Munich's Two Quintessentially German Urban Railways | Munich U-Bahn & S-Bahn 

You forgot to mention that Munich also has a tram network. It was cut back a lot when new U-Bahn lines were built, but it is still being extended in other areas.

The fact that the Marienplatz station is right beneath the central plaza of the church and city centre is so cool. Climbing the stairs as you emerge outside and seeing the grand structure for the first time as a tourist is a sight to behold.

Fun fact about the Munich U-Bahn: despite the fact that all tracks are connected to each other (also via some "hidden" service connections through depots and service stations), it's impossible to rotate a vehicle on the network without removing it from the rails.

Awesome video about my home town railway systems. Here are a few (turns out a lot more) points I want to share: - The S-Bahn class 420 trains were decommissioned already for decades and just recently came back into service primarily from other cities because we didn't have enough 423 trains which are also no longer In production. - The city center corridor got a new station in 2009 with Hirschgarten between Laim and Donnersberger Brücke. As a result the travel time increased by about 2 minutes. In order to not break the endless connections with busses on the outskirts they just shuffled the line designations and reconnected different branches to keep the same departure times. - There used to be an S5 but the line designations change from time to time and get reconnected. There was also a time when there was no S3. Basically they try to accommodate the S8 to always go to the airport to not confuse visitors. - The S2 branch to Altomünster got only recently electrified. Before that it was served by the A train which was basically a weird diesel regional train but still part of the S-Bahn system. - The S7 is probably the most under-developed S-Bahn line on the outskirts and leaves the core the earliest together with the BOB private regional trains which stop at a common platform at Donnersberger Brücke. This line is also very known for more delays than another. - While the S8 technically runs 24/7 there are just a few trains at night (from central station: 0:15, 0:55, 1:35, 2:35, 3:15) - About the number of trains per hour both S-Bahn and U-Bahn cores are at the upper limit with 30 an hour considering that those trains have to merge and delays have huge knock on effects resulting often to very irregular service at the end of peak hours. That's a main reason why the new tunnels through the center are so important to give more capacity through the chokepoints and reduce interlining. - The S-Bahn corridor has a major chokepoint problem. Pretty often there are problems and then the whole network collapses (we call it Stammstreckenstörung). Oftentimes then S-Bahns terminate early at Pasing or end at the central station proper (above ground) like normal regional trains. - The second S-Bahn corridor can be a huge relief as an alternative route but it just got delayed until 2037 (instead of 2028). - A Ring S-Bahn is discussed a lot but has major problems. The Nordring are narrow industrial tracks that are far away from other U-Bahn stations and therefore discourage interchanges. The South ring is already very heavily trafficked by trains going eastwards and will see even more cargo trains once the Brenner tunnel to Italy is finished. - The U9 project also includes a connection to the U2 before Hauptbahnhof. This would allow a line split similar to the U3/U9 through a new tunnel via Goetheplatz & Baldeplatz to Kolumbusplatz. They even have 4 platforms at the new additional Hauptbahnhof station for that reason but it's not likely to happen until the 2050s. - Fun fact: You can open the double doors individually on A-trains but not B-trains U-Bahns. You can also differentiate them by their seat color (blue vs. brown) - While many homes at Am Moosfeld are single-family homes many are also semi-detached houses or contain multiple units although looking like one house. Also this area is known for the many brothels on the other side of the park next to the station. - During major conventions (especially bauma) the U7 is operating the whole day but goes to Messestadt Ost instead of Neuperlach Zentrum) - The Olympiapark is at wrong location (1:36). The location you show is Nymphenburger Park that belongs to the city castle. - Besides the Messe, Olympic Park & Allianz Arena there's a fourth major event destination: Theresienwiese where every year the Oktoberfest and smaller festivals take place. During Oktoberfest peak the stations have to be closed sometimes because of overcrowding. This U4/U5 station is planned to get extended to four platforms to better handle peak traffic (similar to Olympiazentrum and Fröttmaning). However it's also reachable via U3/U6 Goetheplatz or with a longer walk directly from the S-Bahn station Hackerbrücke. The new U9 will also get a new station at Theresienwiese to ease the overcrowding. I hope you enjoy Munich and our railway infrastructure when you visit which is great when it works!

