Current Routes
There are currently 6 lines:
| Olympia-Einkaufszentrum - Rotkreuzplatz - Central Station - Sendlinger Tor - Kolumbusplatz - Mangfallplatz | |
| Feldmoching - Harthof - Scheidplatz - Central Station - Sendlinger Tor - Kolumbusplatz - Giesing - Innsbrucker Ring - Trudering - Messestadt Ost | |
| Moosach - Olympia-Einkaufszentrum - Olympiazentrum - Scheidplatz - Münchner Freiheit - Odeonsplatz - Marienplatz - Sendlinger Tor - Implerstraße - Obersendling - Fürstenried West | |
| Westendstraße - Heimeranplatz - Central Station - Karlsplatz (Stachus) - Odeonsplatz - Lehel -Max-Weber-Platz - Arabellapark | |
| Laimer Platz - Westendstraße - Heimeranplatz - Central Station - Karlsplatz (Stachus) - Odeonsplatz - Lehel - Max-Weber-Platz - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Innsbrucker Ring - Neuperlach Süd | |
| Garching-Forschungszentrum - Fröttmaning - Freimann - Studentenstadt - Münchner Freiheit - Odeonsplatz - Marienplatz - Sendlinger Tor - Implerstraße - Harras - Klinikum Großhadern | |
| Westfriedhof - Gern - Rotkreuzplatz - Maillingerstraße - Stiglmaierplatz - München Hauptbahnhof - Sendlinger Tor - Fraunhoferstraße - Kolumbusplatz - Silberhornstraße - Untersbergstraße - Giesing Bahnhof - Karl-Preis-Platz - Innsbrucker Ring - Michaelibad - Quiddestraße - Neuperlach Zentrum |
The network has 100.3 km (62.3 mi) of active lines and 100 stations (In 2009, 351 million passengers rode the U-Bahn. The trains operate at speeds up to 80 km/h, which is the top speed among German U-Bahns. There is no continuous operation during the night (break from 1 to 4 am, 2 to 4 am on weekends) except on special occasions such as New Year's Eve.
Only one line, the U6, crosses the municipal border to the town of Garching.
Except for the lines U5 and U6, all lines operate completely below ground. U5 only comes above ground at the south terminus Neuperlach-Süd, U6 on the northern section from Studentenstadt (except Garching and Garching-Forschungszentrums stations and tunnels).
There are three "line families", which consist of two lines (not counting peak hour lines) that share a common track in the city centre. The schedules of these lines are coordinated in a way which yields regular train intervals on the common section.
Most stations have two tracks with an island platform between them. Only the stations Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (U1), Richard-Strauss-Straße (U4), Neuperlach Süd (U5), Garching-Hochbrück and Nordfriedhof (both U6) have side platforms.
At the stations Scheidplatz and Innsbrucker Ring the four tracks lie in parallel on the same level and allow cross-platform interchange. Central Station (lower level) (Hauptbahnhof unten), where U1 and U2 branch into two different lines and Münchner Freiheit (U3/U6) also have four tracks. At Central Station, there is actually another U-Bahn station for lines U4/5 at a higher level (Hauptbahnhof oben) giving a total of six U-Bahn tracks. The junction stations Implerstraße (U3 and U6), Max-Weber-Platz (U4/5) and Kolumbusplatz (U1/2) only have three tracks: One with a side platform for outbound trains, and two with a shared island platform for inbound trains. Olympiazentrum and Fröttmaning also have four tracks each due to the proximity of the Olympic Stadium and the Allianz Arena football stadium, respectively.
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