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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Germany , Munich (München) trams 2019 - Length: 17:21 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Straßenbahn München: Historischer M-Wagen und D-Wagen im Linieneinsatz - Length: 7:09 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Munich U-Bahn Extravaganza 17 September 2019 - Length: 10:33 mins. |
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MAP
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP
| KP | Karlsplatz | MxP | Maximiliansplatz |
| MWP | Max-Weber-Platz | ST | Sendlinger Tor |
I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
Operator: Stadtwerke München - Verkehrsbetriebe (VB)
TRAM ROUTES
| 12 | Nymphenburg (Romanplatz) - Neuhausen - Rotkreuzplatz - Leonrodplatz - Nordbad - Kurfürstenplatz - Scheidplatz |
| 15 | St.-Martins-Platz - Ostfriedhof - Wettersteinplatz - Tiroler Platz - Giesing - Harlaching - Großhesseloher Brücke |
| 17 | Effnerplatz - Herkomerplatz - Tivolistr. - Lehel - Isartor - Isarvorstadt - Sendlinger Tor - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Arnulfstraße - Nymphenburg (Romanplatz) - Amalienburgstr. |
| 18 | Gondrellplatz - Westendstr. - Westend - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Karlsplatz - Sendlinger Tor - Isarvorstadt - Max-Weber-Platz - Herkomerplatz - Effnerplatz |
| 19 | St.-Veit-Str. - Berg am Laim - Ostbahnhof - Max-Weber-Platz - Lehel - Maximiliansplatz - Karlsplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Westend - Willibaldplatz - Pasing |
| 20 | Sendlinger Tor - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Stiglmaierplatz - Leonrodplatz - Westfriedhof - Moosach |
| 21 | Sendlinger Tor - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Stiglmaierplatz - Leonrodplatz - Westfriedhof (Hanauer Str.) |
| 25 | St.-Martins-Platz - Ostfriedhof - Wettersteinplatz - Tiroler Platz - Giesing - Harlaching - Großhesseloher Brücke - Grünwald |
| 27 | Petuelring - Nordbad - Kurfürstenplatz - Karlsplatz - Sendlinger Tor - Isarvorstadt - Untere Au - Ostfriedhof - Obergiesing - Schwanseeplatz |
UNDERGROUND (U-BAHN) ROUTES
| U1 | Rotkreuzplatz - Stiglmaierplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Sendlinger Tor - Kolumbusplatz - Obergiesing - Innsbrucker Ring |
| U2 | Hasenbergl - Am Hart - Scheidplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Sendlinger Tor - Kolumbusplatz - Obergiesing - Innsbrucker Ring - Neuperlach Süd |
| U3 | Olympiazentrum - Scheidplatz - Münchener Freiheit - Odeonsplatz - Sendlinger Tor - Goetheplatz - Implerstraße - Thalkirchen - Obersendling - Fürstenried West |
| U4 | Laimer Platz - Westendstraße - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Karlsplatz - Odeonsplatz - Lehel - Max-Weber-Platz - Arabellapark |
| U5 | Laimer Platz - Westendstraße - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Karlsplatz - Odeonsplatz - Lehel - Max-Weber-Platz - Ostbahnhof - Innsbrucker Ring - Neuperlach Süd |
| U6 | Garching-Hochbrück - Kieferngarten - Nordfriedhof - Münchener Freiheit - Odeonsplatz - Sendlinger Tor - Goetheplatz - Implerstraße - Harras - Holzapfelkreuth - Großhadern - Klinikum Großhadern |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ca. 68 km.
- Underground (U-Bahn): 77.5 km.
HISTORY
- Horse tramway: 21 Oct. 1876 - 31 Oct. 1900.
- Steam tramway: 9 June 1883 - 17 July 1900.
- Electric tramway: 23 June 1895 - today.
- Underground (U-Bahn): 19 Oct. 1971 - today.
- S-Bahn: 28 May 1972 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1435 mm.
- Underground (U-Bahn): 1435 mm.
- S-Bahn: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
There is a museum devoted to the history of public transportation in Munich called the MVG Museum (Museum der Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH). It has a large number of preserved tramcars. The museum is on Ständlerstraße in Perlach, southeast Munich.
SOURCES
- Hendlmeier, W. Handbuch der deutschen Straßenbahngeschichte: 1. Band: Text und Abbildungen München: Selbstverlag [Author], 1981.
- Klemenz, M.A. & Romero, F. "Munich: Optimisation through operational simulation". Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2014 (77: 919), p.289-292.
- Krauß, T. Die Münchener Trambahnlinien: Eine Chronik von 1876 bis 1991. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V., 1992.
- "More mileage for München" Modern Tramway, March 1965 (28: 327), p.69-71.
- Onnich, K. "The Munich tramway: A calamity without end?" Light Rail & Modern Tramway, July & Sept. 1993 (56: 667 & 669), p.171-175, 227-231.
- Pagel, M. and Taplin, M.R. Tramways of Western Germany. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1980.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.38: Munich, Germany." Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2010 (73: 875), p.419-421.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.146: Munich, Germany." Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2019 (78: 933), p.480-485.
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
- Streeter, T. "Munich: '30 by 30'", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2021 (84: 1003), p.272-277.
- Straßenbahnatlas 2005 - Deutschland. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V., 2005.
WIKIS
- Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund
- Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft
- Munich U-Bahn
- S-bahn München
- Trams in Munich
WEB SITES
- Aktion Münchener Fahrgäste
- FMTM / GTG - Friends of the Munich Tramway Museum Society for Tramway History
- München (on UrbanRail.Net)
- MVG - Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Tram München und Rom
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