München-Pasing railway station

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München Pasing
München Pasing railway station
Architectural information
Location	Munich
State	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Local authority	Pasing-Obermenzing
Operations
DS100 code
Platforms in use	9
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany
BW BY BE BR HB HH HE MV NI NW RP SL SN ST SH TH

München-Pasing is a railway station with nine platforms situated in the in the west of Munich. It is the third-largest station in Munich, after München Hauptbahnhof and München Ost.

1 History
2 Operational usage
3 Future extension plans

[edit] History

1840: The first train services the station on the line Munich-Lochhausen.
29 November 1848: The station-building is opened.
21 May 1854: Opening of the line to Starnberg.
1900/1901: A Cargo terminal is constructed east of the station.
1 October 1938: After the uniting of the suburb Pasing with Munich the station is renamed to München-Pasing.
October 1971 establishing of the S-Bahn network

[edit] Operational usage

[edit] Interregional services

Most interregional trains travelling on the route Munich-Augsburg-Ulm/Nuremberg call here, as well as four Eurocity services to Zurich via Lindau stop here. This route has the most railroad traffic in Germany.

Only a few trains take the route via Südring ("south ring") to München Ost railway station, without calling at München Hauptbahnhof. An example is the Orient-Express travelling from Strasbourg to Vienna.

[edit] S-Bahn

The Munich S-Bahn lines S4 (Ebersberg-Mammendorf), S5 (Holzkirchen-Herrsching, S6 Kreuzstraße-Tutzing, S8 (Munich Airport-Geltendorf and S20 (Pasing-Deisenhofen) call at the station.

[edit] Other regional services

Trains in the directions from and to Munich Central Station stop here. The trains use the lines:

[edit] Local services

The bus line 57 calls at the station, the terminus of the tram line 19 is located Pasing Marienplatz, within walking distance of the station.

[edit] Future extension plans

An extension from Pasing Marienplatz to Pasing railway station for the tram line 19 is planned. Moreover, an extension of the Munich U-Bahn line U5 from Laimer Platz to Pasing railway station is considered.

Preceding station	Munich S-Bahn	Following station
München-Langwied toward Mammendorf	S4	München-Laim toward Ebersberg
München-Westkreuz toward Herrsching	S5	München-Laim toward Holzkirchen
München-Westkreuz toward Tutzing	S6	München-Laim toward Kreuzstraße
München-Leienfelsstraße toward Geltendorf	S8	München-Laim toward Airport
Terminus	S20	München-Heimeranplatz toward Deisenhofen