Munich has one of the most efficient systems of any major city that I’ve ever traveled. I went there a few years ago for work and had to travel all throughout the city, and I felt like I never waited more than 10 minutes for a train or had to travel more than 20 minutes to get to any of my destinations. It literally made Munich feel really small.

The tiered transport system in Germany (DB Rail-SBahn-UBahn-trams-buses-bike/ped) just works so well, especially in Munich.

A fun fact about the S-Bahn trains, especially about the old ones is, that originally they had already been taken out of service in Munich, but due to a massive shortage of trains (and no new trains coming in the near future) the old S-Bahn train sets had to be brought back to Munich (from the Rhein-Rhur area, because they had better planning and therefore now have new trains) to help alleviate the problem with having too few trains.

Munichs U-Bahn also has a sibling-system in the nearby city of Nürnberg, with a population of only 500k. They were built at the same time and used to share their vehicles for different events.

1:35 That's Nymphenburg Palace/Park, not the Olympic Park 😉🤣

I think Munich has one of the best metro station designs in Europe, I love this metro system!

An interesting note for the core trunk line - to allow for the two minute headways with SEVEN different services sharing the track, the S-Bahn core actually uses LZB signalling - the same in-cab signalling used on Germanys mainline high-speed lines. Which makes the S-Bahn trains quite complex in what they have to do - they have to cope with the brutal life of the constant stop/start services of a commuter network, require an old (and with ETCS now outdated) incab signalling system introduced in the 1970s, travel gradients of 4% on the tunnel ramps AND are of a special 96cm high floor design incompatible with other mainline services.

As always: great video! Living in the suburbs, there are two major issues with the s-Bahn: Reliability: if something goes wrong in the central tunnel, every single s-Bahn branch stalls. As the tunnel is operated at 3× the planned capacity, this is a frequent problem. Missing Ring Line: if you want to get to an nearby town on the neighboring branch, you need to ride to the city first. So a < 15 minutes car drive takes sometimes 1¼ hours via S-Bahn/public transport.

My hometown! Thank you for making this video :) The cross platform transfer between U2 and U5 at Innsbrucker Ring is great, I used it every day on my commute to school back in the day. And one thing I also want to note is the unique architectural design of most of the U-Bahn stations. The oldest stations in the network still have a standardised design but later on, different architects would create entirely unique designs for every station. If you use the system long enough you won't even have to look at any signs to know where you are. I would link a list of all stations with pictures but RU-vid seems to auto-delete comments with links. But I encourage everyone to look it up themselves, some of these stations are really beautiful in my opinion.

I, Roger Sexton, first visited Munich in 1976. It was the first time I had visited a city of more than a million population outside Britain! I was totally overwhelmed by the high quality of the public transport, S-Bahn, U-Bahn, Trams and Buses. And all of it integrated by the wonderful 'Verkehrsverbund'. One ticket system for all four modes. I thought then, 'Comparable British metropolitan areas such as Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow need a system like this.' Nearly fifty years later i am still waiting!

I live in the north of Bavaria and went to Munich this summer. I really liked the old model of the U-Bahn. It is like time-travelling back to the 70s

1:36 the Olympic parc is not where it is marked on the map. At the point is Nymphenburger Schloss.

The first experience I had with European public transit came in my Grade 12 year on a school trip in the late 80s. As a kid who grew up east of Toronto and was used to the Go Train slowly pulling into Union, I was completely blown away with Munich. We took a train to Dachau and then went into Munich on what I guess was S2. My jaw dropped when we the train I was on entered the core and seamlessly moved through downtown stations. It seemed so simple but so effective to treat the train as a metro while in the core. I feel like the Deux Montagnes line of the REM will finally bring the same seamless movement through canadian city's downtown. Why isn't this pursued in North America as much?

