Munich–Rosenheim railway

München Hauptbahnhof (Munich main station), which was opened in 1839, is the largest station in the city of Munich and forms the starting point of the Munich–Rosenheim railway. The station was provisionally put into operation at its present location in 1848, but it has been rebuilt several times since. The current entrance building was opened on 1 August 1960, after the previous one had been destroyed in the Second World War. The underground station for S-Bahn services was built with the main line of the S-Bahn in 1972.

Munich South station (Bahnhof München Süd) was opened on 15 March 1871 as Thalkirchen station and was renamed Munich South in 1876. From 1891, the Isar Valley Railway (Isartalbahn) branched off in Munich South, but no passenger trains ran on the section between Munich South and München Isartalbahnhof (the Munich terminus of the Isar Valley Railway). A connecting curve was established from Munich South to Munich-Pasing in 1893. The station had an important freight yard from its opening, but, after the opening of the München-Laim marshalling yard, it lost its importance for long-distance freight trains. Passenger operations ended eight years after the opening of the nearby Poccistraße U-Bahn station on 1 June 1985.

Entrance building of Munich East station

Munich East station (Bahnhof München Ost) was opened on 15 March 1871 as München-Haidhausen station. The Munich East–Deisenhofen railway, opened in 1898, and the line to Ismaning, opened in 1909, branch from the Munich–Rosenheim line in the station. The current station building was opened in 1985 after the original building, built in 1871, was destroyed in World War II.

Munich Leuchtenbergring platforms

Munich Leuchtenbergring station (Bahnhof München Leuchtenbergring) was opened on 28 May 1972 with the commissioning of the Munich S-Bahn network. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the station has had four rather than two platform tracks, but only the outer two are used for S-Bahn operations as the two internal tracks are used for connecting the München-Steinhausen D-Bahn rolling stock workshop (Bahnbetriebswerk) to Munich East station. The station is administered as part of Munich East station.

Platforms of Munich-Berg am Laim

The halt of Berg am Laim (Haltepunkt Berg am Laim) was opened on 1 May 1897, but it was closed on 1 May 1915. A year later, on 1 May 1916, a new Berg am Laim halt was opened which was only accessible from the Munich–Mühldorf railway. The station was not accessible from the Munich–Rosenheim railway until the commissioning of the Munich S-Bahn network in 1972. It is now only served by S-Bahn services.

It now has two platform tracks. The Munich–Mühldorf railway branches off the Munich–Rosenheim railway at this station.

S-Bahn platforms in Munich Trudering

The station was opened on 15 October 1871 with the Munich–Rosenheim railway. Since 1972, the station has been served only by the S-Bahn. The Trudering U-Bahn station was opened in 1999. In addition, the Munich North Ring joins the line at Trudering station. Next to the station there are storage sidings for freight and S-Bahn trains.

Platform of Gronsdorf station

The halt of Gronsdorf, which is located on the boundary between Munich and the municipality of Haar, was opened on 1 May 1897. It is located between the Munich district of Waldtrudering and the Haar settlement of Gronsdorf, after which it is named. The station has an island platform accessible by a pedestrian underpass. Gronsdorf has been served only by the S-Bahn since 1972.

S-Bahn platform and the entrance building of Haar station

Haar station was opened on 15 October 1871. The station has an entrance building and an adjacent "house" platform, which is no longer used. It is still preserved because regional trains stopped in Haar until the 1990s. The S-Bahn platform is accessible via an underpass from the entrance building. Another island platform, which used to be located between the two main tracks, has been demolished. The station is now served by the S-Bahn only.

The halt of Vaterstetten was opened on 1 May 1897. Today, the station is served only by the S-Bahn. The island platform can be reached via an underpass.

The station of Baldham was also opened on 1 May 1897. Since 1972, the station has been served only by the S-Bahn. The island platform can be reached via an underpass.

