S2 (Munich)

S2
Overview
SystemMunich S-Bahn
LocaleMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Current operator(s)S-Bahn Munich
Technical
Rolling stockDBAG Class 423
Electrification15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC Overhead lines
Timetable number(s)999.2
S2: stations and connections
Petershausen
Vierkirchen-Esterhofen
Röhrmoos
Hebertshausen
Altomünster
Kleinberghofen
Erdweg
Arnbach
Markt Indersdorf
Niederroth
Schwabhausen (b Dachau)
Bachern
Dachau Stadt
Dachau
Karlsfeld
Allach
Untermenzing
Obermenzing
Laim
Hirschgarten
Donnersbergerbrücke
Hackerbrücke
München Hbf
Karlsplatz
Marienplatz
Isartor
Rosenheimer Platz
Munich East
Leuchtenbergring
Berg am Laim
Riem
Feldkirchen (b München)
Heimstetten
Grub (Oberbay)
Poing
Markt Schwaben
Ottenhofen (Oberbayern)
St. Koloman
Aufhausen (bei Erding)
Altenerding
Erding
Source: German railway atlas[1]
München-Riem station

The S2 is a service on the Munich S-Bahn network. It is operated by DB Regio Bayern. It runs from Petershausen station to Erding station via Dachau, Laim, central Munich, Munich East and Markt Schwaben.

The line is operated at 20-minute intervals between Dachau and Markt Schwaben. One train an hour continues from Dachau to Altomünster and the other two continue from Dachau to Petershausen so that the gap between trains alternates between 20 and 40 minutes between Dachau to Petershausen. Similarly only two out of three continue from Markt Schwaben to Erding, creating a similar varying gap between trains. It is operated using class 423 four-car electrical multiple units, usually as two coupled sets. In the evenings and on Sundays they generally run as single sets. Extra peak hour services are operated between Dachau and Altomünster, using class 420 four-car electrical multiple units (this is the only place this class operates on the Munich S-Bahn network), creating a 30-minute frequency on the branch.

The service runs over lines built at various times:

The S2 was introduced on 28 May 1972 and ran between Petershausen and Deisenhofen. The section between Munich East and Erding was then served by the S6, which ran between Tutzing and Erding. The current route of the S2 was established in 2009. Services commenced between Altomünster to Dachau on 14 December 2014.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 107, 164–7. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Klee (1994). Bayerische Eisenbahngeschichte - part 1: 1835-1875, Bayern Report 1 (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck: Hermann Merker Verlag.
  3. ^ Reinhard Pospischil, Ernst Rudolph (1997). S-Bahn München. Düsseldorf: Alba. p. 205. ISBN 3-87094-358-0.