München Karlsplatz railway station

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Karlsplatz
Architectural information
Location	Munich
State	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Operations
DS100 code	MKP
Type	Hp
Category	4
Platforms in use	2
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany
BW BY BE BR HB HH HE MV NI NW RP SL SN ST SH TH

Location
Marienplatz
Place	Altstadt
Borough	Altstadt-Lehel
Operations
Serviced by	U3, U6
Platforms in use	2

München Karlsplatz (Stachus) is an underground S-Bahn and U-Bahn station below the Karlsplatz in central Munich. It is one of the busiest stations in Munich, as it is located at the eastern end of Munich's Altstadt ("Old Town"). The station also offers interchange between tramway (on Altstadtring, the Old Town's periphery road), U-Bahn the S-Bahn networks.

The underground facilities were built as part of the S-Bahn tunnel through central Munich in the early 1970s.

1 Levels

[edit] Levels

The station is divded into five levels.

[edit] Level 1

The first level, just below road level, is home to a large shopping mall which is due for renovation in the next years. Large shops have branches here, for instance Kaufhof or Woolworths.

[edit] Level 2

Level two has a branch of the Stadtsparkasse, a large local bank, as well as ticket counters and eateries.

[edit] Level 3

The third level holds the S-Bahn station with two tracks and three platforms, arranged in the Spanish solution: The island platform is for boarding only and the side platforms are for disembarking. The lines S1, S2, S4, S5, S6, S7 and S8 call at this station.

[edit] Level 4

The fourth level allows interchange between the S-Bahn and U-Bahn.

[edit] Level 5

The fifth level holds the U-Bahn station with two tracks and two platforms. Lines U5 and U4 call here, travelling in north-west direction. The station is the deepest in the whole network and also has the longest escalator.

Preceding station	Munich S-Bahn	Following station
München Hauptbahnhof toward Wolfratshausen, Tutzing, Herrsching, Geltendorf, Mammendorf, Petershausen, Freising or Airport	Stammstrecke	München Marienplatz toward München Ost, Holzkirchen, Kreuzstraße, Ebersberg, Erding or Airport
Preceding station	U-Bahn	Following station
Hauptbahnhof toward Westendstraße	U4	Odeonsplatz toward Arabellapark
Hauptbahnhof toward Laimer Platz	U5	Odeonsplatz toward Neuperlach Süd