15 minutes between the S Bahn station and Holzkirchner Bahnhof The two outlying parts of the station have shorter tracks than the main hall which means passengers always have to walk down most of the length of either platform 11 or 26 when changing from there Unlike Frankfurt Hbf or Leipzig Hbf there is no passenger tunnel under the tracks The mainline station lobby is only closed between 1 30 and 3 00 but platforms can be reached all the time The S Bahn station operate 24 7 on the S8 and the U Bahn station closes only between 1 30 and 4 00 2 30 4 00 on weekends On the ground floor are shops where travelers can eat and buy clothes and items for daily household needs nbsp The station in cross section including planned and now largely abandoned expansion proposals nbsp Map of the station Platforms edit Platform a Track Location Height b Length c B01 5 Munich Hauptbahnhof tracks 5 10Holzkirchen wing station 76 cm 300 m d 6 319 m e B02 7 76 cm 217 m 8 230 m B03 9 76 cm 339 m f 10 g B04 76 cm 509 m 11 Munich HauptbahnhofMain hall B05 12 76 cm 436 m 13 B06 14 76 cm 432 m 15 B07 16 76 cm 346 m 17 B08 18 76 cm 432 m 19 B09 20 76 cm 366 m 21 B10 22 76 cm 520 m h 23 B11 24 76 cm 370 m 25 B12 26 76 cm 474 m 27 i Munich Hauptbahnhof tracks 27 36Starnberg wing station B13 76 cm 360 m j 28 B14 29 76 cm 290 m 30 B15 31 76 cm 303 m 32 B16 33 76 cm 251 m 34 B17 35 76 cm 224 m 36 SB3 k 1 l Munich Hauptbahnhof underground S Bahn 96 cm 210 m SB1 m 96 cm 210 m 2 n SB2 o 96 cm 210 m Platform name according to DB Station amp Service 54 Platform heights 54 55 56 Net length 54 different length information from other sources 55 different length information from other sources 55 different length information from other sources 55 platform on both sides different length information from other sources 55 platform on both sides different length information from other sources 55 for disembarking 56 platform on both sides for boarding 56 platform on both sides for disembarking 56 Station services editTrains edit Long distance edit nbsp ICE 3 at Munich station nbsp A Class 101 with an EC at the station nbsp An OBB Class 1116 Taurus with an international train at the station nbsp ICE 4 and ICE 3 trains in 2024 The station is the southern point of the InterCityExpress line to Hamburg Altona via the Hanover Wurzburg high speed rail line and to Berlin via the Berlin Munich high speed railway It also has frequent links to Dortmund via Frankfurt and Cologne using the Cologne Frankfurt high speed rail line The most recent addition is the Nuremberg Ingolstadt high speed rail line which has greatly benefited from Munich traffic Additional ICE services using mainly ordinary lines on their run exist to Vienna and a number of other cities There are also numerous InterCity and EuroCity services to most parts of Germany as well as neighbouring Austria the Czech Republic Switzerland France and Italy The station used to have a number of DB NachtZug and CityNightLine services to northern Germany the Netherlands Denmark France and Italy but these were suspended in 2016 Facilities for autoracks in night services are located at Munchen Ost railway station Currently night services operated by other railway companies particularly OBB are found at the station for example to Rome Budapest and Zagreb Train class Route Frequency Operator ICE 2 Dusseldorf Koln Messe Deutz Frankfurt Airport Nuremberg Munich 2 train pairs DB Fernverkehr ICE 8 Berlin Gesundbrunnen Berlin Berlin Sudkreuz Halle Erfurt Nuremberg Munich Every 2 hours ICE 11 Berlin Gesundbrunnen Berlin Leipzig Erfurt Frankfurt Mannheim Stuttgart Munich Innsbruck DB Fernverkehr OBB ICE 18 Hamburg Altona Berlin Halle Erfurt Nuremberg Ingolstadt Augsburg Munich DB Fernverkehr ICE 24 Innsbruck Garmisch Partenkirchen Munich Augsburg Wurzburg Hannover Luneburg Hamburg Hamburg Altona 1 train pair Schwarzach St Veit Kitzbuhel Worgl Kufstein Rosenheim ICE 25 Munich Nuremberg Ingolstadt Augsburg Wurzburg Fulda Kassel Gottingen Hannover Bremen Hamburg Hourly ICE 28 Munich Augsburg Ingolstadt Nuremberg Erfurt Leipzig Berlin Hamburg ICE 29 Warnemunde Rostock Waren Neustrelitz Berlin Gesundbrunnen Berlin Berlin Sudkreuz Halle Erfurt Nuremberg Munich Every 2 hours ICE 41 Munich Ingolstadt Nuremberg Wurzburg Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt Airport