It is also worth noting that Munich receives millions of tourists each year for the Oktoberfest, the venue being served by both U4 and U5 (Theresienwiese station). It's also fairly close to the main station so you can even walk there if you arrived by train.

I’m from Munich and must say I’m very happy with the network although there often are delays. Don’t forget the tram and bus lines, they are also very important.

As somebody actually living in Munich, excellent video! Only two things i realized only semi correct are, tons of Sbahn trainlines actually drive every 10 minutes so 6 trains per hour during rush hour. The other one is, most Sbahns actually don't run 24/7, they usually drive the last train around 1am and start again at 4am which can be VERY annoying at weekends if you are out to party with friends ^^ quite often you have to decide if you want to take the first or the last train :D

Note about the C type trains: They are split into two, the C1 and the C2, and although they look similar, they were built by different companies. You can tell them apart from the round headlights at the front which belong to the C1 and the passenger information displays which are way simpler in the C1. Also, the U6 goes outside of munich to serve Garching, making it the only U-Bahn line in munich to leave the city.

i cant believe you made a video about munich. i often thought about suggensting this city to you. What i really love about the trains here is how quiet they are (compared to much older systems like in Paris or london), espacially on the 2nd gen Type-C U-Bahn. By the way, there is also a good tram- and busservices worth mentioning.

What an amazing system. I really like the class 423, even though its not a unique rolling stock to Munich as you said. Public Transport across the whole Germany looks super consistent, making way finding easy. Perhaps a video on this could be interesting.

Fantastic video Reece. I used to live in Munich for about 8 years and have fond memories of the U-Bahn/S-Bahn system. Used to live next to Ostbahnhof and took the S-Bahn to Fasanenpark to work every day. A few remarks: - The Oktoberfest is another major annual event which stress tests the system to its limits at peak times when crowd managers and U-Bahn personnel have to “whip” visitors thru the Theresenwiese station, preventing from dangerous congestion. - The single trackage in some of the suburban areas of the main rail and S-Bahn system has caused quite a few accidents with fatalities in recent years. E.g. two S Bahn trains of the S7 collided head-on this year with 1 casualty…

The things I love most about the Munich Metro are the great cross platform transfers, and the very beautiful stations.

In my impression, the biggest problem of the Munich U-Bahn is the combination of lines in the city center. Essentially, you can get at most 4 trains per 10 minutes and direction through each of these central tunnels, making it impossible to have intervals shorter than 5 minutes on the outside branches. This is particularly bad on the U1/U2 north branches and U3/U6 during rush hours. On the U1/U2 south branches, this is solved via having U1 on a 10 min interval so there is an additional train for some of the U2 line (U7), but it causes an irregular interval.

Something to note about the Messe site: It used to be the location of Munich's old airport, named "München-Riem". The airport was closed down in 1992 and replaced with the current airport named "München Franz Josef Strauß" (after the Bavarian politician) south of Freising and converted into the exhibition grounds. My guess as to why the housing around Moosfeld station looks the way it does is because it used to be an independent municipality that was integrated into the city over time. Also, a few of these houses may actually be home to more than one family - usually you can see whether or not that is the case by checking if more than one doorbell and mailbox is present. A lot of houses in rural Bavaria look like single-family homes from the outside, but have a shared entrance for two parties, splitting the living areas on floors!

