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The capital of Bavaria is Germany's third largest city with 1.3 million inhabitants. The city hosted the Olympic Games in 1972 and for this occasion the first metro line was built. Since then, Munich has developed one of Europe's best metro networks which together with the S-Bahn serves almost all parts of the city. Munich also boasts an extensive tram network. In the 1950's-60's, Munich, like other German cities such as Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Cologne or Hanover, decided to build underground sections especially in the city centre for its existing tram routes. But before construction started, the city changed its mind in favour of a full metro. In 1964, construction of the first north-south route (now U6) between Kieferngarten and Goetheplatz began. A 600 m long tunnel (at Goetheplatz) built in 1941 for a planned north-south rail tunnel was able to be used. When the city was chosen to host the 1972 Olympics, a branch was planned from Münchner Freiheit to Olympiazentrum (U3). At the same time the S-Bahn tunnel straight through the city centre was built (opened May 1972). In 1971 Munich joined the European metro cities. The Munich U-Bahn system is actually a 3-line network with two branches at each end.
The U-Bahn's main depot and maintenance yard is located next to Fröttmaning station on U6, another depot lies just south of Neuperlach-Süd. More sidings are distributed all over the network between the running tracks or behind terminal stations. The Munich S-Bahn operated by Deutsche Bahn AG is an important complementary rapid rail service also within the city. All routes have a basic frequency of 20 minutes which results in a 3-5 minute interval along the common city route between Pasing and Ostbahnhof. Munich Airport can be reached on two routes, the S8 connects the city centre via Ostbahnhof and Ismaning, a second connection (an S1 branch opened in Nov. 1998) runs on a western route with transfer to U2 at Feldmoching.
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U3
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Olympia-Einkaufszentrum - Fürstenried West |
U6
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Garching-Forschungszentrum - Klinikum Großhadern | |
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Oct 1971: U6 Kieferngarten - Goetheplatz (12 km) U3 - 19.2 km, U6 - 27.4 km (5.8 km shared) |
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U1
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Olympia-Einkaufszentrum - Mangfallplatz |
U2
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Feldmoching - Messestadt Ost | |
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Oct 1980: U8 Scheidplatz - Innsbrucker
Ring [- Neuperlach Süd] (16 km) U1 - 12.2 km, U2 - 24.4 km (2.8 km shared) |
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U4
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Westendstraße - Arabellapark |
U5
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Laimer Platz - Neuperlach Süd | |
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planned as U5/U9] U4 - 9.3 km, U5 - 15.4 km (6.3 km shared) * In 1998, Messegelände (former Exhibition Centre - see U2) was renamed into Schwanthalerhöhe. |
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U3 is being extended to Moosach S-Bahn-station (Oct. 2004 > 2010). Mid-term
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- Operation The Munich U-Bahn operates between 4:15 and 1:30, trains run every ten minutes and every 5 minutes during rush hours. During the "Oktoberfest" U4/U5 trains provide a 200-seconds-interval at Theresienwiese. During evening hours U4 operates only between Lehel and Arabellapark. The
first trains on each line meet in the city centre at approx. 4:30 to provide
transfer between all lines in each direction.
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Tickets and Fares (07/2008, in Euro) The
U-Bahn is part of the MVV (Münchner Verkehrsverbund),
the tariff union for the Munich region. All stations have information
panels that show the zone you're in, although Munich city is basically
identical with the inner zone (white zone - all U-Bahn stations apart
from U6 Garching-Hochbrück). Single
ticket - 2.30 (short trip - 1.20) 1-day
pass - 5.00 (XXL 6.60; 10.00 for the whole MVV network) Like
in other German cities, the Munich U-Bahn is an open system, there are
no ticket barriers, you must cancel your ticket before entering the platform
area and show it in case there is an inspection. All tickets are valid
on any means of transport (bus, tram, U-Bahn, S-Bahn and local trains)
with free transfer between them. |
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MVV - Munich Transport (Offical Page) MVG (U-Bahn operator) Munich U-Bahn at Wikipedia Münchner U-Bahn by Florian Schütz Münchner U-Bahn by Thomas Oswald (feat. new U2 extension) Munich U-Bahn Gallery by Gerhard Hauptmann Interessensgemeinschaft S-Bahn Current U-Bahn projects (Baureferat) Munich U-Bahn at world.nycsubway.org with many station photos
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---------------------------- Schwandl, Robert: Schnellbahnen in Deutschland / Metros in Germany. U-Bahn - Stadtbahn - S-Bahn. - April 2007, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 18 3 - Anything you want to know about German metro and light rail systems, with detailed maps and hundreds of colour photos; 192 pages; Text German and English - More details ---------------------------- Papst, Martin: U- und S-Bahn-Fahrzeuge in Deutschland. München: GeraNova, 2000. ISBN 3932785185 - German metro and suburban rail rolling stock, 160 pages ---------------------------- U-Bahn Architektur in München / Subway Architecture in Munich by Christoph Hackelsberger 144 pages and 176 great illustrations (52 in color), German and English text ----------------------------
Pischek, W. und H. Junghardt: DIE MÜNCHNER U-BAHN. Unterirdisch durch die bayrische Landeshauptstadt. 2002 (new edition), GeraMond. Largely illustrated, this book gives you all the details about the history and the daily routine of the Munich underground (German, 160 pages). ----------------------------
Pospischil, R. und E. Rudolph: S-Bahn München .- Alba, 1997. - This book illustrates and describes the transformation of the former regional rail lines into one of Germany's best suburban S-Bahn services (German, 240 pages). |
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