Cologne Dusseldorf Oberhausen Essen Dortmund Hourly ICE 42 Hamburg Altona Hamburg Bremen Munster Dortmund Hagen Wuppertal or Essen Dusseldorf Cologne Frankfurt Airport Mannheim Stuttgart Ulm Augsburg Munich Every 2 hours Kiel Neumunster ICE 60 Munich Augsburg Ulm Stuttgart Karlsruhe ICE 62 IC 62 Frankfurt Darmstadt Heidelberg Stuttgart Ulm Augsburg Munich Munich East Rosenheim Prien Traunstein Freilassing Salzburg Villach Klagenfurt 2 train pairs Munster Duisburg Dusseldorf Cologne Koblenz Mainz Mannheim Vaihingen 1 train pair Dortmund EC RJ 62 Frankfurt Heidelberg Stuttgart Ulm Augsburg Munich Prien Traunstein Salzburg Graz 1 train pair OBB Saarbrucken Mannheim 1 train pair ICE TGV 83 Munich Augsburg Ulm Stuttgart Karlsruhe Strasbourg Paris 1 train pair DB Fernverkehr ECE 88 Munich Buchloe Lindau Reutin Winterthur Zurich 6 train pairs ICE 89 Munich Munich East station Rosenheim Kufstein Worgl Jenbach Innsbruck Otztal Imst Pitztal Landeck Zams 1 train pair EC 89 Munich Rosenheim Kufstein Innsbruck Bolzano Bozen Verona Milan Venice Bologna Every 2 hours ICE RJX 90 Munich Salzburg Vienna West Budapest Keleti OBB DB Fernverkehr NIghtjetAmsterdam Innsbruck Innsbruck Worgl Rosenheim Munich Augsburg Nurnberg Frankfurt Sud Koblenz Bonn Utrecht Amsterdam Single service OBB NIghtjetHamburg Innsbruck Innsbruck Worgl Rosenheim Munich Augsburg Nurnberg Wurzburg Gottingen Hannover Hamburg Hamburg Altona NIghtjetMunich Milano La Spezia Munich Rosenheim Salzburg Villach Padova Vicenza Verona Peschiera del Garda Brescia Milano La Spezia NIghtjetMunich Rome Munich Rosenheim Salzburg Villach Tarvisio Bologna Firenze Rome NIghtjetStuttgart Venice Stuttgart Munich East Rosenheim Salzburg Villach Udine Treviso Venezia Santa Lucia EuroNightStuttgart Budapest Stuttgart Munich East Rosenheim Salzburg Linz St Polten Wien Hegyeshalom Gyor Tatabanya Budapest Keleti EuroNightStuttgart Zagreb Rijeka Stuttgart Munich East Rosenheim Salzburg Villach Ljubljana Zagreb Opatija Matulji Rijeka Regional trains edit nbsp An ALX train to Lindau Hbf at Munich station nbsp Alstom Coradia Continental as Fugger Express at the station There are numerous RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn services to Landshut Regensburg Plattling Passau Kempten Lindau Garmisch Partenkirchen and Nuremberg among others The Bayerische Oberlandbahn operates services to Bayrischzell Lenggries and Tegernsee All lines are electrified except the ones to Muhldorf due to be electrified by 2030 and Kempten partially electrified a proposal to electrify the whole route exists but no date has been given and the lines of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn To minimise pollution services using these lines preferably end at tracks 5 10 and 27 36 Train class Route Frequency Operator RE 1 Munich Ingolstadt Allersberg Nuremberg Hourly DB Regio Bayern RE 2 Munich Landshut Regensburg Schwandorf Weiden Marktredwitz Hof Every 2 hours RE 3 Munich Landshut Plattling Passau Hourly RE 4 Munich Muhldorf Simbach Some trains Sudostbayernbahn RE 5 Munich Rosenheim Traunstein Freilassing Salzburg Hourly Bayerische Regiobahn RE 9 Munich Mering Augsburg Ulm Go Ahead Bayern RE 25 Munich Landshut Regensburg Schwandorf Cham Pilsen Prague Every 2 hours Die Landerbahn RE 61 Munich Weilheim Murnau Garmisch Partenkirchen Mittenwald Some trains DB Regio Bayern RE 62 Lermoos Some trains RE 70 Munich Buchloe Kempten Immenstadt train split Hergatz Lindau Reutin Every 2 hours RE 76 Oberstdorf RE 72 Munich Kaufering Buchloe Mindelheim Memmingen Every 2 hours Go Ahead Bayern RE 80 Munich Mering Augsburg Donauworth train split Treuchtlingen Wurzburg Every 2 hours RE 89 Aalen RE 96 Munich Buchloe Memmingen Kisslegg Lindau Insel Lindau Reutin Every 2 hours RB 6 Munich Tutzing Weilheim Murnau Garmisch Partenkirchen train split Mittenwald Seefeld Innsbruck Hourly to Garmisch every 2 hours to Seefeld every 4 hours to Innsbruck DB Regio Bayern RB 60 Reutte in Tirol Pfronten Steinach Some trains RB 16 Munich Ingolstadt Eichstatt Treuchtlingen Nuremberg Hourly RB 33 Munich Freising Landshut Some trains RB 40 Munich Markt Schwaben Muhldorf Hourly Sudostbayernbahn RB 54 Munich Grafing Bahnhof Rosenheim Kufstein Hourly Bayerische Regiobahn RB 55 Munich Holzkirchen train split Schliersee Bayrischzell Hourly RB 56 Schaftlach train