The station of Zorneding was opened with the line on 15 October 1871. The station continued to be also served by regional services until a few years after the commissioning of the S-Bahn network. The original entrance building was demolished in early 2009. Today some S-Bahn line 6 services terminate in Zorneding during the peak; a siding has been provided for this purpose. The island platform is accessible by an underpass.

The halt of Eglharting was opened on 1 May 1897. It has an island platform accessible by an underpass. Since 1972, it has been served only by the S-Bahn.

Entrance building of Kirchseeon station

Kirchseeon station was opened on 15 October 1871 with the railway. From 1890, a forestry railway temporarily ran into Kirchseeon from the Ebersberger Forst (Ebersberg forest), which served to remove timber that had died as a result of an attack by black arches butterflies.[11] The station still has an entrance building. Today, the station is only served by the S-Bahn and has a "house" platform and a side platform. The side platform is accessible via an underpass. The station has an overtaking track for long-distance trains. Until the upgrade for the S-Bahn in the 1970s, there was a siding to a warehouse and a sawmill to the northeast of the station; the southern siding to the former sleeper factory and later FIAT/IVECO car/truck depot and a northern siding to the Raiffeisen warehouse were detached and partially upgraded during the construction of separate S-Bahn tracks in the mid-1990s.

Entrance building of Grafing Bahnhof

The station of Grafing (Grafing Bahnhof) was opened outside the town of Grafing with the line on 15 October 1871. The former line to Glonn branched off in Grafing from 26 May 1894 until 1971. The branch line to Wasserburg was opened on 6 November 1899. The station is served by S-Bahn lines 4 and 6, which continue to Ebersberg, and by regional trains. Thus, the station acts as an interchange between the S-Bahn, the Filzen-Express to Wasserburg and the regional trains on the Munich–Rosenheim railway. The station has six platform tracks connected by an underpass. The entrance building has been preserved to this day.

Aßling entrance building

Aßling (Oberbay) station was opened on 15 October 1871 with the line. It has three tracks, but only two platform tracks as the third track serves as a passing track. The entrance building is still preserved and is located next to the main platform. The opposite side platform is connected by an underpass to the main platform. The Aßling railway disaster, which killed at least 102 people, occurred on 16 July 1945 near the station.

Ostermünchen station

Ostermünchen station was opened on 15 October 1871 with the Munich–Rosenheim railway. It has three tracks, but only two platform tracks as the third track serves as a passing track. The entrance building is still preserved and is located on the main platform. The opposite outside platform is connected by an underpass to the main platform.

The halt of Großkarolinenfeld was opened on 15 October 1871 with the Munich–Rosenheim railway. It has two tracks, which are located next to two side platforms, which are connected by an underpass.

Platforms of Rosenheim station

The station was opened on 24 October 1857 with the Mangfall Valley Railway as a provisional station. Because of some delays, the permanent station was not opened until 13 November 1858. Due to a lack of space, the old station was closed and a new one was opened west of the old station on 19 April 1876. The Rosenheim locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) was also significant for the line.[12]

Today, the station is the seventh largest station in Bavaria with about 20,000 passengers each day.[13] It is used by about 150 regional and long-distance passenger services each day.

Regional-Express near Aßling

An hourly Regional-Express service formerly operated between Munich and Salzburg as the München-Salzburg-Express. Outside the peak hour, this stopped only at Munich Hauptbahnhof, Munich East, Grafing, Aßling, Ostermünchen, Großkarolinenfeld and Rosenheim. The train was operated until December 2013 with a locomotive of class 111 and with double-deck carriages or Silberling coaches. During the peak hour, some trains stopped only at Munich Hauptbahnhof, Munich East, Grafing and Rosenheim. In the peak, additional services ran as Regionalbahn services between Munich, Rosenheim and Kufstein and were operated with electric multiple units of class 425 or with Silberling coaches, hauled by class 111 electric locomotives. In addition, the section from Grafing to Munich was served in the peak by Filzenexpress services extended to/from Munich. The section from Munich to Grafing is served by line 6 of the Munich S-Bahn, which serves all stops at 20-minute intervals.

