S-Bahn chaos in Munich: Advent closures hit passengers hard!

S-Bahn chaos in Munich: Advent closures hit passengers hard!

The Munich S-Bahn landscape will again be affected by extensive closures in the near future. The start of this measure fell on Friday, October 31st at 10:20 p.m. and will last until Monday, November 10th. The reason for these measures is the installation of switches and signals that are necessary to improve journeys between Pasing and Heimeranplatz. So reported merkur.de.

The impact on S-Bahn traffic is significant. The S1 will only run between Freising/Airport and Moosach and will require a transfer to the U3. The S2 runs every half hour between Petershausen and the main train station, but does not stop at Obermenzing. Exceptions are the S6, which runs through the entire main route, and the S2, which runs to Isartor.

Further closures and their effects

Aside from the current closures, there will also be further restrictions after the autumn holidays. On the weekend from November 15th, 4 a.m. to November 17th, no journeys on the main route are possible again. Particularly critical times lie ahead in the first two weekends of Advent, on December 1st and 8th. Here the S6 and a limited S2 are the only lines that can use the tunnel. The reasons for these Advent closures are varied: track work, cable laying and even bomb searches are necessary to ensure the safety and efficiency of the railway.

However, this has an unpleasant consequence for restaurants and stand operators in the city. Due to the closures and the associated restrictions, many of them expect fewer customers on Advent Sundays. Georg Lemke, spokesman for the city center landlords, comments on this situation and criticizes it as a “permanent situation”. Meanwhile, the S-Bahn is positively highlighted by Wolfgang Fischer of CityPartner because it plays an important role in customer transport.

Future closures in January

The news doesn't stop in November and December. Further restrictions are on the schedule for two weekends in January. In the period from January 10th to 13th and from January 18th to 19th, S-Bahn passengers will be affected again. There will be no trains between Hackerbrücke and Ostbahnhof or Ostbahnhof and Giesing/Trudering. All S-Bahn lines except the S7 are affected. This work is being carried out as part of explosive ordnance detection and the construction of a new platform underpass at the Ostbahnhof headtopics.com informed.

The timetable changes are extensive and require precise knowledge for travelers: In the future, the S1 will end at the main station and will not stop at Hackerbrücke, while the S2 between Hackerbrücke and Ostbahnhof will be completely eliminated. Overall, it is important to prepare for further possible outages over the course of the year, especially over the long Easter weekend.

It remains to be hoped that, despite these challenges, the Munich S-Bahn will remain a reliable means of transport in the coming period and that the constant improvement of the infrastructure will benefit travelers.