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 has 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. 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
Location	Bayerstraße, 80335 München, Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°08′27″N 11°33′18″E
Elevation	523 m (1,716 ft)
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Munich–Ingolstadt (KBS 900, 901, 990) Munich–Landshut (KBS 930, 931) Munich–Mühldorf (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 Bus
Platforms	17 island platforms[1]
Tracks	32 above ground; 2 S-Bahn; 6 U-Bahn[2][3]
Other information
Station code	4234
DS100 code	MH[4]
IBNR	8000261
Category	1[5]
IATA code	ZMU
Fare zone	: M[6]
Website	www.bahnhof.de stationsdatenbank.de
History
Opened	1839; 186 years ago (1839); moved to current location in 1848; 177 years ago (1848)
Rebuilt	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Electrified	1925; 100 years ago (1925)
Passengers
Passengers (2007–08)	450,000 per day (total),[7] of which 165,500 on S-Bahn[8]
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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. The main station building was badly damaged during World War II.

Location

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.

Reconstruction

The proposal for an extensive reconstruction project of Hauptbahnhof was launched in 2015 with planning approved in 2017 and 2018.^[10] It should be finished by 2028.^[11]