A Munich citizen here: On 1:51 The taller building on the left of this moment in the video, the BMW-headquarter ironically is called "Vierzylinder" (Four-cylinder like in most car engines). The smaller on the right, the BMW-Musum ironically is called the "Salatschüssel" (Salad bowl). I as a Munich citizen loves when my home city is mentioned in videos like yours. I live there since 1981 and I never needed a car in my whole life thanks to the Munich public transportation network which, consist of: - The U-Bahnen. Mentioned in depth in your video. - The S-Bahnen. Mentioned in depth in your video. - The Tram, a surface short train system, slower as the U-Bahn but with more stops, mostly reliable but it may have some delays in the winter. - the Busses. The most flexible one and the one withthe most lines. - And the Taxi. the fully flexible system. As a Munich I often joke that I don't need a car since I have these large mostly blue vehicles with my personal cauffeur ready. 😁

Maybe an interesting fact. The S3 westbound towards Mammendorf travels along one of the oldest rail corridors in Germany as well as the world. The line up to Olching was finished in October 1839 leading later to Augsburg.

and Munich has a fairly big tram network too and parts of the S-Bahn are also served by regional rail which then kinda act like express routes

I live in Munich and use both the S-Bahn and the metro for my daily commute. The fact that you don't have to change trains for the majority of the city center makes it easy to use, although the downside is that if a train has a delay entering this section, all other trains that would come after this one have to wait until the delayed one arrives. This limits the capacity, especially if for example there is a disruption. Then all of a sudden all commuters try to board other trains that then can't drive because they're to full. But as you said there are ideas to start service for a Ring Bahn, or to let the trains enter in the order they arrive at the tunnel an not the order of the schedule, including the extension of the metro Wich would drastically increase the capacity at rush hours.

visited Munich when I was 17 and was floored by how intermodal Germany was while still being a very car centric society.

I once went to Munich for a day, because I had things to do there, and it was great. I really enjoyed just going around the city on U-Bahn and S-Bahn. It was surprisingly relaxing.

A few fun facts: - The U6 northernmost terminus serves a university campus (hence the name Forschungszentrum -> research campus) and one of Europes fastest expanding business parks (at Garching Hochbrück, two stops before the terminus). There are 30k people commuting to the research campus everyday alone; and we finally have a 5 minute headway during peak hours. Gives you some perspective. - The S-Bahn ring was one alternative proposed to the second S-Bahn city tunnel (2. Stammstrecke). It was a political decision not to build it, because the much more expensive second tunnel has the better short term outcome. If you ask me, it won't be long before we have both. U6 Trains are crowded at Marienplatz to a point where it isn't funny anymore, and the headway cannot be increased because of shared tracks with U3. U9 will alleviate some of this, but shoving even more people into the city center isn't sustainable. Ah, we'll see. - The class 420 trains shown in the video aren't original to Munich - they were originally delivered to Stuttgart. 420 001 (the first ever built) was actually rolling in Munich until its decommission; the 420 series came back some 10 years later as upgrade units from Stuttgart when Munich needed trains to supplement their stock during the refurbishment of the class 423. The 420s got new safety equipment to be allowed into the city tunnel and some other things, like improved signage and LED lighting. - The signal tower at Ostbahnhof responsible for the signals in the S-Bahn tunnel and line to Pasing is typically out of operation at least once per day during rush-hour. It's an old system from the 70s that gets replaced by a new one at the moment, but the outages have become so frequent that a major newspaper (Süddeutsche) has coined the term Störwerk as a play on the german word Stellwerk (signal tower).

As someone who regularly commutes to the Munich city center, I can say that the s and u bahn systems are absolutely amazing. Everything is so organised and it is fascinating to see everything working smoothly with no hiccups. There is also an extensive bus and tram system. Honestly, you don't need a car in Munich. You can either bike everywhere or use the public transport because it is so efficient

Thank you for the video! Living in Munich has spoiled me and I haven't actually took the time to appreciate how great the system is and instead been complaining a lot about delays haha. Also worth mentioning would be the Munich Oktoberfest where the system is stress tested every year moving millions of drunk visitors. Frankly I find it to be a miracle that can manage such a thing.