split Bad Tolz Lenggries RB 57 Schaftlach train split Tegernsee RB 58 Munich Deisenhofen Bad Aibling Rosenheim Hourly RB 65 Munich Tutzing train split Penzberg Bichl Kochel Hourly DB Regio Bayern RB 66 Weilheim RB 68 Munich Kaufering Buchloe Kaufbeuren Biessenhofen Fussen Some trains Bayerische Regiobahn RB 74 Munich Kaufering Buchloe Hourly DB Regio Bayern RB 86 Munich Mering Augsburg train split Dinkelscherben Hourly Go Ahead Bayern RB 87 Donauworth S Bahn edit nbsp Underground S Bahn station with the Spanish solution The Munich S Bahn operates through a separate part of the station as an S Bahn station on the S Bahn trunk line S Bahn Stammstrecke with two tracks and three platforms in the Spanish solution the island platform is for boarding only and the side platforms are for disembarking which is in the northern basement at level 2 This station is served by seven S Bahn lines S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 6 S 7 and S 8 in service 24 7 The planned construction of a new S Bahn station as part of the construction of the second trunk line zweiten Stammstrecke at level 5 41 metres formerly intended to start in 2006 has been delayed due to financing issues Other facilities edit nbsp Sofitel Munich Bayerpost In the east of the main hall at ground level and on the first floor there are several food shops newsagents flower and gift shops etc There is also an extensive shopping arcade in the basement to the north and east as well as direct access to adjacent stores in the inner city through a shopping arcade Since 1995 the Children and Youth Museum of the City of Munich Kinder und Jugendmuseum Munchen has been located in the Starnberg wing station In the southern part of the building there is an InterCityHotel As with many stations a few hotels are located around the station including the luxury hotel Sofitel s Munich Bayerpost and Le Meridien At the southernmost platform 11 there is an office of the Bahnhofsmission charity which provides travellers and the homeless with around the clock assistance food and rest facilities In the northern section there is a police station of the Munich and Federal Police In the first floor of the northern wing there is a canteen Casino for employees of the DB and their guests Two parking decks on the fourth and fifth floors of the main building are accessible from Bayerstrasse and Arnulfstrasse U Bahn edit nbsp Platforms of the U1 and U2 lines at Munchen Hauptbahnhof nbsp Platforms of the U4 and U5 lines at Munchen Hauptbahnhof At the Hauptbahnhof there are two underground stations of the Munich U Bahn The underground station of Munich U Bahn trunk line 2 is at level 4 and is orientated in a north south direction under the station forecourt and has four tracks It branches to the north as line U1 to Olympia Einkaufszentrum and line U 2 to Feldmoching It was originally planned to build the station under the Kaufhaus Hertie department store To enable shorter connections to the main hall and the underground station of lines U 4 and U 5 it was decided instead to build it directly next to the main station Construction of the U Bahn station began in the spring of 1975 which required the closure of the station forecourt to surface traffic The building was built because of its great breadth and depth by the cut and cover method First the side walls and the roof were built and then the individual levels were built from top to bottom The U Bahn station was opened on 18 October 1980 The station is differentiated from the other U Bahn stations opened in 1980 on line U 2 by the silver lining of the walls opposite the platform and on the pillars in the middle of the station The platforms connect at the northern end via a mezzanine level to the S Bahn station and at the south end there is another mezzanine connecting with the U Bahn station of lines U 4 and U 5 In the middle of the platform escalators lead a mezzanine level connecting with the station forecourt 57 The station of U Bahn trunk line 3 is on level 2 and is orientated in an east west direction under Bayerstrasse south of the main station and has 2 tracks The station was opened on 10 March 1984 The silver coloured tunnel like walls opposite the platforms are curved inward which give the station a tubular character The platform does not have columns and