Munich S-Bahn - Plans and Further Expansions

Plans and Further Expansions

Current plans for further expansion include the following:

• Second core route: Nearly all lines use the core route, creating a bottle-neck responsible for long delays from even the smallest disruptions. A second tunnel through the city centre is planned, which will be about 10 km (6 mi) in length and which is supposed to be finished in 2025. It will start between the stations Laim and Donnersbergerbrücke and lie north of the current tunnel. Just before Munich East it will fork, with one fork going to Munich East and the other to Leuchtenbergring. In between, only two stations, Central Station and Marienhof (slightly north of Marienplatz), are planned. The tunnel was chosen over another variant to build an S-Bahn along the railway "south ring". It is not known if this capacity expansion will also be used for intercity traffic travelling eastwards following the cancellation of the München 21 project.
• Extension of S7 to Geretsried (Geretsried Süd railway station) via Gelting and Geretsried Mitte. (Currently in Planning / On Hold)
• Erding ring: connection of the ends of S1/S8 (airport) and S2 East (Erding) (Currently in Planning)
• Possible relocation of the S2 East to the Munich International Trade Fair site. (Currently on hold)
• Upgrade of the Sendling Connection Route between Pasing and Heimeranplatz. (Completed in 2011)
• New station Menterschwaige between Solln and Deisenhofen (S20, S27). (Currently on hold)
• Electrification of Line A between Dachau and Altomünster (by 2014)