Finally, Munich. Thank you for making a video about Munich public transportation. I was born and raised there and when I was a child I was using ubahn and sbahn basically every day. That's probably the reason I have such an interest in trains, especially in public transport trains. In my opinion, Munich has one of the best public transport networks in the entire world, with the most beautiful trains and stations. Munich and its trains are kind of childhood memories for me.

My favourite transit youtuber made a video about the transit network of my hometown. I don't think my day can get any better than this! XD

Can you please do a video about the Stadtbahn Rhein Ruhr? It's the largest lightrail system in the entire world and there are many interesting aspects about it, simply the fact that it operates in 16 cities is just stunning. Anyway, keep up your great work, I really appreciate the effort you put in videos like this. Greets from Krefeld and have a great day!

Rode all the different public transportation while in the city. I loved that there was a U-bahn, S-bahn or tram literally just a walk away from where I was staying and where I wanted to go. Plus it was pretty clean compared to other cities.

Thanks for the video! I was hoping for a video on Munich for a while and this did not disappoint :D

Can remember being in Munich when the Central corridor was being built. Central Munich was basically one big building site. Have since used the local transport there 100's of times; always very efficient. 20 minute tact on most of the S-Bahn.

i always love when you upload videos about germany ❤

I LOVE YOU, I was SO hyped when I read "Munich" since I always wanted to see a vid from you talking about Munich ☺️☺️☺️

I live in Munich and mainly appreciate the U-Bahn system. It’s quite reliable and i effortlessly use it to get to work/uni. I currently don’t even feel the need to get a drivers license as long as i live in this wonderful city, thanks for the great video on it’s railway system. The buses and tram are also quite handy sometimes ;)

I lived in Munich in the late '90s and I thought one of the coolest things about the U-Bahn and S-Bahn system was that to go from any stop to any other stop on the entire network the maximum number of train changes you would have to make is one. It might have changed since then with adding of new branch lines but I spent hours checking this one and it was true. Nifty planning!

Some unknown facts how Munich's U-Bahn is related to Nuremberg's: Only because of the Olympics, the state of Bavaria funded the U-Bahn. There was money leftover, so the other Bavarian city could afford a "real" U-Bahn. Without Munich and the Olympics in 1972, we wouldn't have our U-Bahn. Munich and us used to share and exchange rolling stock throughout the decades. The trains were transported between the two cities via main line rail. The colours of the trains represent the local culture. Munich's trains are blue and white, as those are the colours of the Bavarian flag and they are Bavarian. Nuremberg's trains are red and white, as those are the colours of the Franconian flag. The oldest trains are still in service in Munich. In Nuremberg, they will officially be out of service by tomorrow.

Apart from my all time favorite Berlin (mostly because of the S-Bahn Ring, two central city corridors and large U-Bahn network), Munich has definitely the second best transit system in Germany. I always loved the star-like designs with branches diverging from the city center in all directions.

I would also like to mention that the Station Goetheplatz on the line U6, was originally intended as an S- Bahn station. However constrution was stopped during World War II. During the war, the station was then used as an air raid shelter. Traces of this period can still seen today.

Hi! This is so cool! Thank you! Its kinda exciting a couple months ago I was in Vienna(for exchange study) and you made a video about their transport system. I just arrived in Munich to do another exchange and saw this! What a coincidence! Love your vids

Just got back from Munich yesterday. I loved taking the metro there - we found ourselves using the U-Bahn a ton. It stops at every major place a visitor would want to see. The station at Allianz Arena is immaculate!

Thank you for this one🙏🏻 my time in München was what originally opened my eyes to just how good a transit system could be.

It was a pleasure working on this with you. 💪

Fantastich! Hab lang auf dieses Video gewartet!

Ah yes Munich S-Bahn the bane of my daily commute.

Greetings from Munich. Great research, great Video. I learned a lot about my own public transport here in MUC, thnx for that.