is on a slight curve The lighting is on struts arranged in a square under a retracted ceiling At the eastern end of the platform is a connection via a mezzanine to the underground station of lines 1 and 2 There is a connection to the southern entrance of the mainline station at the entrance level at the western end of the station In addition there is a lift at this end which provides the disabled with access to the U Bahn platform 58 Trams and buses edit nbsp Tram of series R2 2 on one of the tram routes at Munich station There are four tram stops around the station known as Hauptbahnhof Hauptbahnhof Nord Hauptbahnhof Sud and Holzkirchner Bahnhof Hauptbahnhof Nord is served by routes 16 17 20 21 and 29 The Hauptbahnhof stop on the station forecourt is served by 16 17 19 20 and 29 with routes 20 and 29 only stopping towards Stiglmaierplatz The Hauptbahnhof Sud and Holzkirchner Bahnhof stops are served by routes 18 19 and 29 The first tram route serving the station forecourt was a horse tram line that ran from Promenadenplatz to Maillingerstrasse and was opened on 21 October 1876 Over the next few years the horse tram network was expanded and by 1900 four tram routes served the station The network was electrified and further expanded and by 1938 nine routes served Hauptbahnhof which had become one of the focal points of the Munich tram system By 1966 Hauptbahnhof was served by ten tram routes In the years following the number of trams and routes in Munich declined mostly as a result of the construction of the U Bahn but they continued to serve Hauptbahnhof albeit with frequent route number changes and with the number of services serving the station increasing to eleven at one point 59 Since 2018 MVG CityRing bus routes 58 clockwise 68 anti clockwise 60 have served the station The Hauptbahnhof Nord stop is also served by Museum Bus route 100 61 as well as by some regional bus services The whole station forecourt is currently 2020 being remodelled with an extra third track for trams which when completed will see the recasting of the tram services in this area planned for 2021 2022 Many station buildings have also been demolished in connection with the construction of the Second Cross City S Bahn tunnel to be completed in the period 2028 2032 This will also see a further fourth tram track laid on the station forecourt References edit Munchen Hbf Deutsche Bahn AG in German Retrieved 18 August 2021 a b OpenRailwayMap Map Map of Munchen Hauptbahnhof Cartography by OpenStreetMap OpenRailwayMap 28 September 2014 Retrieved 2014 10 19 a b Lageplan Hauptbahnhof Munchen PDF orientation map in German Deutsche Bahn AG 2014 Archived from the original PDF on 2015 02 04 Retrieved 2014 10 19 Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland German railway atlas 2009 2010 ed Schweers Wall 2009 ISBN 978 3 89494 139 0 a b Stationspreisliste 2024 Station price list 2024 PDF in German DB Station amp Service 24 April 2023 Retrieved 29 November 2023 S Bahn U Bahn Regionalzug Tram und ExpressBus im MVV PDF Munchner Verkehrs und Tarifverbund December 2019 Retrieved 28 February 2020 More Information Facts amp figures bahnhof de Retrieved 4 April 2012 MVV travel survey 2007 2008 Map of the station area showing the mainline S Bahn and U Bahn stations tram and bus stops and disabled access PDF in German MVV Archived from the original PDF on 16 June 2013 Retrieved 3 April 2013 a b Angela Toussaint 1993 Der Munchner Hauptbahnhof in German Dachau Verlagsanstalt Bayernland Dachau pp 11 24 ISBN 3 89251 118 7 Anton Liebl 1982 Die Privateisenbahn Munchen Augsburg 1835 1844 in German Munich p 14 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Bernhard Ucker 1985 Die bayrische Eisenbahn 1835 1920 in German Munich Suddeutscher Verlag ISBN 3 7991 6255 0 Hugo Marggraf Wie die ersten Bahnhofe Munchens entstanden Das Bayerland in German 24 5 a b c Angela Toussaint 1993 Der Munchner Hauptbahnhof in German Dachau Verlagsanstalt Bayernland Dachau pp 24 36 ISBN 3 89251 118 7 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Klaus Dieter Korhammer Armin Franzke Ernst Rudolph 1991 Drehscheibe des Sudens Verkehrsknoten Munchen in German Darmstadt Hestra Verlag pp 39 54 ISBN 3 7771 0236 9 Wolfgang Suss 1954 Die Geschichte des Munchner 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