Munich South Ring

Munich South Ring
Munich South Ring
Overview
Line number
  • 5510 (München Hbf–München Ost)
  • 5521 (Laim yard–Friedenheimer Brücke junction)
  • 5522 (Laim yard–Pasing)
  • 5531 (Laim yard–München Süd)
LocaleBavaria, Germany
Service
Route number940, 950, 951
Technical
Line length
  • 9.8 km (6.1 mi) (line 5510)
  • 4.6 km (2.9 mi) (line 5521)
  • 3.6 km (2.2 mi) (line 5522)
  • 5.2 km (3.2 mi) (line 5531)
  • 23.2 km (14.4 mi) (total)
Route map

Legend
to Mittenwald, Herrsching,
Buchloe, Augsburg
3.6
 Pasing
to Ingolstadt, to Regensburg
to Ingolstadt, to Regensburg
to Munich North yard
0.0
0.0
Laim marshalling yard (Rbf)
with temporary platform
 Laim
to Munich Hbf
S-Bahn trunk line
to Munich Hbf (underground)
"Munich Hbf track field"  (4 lines)
to ga (goods office) Munich Hbf
Mü-Friedenheimer Brücke junction
0.0
 Munich Hbf
Mü Hbf, Starnberg wing station
S-Bahn trunk line
from Munich Hbf (underground)
 Donnersbergerbrücke
from Laim marshalling yard
S-Bahn trunk line to München-Pasing
"Munich Hbf track field"  (4 lines)
Southern Line Tunnel 295m[1]
from Laim marshalling yard
to Ga Munich Hbf
3.2/3.4
 Heimeranplatz
to Mittersendling
to Holzkirchen
Old Exhibition Ground tunnel, 330m[2]
5.2/5.4
 München-Süd
to Munich city provisions station
former Isar Valley Railway
to Wolfratshausen
Braunau Railway Bridge, Isar
to Deisenhofen
to Giesing
S-Bahn trunk line
from Munich Hbf (underground)
9.8
 Munich East
tracks 6-15 • tracks 1-5
to Rosenheim
to Mühldorf, Daglfing, Mü-Steinhausen depot,
Mü Ost Rbf Süd depot
Operating points and lines[3]

Munich South Ring (German: Münchner Südring) is the common name for a railway line running near the centre and through the southern districts of the Bavarian state capital of Munich. It connects Munich East station to the Munich Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) and Laim marshalling yard. Operationally it is mostly included in the Munich–Rosenheim railway (line 5510).

The South Ring is used by freight traffic as a direct connection between Laim and Munich East, bypassing the Hauptbahnhof. It is used by virtually all passenger trains between the central station and Rosenheim or Mühldorf. Only the Munich S-Bahn services run between the central station and Munich East on a separate line, the S-Bahn trunk line, cutting through the city centre in a tunnel.

Since the S-Bahn line is congested, it has long been debated whether to build another central tunnel as a second trunk line or to upgrade the South Ring for S-Bahn operations. Recently it has been decided to proceed with a second tunnel.

  1. ^ Lothar Brill. "Line 5505" (in German). Tunnelportale. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ Lothar Brill. "Line 5510" (in German). Tunnelportale. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  3. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.