The reason the U6 (blue) goes so far north, way past the Allianzarena is because it serves the Technische Universität München Campus/Garching Forschungzentrum out there. In the mornings and evening, this terminus sees packed trains every couple minutes. During the day the frequency is reduced to ten minutes.

Thank you so much for making a video on this! I just moved to Munich for my studies, and I have to be honest: One of the reasons I chose Munich was because I fell in love with the C1 and C2 U-Bahn trains! I am very fascinated by public transport in general. Btw: One of the ongoing projects is building a brand new, very modern Central Station. See you soon in Munich! 👋

Do you also plan to make a video on the S- and U-Bahn of Hamburg? Altough it's also an impressive network going along with the networks of Berlin and Munic, the main reason for such a video would be to hear how you pronounce the stop "Kellinghusenstraße" (one excellent example for cross-platform transfers) ;) And if you do, don't forget to mention the Hafenfähre (harbour boats) as they are part fo the transit network.

Thank you for the Munich video. It and Chicago were my first exposures to good transit.

Great video and nice overview on the U/S-Bahn network. Looking forward to more videos and you exploring the tram and bus networks ;) Especially the bus lines are quite extensive, we have a wild mix of lines that go all across the city, including quite a few that serve as additional interconnects/"collectors" between U-Bahn stations/hubs.

I'm flying there in less than 2 weeks so this video was just in time!

Great video 😊

Thank you for doing a video about Munich, I was already hoping for that. :D I hope you'll do a video about the tram network as well :) A few additional interesting bits of information: - as others mentioned: the ET 420 aren't Munch's original 420, but were brought in from other cities when they replaced their own 420 cause Munich didn't want to switch to a third type of train yet - the city tunnel of the S-Bahn is one of the tunnels in Europe with the highest traffic - the city tunnel uses the LZB as signalling to allow for this high frequency and the 420 were updated with that system as well (when they were initially brought back they couldn't service the tunnel as they didn't have the LZB equipment) - the distance between the stations Hauptbahnhof and Karlsplatz is so short that a train leaving one towards the other but having to stop before entering the next station would still be partially inside the previous station - there has been a dedicated station at the Olympia Park for the S-Bahn which had been served by the S-Bahn as well as regional trains during the Olympic Games; the station still exists, but is no longer connected to the Northern part of the ring and is left to its own devices (quite some nice flora there ;) ) as it is part of the Olympic Park ensemble - a part of the U6 tunnel from Sendlinger Tor to Goetheplatz including Goetheplatz itself had been built during the Third Reich for the planned S-Bahn system which is why the platform of Goetheplatz is longer than those of the other U-Bahn stations and the tunnel towards Sendlinger Tor contains niches for overhead power line masts - the U-Bahn network is connected to DB's network between the stations Freimann and Studentenstadt - the U-Bahn trains have dedicated North and South ends and it's not trivially possible to swap these - the tunnels of U4/5 und U3/6 are connected by a service tunnel that runs below Theresienwiese - at the station Neuperlach Süd the U-Bahn and S-Bahn stop at the same platform - the U-Bahn uses LZB as well that allows for automatic driving once the driver pressed two buttons (no matter the train generation!) - the U6 is the only line that leaves the city perimeter (between Fröttmaning and Garching Hochbrück)

I do like the Munich public transport system. In addition to it's great U and S Bahn, it also has an extensive Tram network. However, the main drawback is that yu ALWAYS have to go through the center of the city. A Ringbahn would be awesome. Have fun in Munich once you are there. You will love it.

When thinking of German cities, I always think of Berlin first for having incredible transit - completely overlooking Munich - until now of course- the stations look amazing and the class 423s look great with their metallic red. Excellent coverage too by the network itself. Really love seen older rolling stock on the Ubahn. One thing that will be nice to see is a good ring line connecting all the radial lines.

I'm in Munich quite often, but this is the first time I've understood how the city works 😘

This video was like very good like wow ! Also somehow the editing was even better!

a great video as always!

