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Munich tram 2210 at Maximillianstrasse-Schauspielhaus, September
2002. Photo by David Pirmann. |
Overview
Munich was founded on the banks of the Isar River, the
location being chosen for the foundation of monasteries, "München" in
German. Munich is the capital of Bavaria and is the third largest
city in Germany. City population is approximately 1.3 million, with
2.9 million in the metropolitan area.
The central transportation hub of Munich is located at
the "Hauptbahnhof". Most people arriving in Munch from its suburbs
entered through the Hauptbahnhof and the Metro "U-bahn" lines were
designed to provide good connections to this station. U1, U2, U4, U5,
and the part time U7 and U8 lines serve Hauptbahnhof. Several other
key stations on the suburban "S-Bahn" lines are located in the city
center also providing access to the U-bahn lines, notably connections
to the U3 and U6 at Marienplatz. The U-bahn and S-bahn lines are
augmented by a network of tramlines, or Straßenbahn. Prior to the
construction of the Metro, the Straßenbahn provided most of the
intra-city transportation, and the importance of the Straßenbahn
network has since faded. The U-bahn lines (U1 to U8) run every five
minutes in the rush hour and 10-20 minutes during the off peak hours.
The need for a Metro system was realized in the 1960s and
the initial portions of lines U6 and U3 in the north of the city were
opened in time for the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich. Since
then, U-bahn construction has progressed at a furious pace, with a
further 27 stations opened by 1980, 28 more by 1990, and 28 more by
2004. Construction on an extenstion of line U3 from Olympiazentrum to
Olympia-Einkaufszentrum started in 1999 and should be completed by
2007. Another extension is being made to the north end of the U6 to
Forschungsgelände, for completion in 2006.
The S-bahn lines, also "metroized" for the 1972 Olympics,
look very similar to the suburban lines in Philadelphia, or the Paris
RER: a central city tunnel connecting former terminals (Hauptbahnhof
in the west and Ostbanhof in the east). The S-bahn lines are
through-routed through the center city and fan out into the Munich
suburbs.
b All of the city's transportation systems are coordinated,
in terms of fares and schedules, by the "MVV",
Münchenerverkehrsverbund, or Munich Transport and Tarriff Association.
The U-bahn is operated by the "MVG",
Münchenerverkehrsgesselschaft.
Maps
Munich U-Bahn Lines
Opening Dates
| Date | Line | Section | Num. of New
Stations |
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| 1962/--/-- | U6 | Freimann -- Studentenstadt (Straßenbahn) | 0 |
| 1971/10/19 | U6 | Kieferngarten -- Goetheplatz | 13 |
| 1972/05/08 | U3 | Olympiazentrum -- Münchner Freiheit | 4 |
| 1975/11/22 | U6 | Goetheplatz -- Harras | 2 |
| 1978/05/28 | U6 | Poccistraße | 1 |
| 1980/10/18 | U2/U5 | Scheidplatz -- Innsbrucker Ring -- Neuperlach-Süd | 18 |
| 1983/04/16 | U6 | Harras -- Holzapfelkreuth | 3 |
| 1983/05/28 | U1 | Rotkreuzplatz -- Hauptbahnhof | 3 |
| 1984/03/10 | U5 | Westendstraße -- Karlsplatz | 6 |
| 1986/03/01 | U5 | Karlsplatz -- Odeonsplatz | 1 |
| 1988/03/24 | U5 | Laimer Platz -- Westendstraße | 2 |
| 1988/10/27 | U4 | Max-Weber-Platz -- Arabellapark | 4 |
| 1988/10/27 | U5 | Odeonsplatz -- Innsbrucker Ring | 3 |
| 1989/10/28 | U3 | Implerstraße -- Forstenrieder Allee | 6 |
| 1991/06/01 | U3 | Forstenrieder Allee -- Fürstenried-West | 2 |
| 1993/05/22 | U6 | Holzapfelskreuth -- Klinikum Großhadern | 3 |
| 1993/11/20 | U2 | Scheidplatz -- Dülferstraße | 5 |
| 1994/06/30 | U6 | Kieferngarten -- Fröttmaning | 1 |
| 1995/10/28 | U6 | Garching Hochbrück | 1 |
| 1996/10/26 | U2 | Dülferstraße -- Feldmoching | 2 |
| 1997/11/08 | U1 | Kolumbusplatz -- Mangfallplatz | 4 |
| 1998/05/23 | U1 | Rotkreuzplatz -- Westfriedhof | 2 |
| 1999/05/29 | U2 | Innsbrucker Ring -- Messestadt-Ost | 6 |
| 2004/05/17 | U6 | Fröttmaning (rebuilt) | 0 |
| 2004/10/18 | U1 | Westfriedhof -- Georg-Brauchle-Ring | 1 |
| 2004/10/31 | U1 | Georg-Brauchle-Ring -- Olympia-Einkaufszentrum | 1 |
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