München Süd station

• Munich -Rosenheim / Munich Suedring
• Munich - Unterbichl ( decommissioned)

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The Munich (South Station South Station also ) is a former goods station and the local train station in Munich. It lies on the south ring, which connects the railway station to the railroad station, in the north of the district Sendling in the slaughterhouse district. From the passenger station today there are no more buildings.

History

With the initiated at the May 1, 1871 railway line Munich - Mühldorf - Simbach was built on the beginning of double track line from Munich's main train station to Ostbahnhof an initially designated as Thalkirchen intermediate station, which bears the name München Süd since 1876. Early planning, here cleared only goods were discarded in favor of a full-blown, equipped with a prestigious reception station building. To bypass the central station configured as a terminal station here branched from a single-track line to Pasing, from 1893, the current double track south of Munich -München- Laim emerged.

The Munich Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft (LAG ) was built from 1891 Isartalbahn Munich Unterbichl, whose northern end point in 1892 the so-called Isartalbahnhof was southeast of the station München Süd. The initially proposed settlement at the level of Dreimühlenstraße, which provided for a crossing of state railway and LAG at the eastern end of the South Station, was rejected by the city of Munich. In the transport of a compound curve between the two stations that remained after stepwise 1964-1989 were carried out setting of the section between Munich and Isartalbahnhof Großhesselohe - Isartalbahnhof as siding of gas cogeneration South was born.

Freight traffic

Before the opening of the marshalling yard Munich -Laim (1892 /93) of the Munich South Station took over Zugbildungsaufgaben essential for long-distance freight transport routes to Simbach and railway Rosenheim and Salzburg. The local transhipment took a long time an important role in the food supply of the city of Munich, since 1878, the urban stockyard and 1912 the market hall were opened in the vicinity of South Station. The former is no longer supplied since the late 1980s on the track, while the wholesale market mainly refers only more bananas by train. The CHP Stadtwerke rarely Furthermore, it gives more oil in tank cars. Since the station still has many tracks himself, he is often used for parking of work trains.

Passenger

The opening of the subway station Poccistraße on May 28, 1978, the passenger was severely restricted. The passenger was transferred to the U -Bahn, which the approached by lines U3 and U6 breakpoint Poccistraße operated nearby. Since June 1, 1985 held at South Station no more passenger trains.

The former historic station building from 1870 was demolished in July 2005. Only the platforms are still partially in place.

Suggestions for guiding a second S- Bahn route via Munich Suedring saw not far from the old South Station before a new building with a link to the subway station Poccistraße. These plans in 2001 was rejected in favor of a second trunk line tunnel. However, critics of the tunnel continue to see the expansion of the Südring as an alternative. This, however, was officially based on several comparative studies, most recently in 2009, rejected. The construction of a new Regionalzughaltes Poccistraße will continue to pursue.