Thank you for making a video about the public transport system in my hometown. Even though it has it flaws, it is still pretty excellent compared to some North American cities I visited. I just have a little remark on one of your maps: the map supposed to show the location of the Olympic park actually shows the Schlosspark of Schloss Nymphenburg, a castle in the west of the city. I hope that your trip to Munich will happen soon and that you will enjoy our city!

As someone who recently moved to Munich from Düsseldorf (which has a way more reliable S-Bahn system), I am frustrated by the fact that every single S-Bahn line has to run through the city center tunnel. It only has one track per direction which means that a single delay in there holds up all other trains behind it. Often a single malfunctioning door on a train can effectivly shut down the entire system running it that direction. The second tunnel would alleviate many of these problems but unfortunately the project faces massive delays and is not expected to be completed before 2035... In the mean time the city should really look into building a Ringbahn on the existing infrastrcuture to make the system more reliable. I do agree that the U-Bahn is really good though :)

As a regular rider: connectivity is great however S-Bahn frequency for anything outside the city center could be better especially as the trains are almost never on time during peak hours. Due to the 20 minute schedule it's often the decision of coming 5-10 minutes late or sitting around 15 minutes idly. There's also major disruptions nearly every week due to antiquated rail infrastructure and construction work in the central line. Also especially single ride tickets have become extremely expensive (and the ticketing system is very convoluted, most tourists don't get it). To ride from normal suburbs into the city center costs around 3 - 6€ per trip depending on how far out you live.

I wish everyone would talk as optimistic about our Bahn systems - this video was quite interesting! The concepts are great and having grown up with them, I can't imagine what Munisch would be like without them, however it is to be said that (especially talking about the S-Bahn) the execution isn't as good as the intention, with people losing hope for the second, deeper S-Bahn tunnel already, because sometimes, even wishing to just be able to ride the Bahn back home is expecting too much with trains being cancelled and being way too late. Great video, keep making that good content, you seem to have a lot of passion for it

I study in munich and get to my university every day with the S and U-Bahn, and I definitely learned some new things here. Great video 😁

Very nice and informative Video! In the summer holidays of 2022, I used the S-Bahn to the Airport. One day before, when we arrived in Munich, I went to the Hackerbrücke. Its a spectacular view! When you are in Munich, you have to get on the Hackerbrücke. There you can watch all tracks, which lead in and out of the Central station. I saw more than 5 trains moving at the same time and driving parallel to each other! This is the only Station in germany, where you can se so much trains so well from above. greetings from Dresden :)

The 20-minute base frequency, as well as going down to as little as hourly or even worse frequency on the further branches, feels really weird coming from Copenhagen where all lines are 10-minute operation at worst, with only four stations having lower service (every 20 minutes). The second S-Bahn tunnel will surely help a lot in improving service on the outlying branches.

Been to Munich a couple of times, since I live three hours of car away. Had an excellent experience with the metro, apart from a ticket machine not working. The St. Quirin station is very nice.

I would’ve never thought that you’d make a video of my home town, very cool

Good to finally see a video on Munich. I know Munich well and have travelled on the S1, S8 and the S6 out to Lake Starnberg numerous times. I think the main issue with the Munich S Bahn which you should have talked about more is lack of an 'express' service to the Airport (especially as Munich Airport has no proper intercity rail connection unlike Frankfurt Airport) at least on the S8 corridor although hopefully the 2nd tunnel will help fix this and there will be new express services as mooted on wikipedia. I have also travelled all the way from Salzburg to Munich Airport before and found the cross platform transfer at Ostbahnhof in that direction convenient though.

Hi there! Nice video as always! How about covering Prague someday? With its beautiful metro stations and incredibly extensive tram network, I believe it would make some interesting content! And what's more, there is a LOT happening in regard to Prague's city and regional rail, especially the projects related to the Airport S-Train. Oh, and trolleybusses are making a huge comeback as well!