S4 between Trudering and Gronsdorf

Bayerische Oberlandbahn has operated the services of the E-Netz Rosenheim, which includes the Munich–Salzburg, Munich–Kufstein and Munich–Holzkirchen–Rosenheim routes, under the brand name of Meridian since 15 December 2013. The traffic was intended to be operated with new Stadler FLIRT 3 sets from the start. Due to technical defects and lack of safety approvals until May 2014, the old trains were partly replaced by Silberling coaches of Deutsche Bahn, double-deck cars of Metronom and CityShuttle (push–pull) sets of the Austrian Federal Railways.[14] The hourly trains from Salzburg run during the day between Rosenheim and Munich East without stopping. A following train runs from Kufstein to Munich Hauptbahnhof serves all stations between Rosenheim and Grafing.

Line	Route	Interval
M	Munich – Rosenheim – Traunstein – Freilassing – Salzburg	Hourly
M	Munich – Grafing – Rosenheim – Kufstein	Hourly
RB	Munich – Grafing – Ebersberg – Wasserburg	individual services in the peak
	Geltendorf – Türkenfeld – Grafrath – Schöngeising – Buchenau – Fürstenfeldbruck – Eichenau – Puchheim – Aubing – Leienfelsstraße – Pasing – Laim – Hirschgarten – Donnersbergerbrücke – Hackerbrücke – Hauptbahnhof – Karlsplatz (Stachus) – Marienplatz – Isartor – Rosenheimer Platz – Munich East – Leuchtenbergring – Berg am Laim – Trudering – Gronsdorf – Haar – Vaterstetten – Baldham station – Zorneding – Eglharting – Kirchseeon – Grafing – Grafing Stadt – Ebersberg	Every 20 minutes in the peak
	Tutzing – Feldafing – Possenhofen – Starnberg – Starnberg Nord – Gauting – Stockdorf – Planegg – Gräfelfing – Lochham – Westkreuz – Pasing – Laim – Hirschgarten – Donnersbergerbrücke – Hackerbrücke – Hauptbahnhof – Karlsplatz (Stachus) – Marienplatz – Isartor – Rosenheimer Platz – Munich East – Leuchtenbergring – Berg am Laim – Trudering – Gronsdorf – Haar – Vaterstetten – Baldham station – Zorneding – Eglharting – Kirchseeon – Grafing – Grafing Stadt – Ebersberg	Every 20 minutes

IC service towards Munich, near Trudering

Eurocity (EC) services on the Frankfurt am Main–Salzburg route connect Munich Hauptbahnhof with Salzburg every two hours with stops in Munich East, Rosenheim, Prien, Traunstein and Freilassing. Since the timetable change in 2008, these trains have continued from Salzburg to Graz and Klagenfurt. In addition, an Intercity train pair, branded as the Königssee runs from Hamburg to Berchtesgaden over this line.

Railjet (RJ) services, which run from Munich to destinations in Austria and Hungary one hour before or after the EC services, run between Munich Hauptbahnhof and Salzburg Hauptbahnhof without stopping. The first RJ train pair ran between Budapest, Vienna and Munich at the 2008 timetable change.

EC and IC trains also operate between Munich, Rosenheim and Innsbruck on a basically two-hour cycle. Several of these train pairs continue over the Brenner to Bolzano, Verona and Venice or Bologna.[15]

In 2008, the Munich–Rosenheim line was used by up to 150 freight trains on weekdays. Approximately 50 of these freight trains run on the line from Munich to Salzburg and continue towards Turkey, Greece, Ljubljana and Trieste. But the line from Munich to Kufstein is served by about 100 freight trains daily. These trains run mostly from Munich East marshalling yard to Verona (Brenner traffic) and are operated by TX Logistik.[16]

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