Munich East station

Munich East station (German: Bahnhof München Ost, also called München Ostbahnhof in regional services) is a major railway station in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, Germany. The station opened in 1871 as Haidhausen station on the Munich–Mühldorf and Munich–Rosenheim railway lines.

München Ost
Entrance building on Orleansplatz
General information
Location	Orleansplatz 11, Haidhausen, Munich, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°07′37″N 11°36′17″E
Line(s)	Long distance/regional: München–Mühldorf (KBS 940 / 999.2) München–Rosenheim (KBS 950 / 951 / 999.4) S-Bahn: S-Bahn trunk line (S1–S8) (KBS 999) Munich Ost–Deisenhofen railway (S3, S5) (KBS 999.3) Munich–Munich Airport (S8) (KBS 999.8)
Platforms	6 island platforms
Tracks	14 [1]
Connections	E7 100, 145, 149, 155, 190, 191, N43, N44, N45, N74, N75
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	4241[2]
DS100 code	MOP[3]
IBNR	8000262
Category	1[2]
Fare zone	: M[4]
Website	stationsdatenbank.de www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 May 1871; 154 years ago (1871-05-01)
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station München Hbf towards Berlin Gesundbrunnen ICE 11 Rosenheim towards Innsbruck Hbf Munich-Pasing towards Hamburg-Altona IC 24 Königssee Rosenheim towards Berchtesgaden Hbf München Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ICE 62 Rosenheim towards Klagenfurt Hbf IC 62 Rosenheim towards Salzburg Hbf München Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf or Saarbrücken Hbf EC 62 Rosenheim towards Klagenfurt Hbf or Graz Hbf München Hbf towards Stuttgart Hbf IC 87 Rosenheim towards Wien Hbf München Hbf Terminus EC 89 Rosenheim towards Venezia Santa Lucia München Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ICE 89 Rosenheim towards Feldkirch Preceding station ÖBB Following station München Hbf Terminus Railjet Rosenheim towards Klagenfurt Hbf Rosenheim towards Salzburg Hbf Nightjet Rosenheim towards Roma Termini or La Spezia Centrale Preceding station EuroCity Following station München Hbf Terminus EuroCity Rosenheim towards Bologna Centrale Rosenheim towards Venezia Santa Lucia Rosenheim towards Rimini Rosenheim towards Verona Porta Nuova München Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Rosenheim towards Klagenfurt Hbf Rosenheim towards Zagreb Glavni kolodvor München Hbf Terminus Rosenheim towards Innsbruck Hbf Preceding station Following station München Hbf Terminus RE 4 Limited service Dorfen Bahnhof towards Simbach (Inn) RB 40 Markt Schwaben towards Mühldorf (Oberbay) RB 48 Grafing Bahnhof towards Wasserburg (Inn) Preceding station Following station München Hbf Terminus RE 5 Rosenheim towards Salzburg Hbf RB 54 Grafing Bahnhof towards Kufstein Preceding station Munich S-Bahn Following station Rosenheimer Platz towards Freising or Flughafen S1 Leuchtenbergring Terminus Rosenheimer Platz towards Petershausen or Altomünster S2 Leuchtenbergring towards Erding Rosenheimer Platz towards Mammendorf S3 Reverses direction St.-Martin-Straße towards Holzkirchen Rosenheimer Platz towards Geltendorf S4 Leuchtenbergring towards Ebersberg Rosenheimer Platz towards Weßling S5 Reverses direction St.-Martin-Straße towards Kreuzstraße Rosenheimer Platz towards Tutzing S6 Leuchtenbergring towards Ebersberg Rosenheimer Platz towards Herrsching S8 Leuchtenbergring towards Flughafen Preceding station Munich U-Bahn Following station Max-Weber-Platz towards Laimer Platz U5 Innsbrucker Ring towards Neuperlach Süd Preceding station Croatian Railways Following station München Hbf towards Stuttgart Hbf EuroNight Rosenheim towards Zagreb Preceding station PKP Intercity Following station München Hbf Terminus EuroNight Rosenheim towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Location

v t e Munich Airport S-Bahn service
Legend
Freising Munich Airport Terminal Besucherpark Erding Neufahrn Markt Schwaben Munich East Munich Marienplatz Munich Karlsplatz Munich Central Munich-Laim Munich-Pasing

DB Station&Service, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, operates the station. It is classified as a Category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and one of two in Munich (the other is München Hauptbahnhof).

Munich East is the city's third interregional station, along with München Hauptbahnhof in the city centre and München-Pasing in the west.

History

The first station, built according to plans designed by Friedrich Bürklein, was inaugurated on 1 May 1871 as part of the newly built railway line to Neuötting via Mühldorf am Inn. The line to Rosenheim opened on 15 October 1871. It was initially named Haidhausen after the eponymous quarter, but it received its present name München Ost on 15 October 1876. The station was given additional significance as a railway hub with the opening of the Munich East–Deisenhofen line in 1898; followed by train connections to Ismaning and Schwabing in 1909, the first to be electrified in 1927.

The station was severely damaged by the bombing of Munich on 24/25 April 1944 and had to be entirely rebuilt after World War II. A provisional counter hall was erected in 1952. A motorail (Autoreisezug) yard opened on 22 June 1959.

In May 1972, shortly before the Summer Olympics, Munich East became part of the Munich S-Bahn network as the eastern terminus of the Stammstrecke to Munich Pasing in the west. The present-day entrance building was erected in 1985. Three years later, in 1988, the station also received access to the Munich U-Bahn network. Further refurbishments of the station building took place in 1999 and in 2008.

Operational usage

Track assignments

Munich East station has 17 tracks.^[5] The tracks are used as follows:

• Tracks 1–5: S-Bahn (suburban trains)
• Tracks 6–8 and 11–14: Regional and interregional trains
• Tracks 9, 10, 15: Through tracks
• Tracks 16 and 17: Motorail services (trains that carry vehicles)

Long-distance services

Long-distance trains at Munich East include InterCity, EuroCity, and Railjet services. These trains travel via Rosenheim to Salzburg, Innsbruck, Italy, and Southeastern Europe. Some InterCityExpress (ICE) trains to Vienna and Innsbruck also stop at the station.

Regional services

Regional-Express and Regionalbahn trains connect Munich East with the Chiemgau region and southeastern Bavaria. These services are operated by SüdostBayernBahn (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG) and Bayerische Regiobahn (a private company).

S-Bahn

The S-Bahn section of Munich East, called Ostbahnhof, was modernized during the Takt 10 project. All S-Bahn lines except S20 stop at the station.

• Lines S2, S4, S6 and S8 continue east from platform 5.
• Lines S3 and S7 reverse at platform 4 and continue south to Giesing.
• Trains to the city tunnel depart from platforms 1–3.

U-Bahn

Since 1988, the U-Bahn line U5 has served Ostbahnhof. U5 runs south to Neuperlach Süd via Innsbrucker Ring, and west to Laimer Platz via Max-Weber-Platz, Hauptbahnhof, and Theresienwiese. Trains run every ten minutes, and every five minutes during rush hour.

Tramway

The Ostbahnhof tram stop is located on Orleansplatz and is served by route 21.^[6]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• RailJet services Munich - Salzburg - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna - Győr - Budapest

Gallery

• 
  Ostbahnhof and Orleansplatz (1910)
• 
  Ostbahnhof and Haidhausen seen from Werksviertel (2019)
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  U-Bahn station (2006)
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  Railway tracks, view from Technisches Rathaus (2006)