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The Messe used to be Munich's former airport, which was moved to the Freisinger Moos (near Hallbergmoos) in the early 90s. Reason being that an aircraft crashed on a Tram in 1958. But there is a small design flaw: The new airport does not have a long distance train station, you always have to connect through Munich HBF and go either with the S8 or S1.

Having traveled all over western Europe, NYC, San Francisco, Washington DC, São Paulo, Istambul, New Dheli, Shanghai, and living in Munich 1 year, I tell you this: I've never seen a better public transport system. It's not only U-bahn and S-bahn, it has also a nicely integrated network of trams and buses. One thing could be mentioned: U-bahn, buses and trams are operated by the city's own company, MVG. S-bahn is owned by Deutsche Bahn, the national rail company, which lately has been affected by strikes while the MVG network keeps working.

I use the S-Bahn and U-Bahn in Munich everyday to commute from a smaller village outside of Munich to a school deep inside of Munich. The car trip would take an hour through very traffic heavy areas, however my train commute takes 50 minutes with good high speed wifi on board and always the right temperature in the cars. Im very thankful for the S-Bahn and i really enjoy using it just like all the other transportation services in Munich. Theyre amongst the best in Europe!

Fantastic thanks for sharing 👍

Can you make a video about Hamburg please? It has very impressive S-bahn network in top of the U-bahn

This Central Corridor for the S-Bahn is called "Stammstrecke" and the building of the "2 Stammstrecke" is delayed until 2036 and it startet 2016. The Deutsche Bahn😮‍💨

I'm happy that you cover the transit system of my home city

Hamburg next please!

The oldest S-Bahn type service is I think the North Clyde Line in Glasgow which opened in 1886 as the Glasgow City and District Railway. You could argue that the Hammersmith & City and District Lines in London were at one point S-Bahn type services, and while the initial stages opened earlier, through-city connections came later.

Good video, you just misplaced the Olympic Park on the Nymphenburg Park. But looking forward to your next videos about Munich ;)

i love the updated old S Bahn trains. The whole light conept and everything

Much to do while in Munich. It is very high class, like a Zurich or Bilbao or Nantes. Off center hotels are affordable.

Finally a vid about my home city. My grampa worked on the design of the tunnels I was told.

Speaking about German S-Bahn: The S-Bahn and U-Bahn systems of Stuttgart are quite interesting too. They have a lot of crazy stuffin there

I was just thinking how cool it'd be if you made a video about the transit system in my hometown Munich and surprise surprise! :D The U-Bahn there is my favourite out of all the metros I've tried because its so comfy and spacious.

the U-Bahn platform screen doors implementation is probably waiting until all of their fleet is replaced with the C stock. the A and B stock have a latch mechanism that you have to pull/crank by hand to open it, honestly one of my favourite parts of the Munich U Bahn lol

Great video! One minor correction: in the beginning, you place Olympiapark where Schloss Nymphenburg is

Munich also has nice Trams :)

Awesome, I am really excited for this! There's one thing I thought about after watching your video on cross platform transfers: The station Münchner Freiheit wastes a great opportunity for convenient cross platform transfers. You have easy transfers between U3 and U6 trains travelling in the same direction... But these trains share tracks from Giselastraße onward (travelling towards the center) anyways, so you could have same platform transfers there and wouldn't lose any time. But changing trains to the opposing direction happens at Münchner Freiheit a lot for people going to places like the Olympiazentrum, Allianz Arena or Garching. Unfortunately the escalators are a real chokepoint and the transfer time is quite short, so it's easy to miss your connection doing that, especially if you're older or disabled. If you stay on the train until Giselastraße you would have cross Plattform transfers but you also have to wait for a later train. If they flipped the directions for one of these lines in the station you could have convenient cross platform transfers for trains in opposing directions at Münchner Freiheit and convenient same platform transfers for trains in the same direction one station later. I am not sure if the switches, signals and whatever else would allow this currently, but it would be a nice minor improvement.