The Munich S-Bahn (German: S-Bahn München) is an electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for stadtschnellbahn (literally, "urban rapid road"), and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteristics of both rapid transit and commuter rail systems.
The Munich S-Bahn network is operated by S-Bahn München, a subsidiary of DB Regio Bayern that is itself a subsidiary of the German national railway. It is now integrated into the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, MVV) and interconnected throughout the city with the locally-owned Munich U-Bahn. Today, the S-Bahn covers most of the populated area of the Munich Metropolitan area of about 2.7 million inhabitants.
The Munich S-Bahn was established on 28 May 1972. It was intended as part of the scheme to provide an adequate transportation system during the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich by connecting the preexisting suburban rail services in the west and east of the city via a new tunnel section from Hauptbahnhof to München Ost station (Ostbahnhof).
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