Garmisch-Partenkirchen station

Garmisch-Partenkirchen station (German: Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bahnhof) is a junction station in the German State of Bavaria. It is the biggest station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has five platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[2] The station has about 50 services daily operated by DB Regio and some long-distance services operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is on the lines connecting Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck (the Mittenwald Railway) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Reutte (the Ausserfern Railway).

Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 31, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates47°29′29″N 11°05′49″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks5
Other information
Station code2014
DS100 codeMGP [1]
IBNR8002187
Category3[2]
Website
History
Opening25 July 1889 (1889-07-25)
Electrified28 October 1912 (1912-10-28)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Terminus ICE 24
Limited service
Murnau
ICE 41
Limited service
Murnau
Preceding station Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Following station
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg
towards Grainau
RB 64 Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Klais
towards Mittenwald
RE 61 Murnau
towards München Hbf
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg
towards Lermoos
RE 62
through to S6 RB 6/S 6 Farchant
towards München Hbf
through to S7 RB 60
Preceding station Tyrol S-Bahn Following station
through to RB 6 S6 Klais
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg
towards Pfronten-Steinach
S7 through to RB 60
Location
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is located in Bavaria
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Location in Bavaria
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is located in Germany
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Location in Germany
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is located in Europe
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Location in Europe

History

The station was established on 25 July 1889 as the terminus of a branch line from Munich opened by Lokalbahn AG. It was initially connected to Munich by four to six pairs of trains daily.[3] On 1 July 1912, was the line was extended with the opening of the Mittenwald Railway and Garmisch-Partenkirchen was now a through station. The line was electrified in the course of the extension of the Mittenwald line to Innsbruck, opened on 25 April 1913. In May 1913, the Ausserfern Railway was opened from Reutte to the station. This was electrified from the start.

A special feature for decades was the operational stop for Austrian through trains between Innsbruck and Reutte. This was necessary so that trains could reverse direction in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but passengers were not allowed on or off, which would have required customs and immigration clearance until the implementation of the Schengen Agreement.

On 12 December 1995 the Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision at the station, when a departing RegioExpress train smashed into an arriving touristic train after passing a signal at danger, injuring 41 and killing one.

On 3 June 2022 the Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment happened to the north of the station when several carriages of a departing regio train derailed, killing five people and injuring 68 others.

Description

Looking towards Mittenwald

The station lies between the two districts of Garmisch in the west and Partenkirchen in the east. The railway yards are located at Garmisch area. The Partnach flows between the station and Partenkirchen. The station area is bordered to the east by Bahnhofstraße and to the west by Weitfelderstraße and Olympiastraße. Sankt-Martin-Straße passes through an underpass under the station area. The entrance building was modernised and renovated in the late 1990s and it is located on the eastern side of the railway facilities towards Partenkirchen. Its address is 31 Bahnhofstraße.

In addition to the home platform, there are two more platforms. Behind it there are five tracks for train parking and freight operations.

The platforms are covered and accessible via lifts and stairways. The platform roofs were renewed from October 2009 to January 2011 and the platforms were fitted with tactile paving. The station building includes shops and a ticket office. It is served by the public bus network.

Rail services

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is served by four pairs of Intercity-Express services on Saturday and Sunday (mostly seasonal) operated by Deutsche Bahn as well as Regionalbahn and peak Regional-Express services operated by DB Regio between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Regionalbahn services run every two hours to/from Seefeld in Tirol and every four hours to/from Innsbruck, Reutte. Trains run to/from Reutte every hour on weekdays. Most of the trains from Munich are divided in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with one part going to Mittenwald or Innsbruck and the other to Reutte. Similarly the trains from Mittenwald or Innsbruck are mostly coupled in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with trains from Reutte before proceeding to Munich.

Line Route Frequency
ICE 24 HamburgHannoverKassel - WürzburgNurembergMunichGarmisch-Partenkirchen One pair of services on Sunday in the winter
ICE 24 Wetterstein:
Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel - Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
One pair of services on Saturday
ICE 41 Karwendel:
DortmundEssenDuisburgDüsseldorfCologne– Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Innsbruck
One pair of services on Sunday in the winter
ICE 41 Werdenfelser Land:
Dortmund / Münster – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Innsbruck
One pair of services on Saturday in the winter
RB 6/S6 Munich – Tutzing – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen (– MittenwaldSeefeld in Tirol (– Innsbruck)) Hourly, every two hours to Seefeld, every four hours as S6 to Innsbruck
S6 Garmisch-PartenkirchenMittenwald – Seefeld in Tirol – Innsbruck Every four hours
RB 60
S7
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Ehrwald Zugspitzbahn – Reutte – Vils Stadt – Pfronten-Steinach Hourly
RE 61 Munich – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Mittenwald Some trains
RE 62 Munich – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Ehrwald Zugspitzbahn – Lermoos Some trains
RB 64 Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Grainau Hourly

The following local buses (operated by the municipal utility) and regional bus lines (Oberbayernbus) as well as the long-distance FlixBus stop at or near the station:

Line Type Route
1Local busKlinikum – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Äußere Maximilianstraße
2Local busKlinikum – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Kreuzeck (Alpspitzbahn)
3/4Local busFarchant – Friedhof Partenkirchen – Wankbahn – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Burgrain – Farchant
3/5Local busFarchant – Burgrain – Marienplatz – Bahnhof – Wankbahn – Friedhof Partenkirchen – Farchant
EVG'White-blue bus'Sebastianskirche – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – GrainauEibsee
9606Regional busGarmisch-Partenkirchen Post/BfOberauOberammergau (– Echelsbach BridgeFüssen/Wieskirche)
9608Regional busGarmisch-Partenkirchen Post/BfMittenwaldKrünWallgau (– Kochel am See)
MFB 040long distance busMunich Airport – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Mittenwald - Seefeld - Innsbruck
FlixBuslong distance busGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruck - Bozen - VeronaVenice

Bavarian Zugspitze Mountain Railway

Garmisch Zugspitz station

In the immediate neighbourhood, the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (Bayerische Zugspitzbahn, BZB) has operated since 1929 a separate terminal station, called Garmisch station. Unofficially, it is sometimes called Zugspitze station (Zugspitzbahnhof). Since a restoration, it consists of only one track (without a number) with platforms on both sides, a siding at the entrance to the station and an entrance building at the end of the track.

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. "History of Garmisch-Partenkirchen" (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2012.
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