Munich East–Deisenhofen railway

München Ost–Deisenhofen

Flying junction in Giesing
Overview
Locale Bavaria
Line number 5551
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route number 999.3
Route map

Legend
 Operating points and lines[1] 
from Mühldorf and Rosenheim
0.0 Munich East
S-Bahn trunk line to Munich Hbf
South Ring
1.2 München St.-Martin-Straße
from Munich East marshalling yard
2.2 München-Giesing
3.5 München Frankenwaldstr.
to Kreuzstraße
4.4 München-Fasangarten 543 m
5.7 Fasanenpark
7.4 Unterhaching 558 m
8.9 Taufkirchen 563 m
11.0 Furth (b Deisenhofen)
from Munich Hbf
13.4 Deisenhofen 596 m
to Holzkirchen

The Munich East–Deisenhofen railway is a continuously-electrified, double-track, railway in the German state of Bavaria. It connects Munich East station with Deisenhofen and was opened on 10 October 1898.

Today the line is used by Munich S-Bahn trains. The whole length of the line is served by S-Bahn line S 3 (Mammendorf–Holzkirchen). Between Munich East and Munich-Giesing it is also served by line S 7 (Wolfratshausen–Kreuzstraße).

Between Munich East station and the flying junction between Munich-Giesing and Fasangarten stations the line is one of the few in Germany that has traffic running on the left. This feature allows S-Bahn services from München St.-Martin-Straße to be inserted into the S-Bahn line at Munich East while simultaneously reversing to run into the S-Bahn tunnel under central Munich or vice versa.

Notes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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