Munich Isartor station

Isartor
Through station
Location Munich, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 48°08′06″N 11°34′55″E / 48.13500°N 11.58194°E / 48.13500; 11.58194Coordinates: 48°08′06″N 11°34′55″E / 48.13500°N 11.58194°E / 48.13500; 11.58194
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Train operators S-Bahn München
Connections S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 6 S 7 S 8
Other information
Station code 4236
DS100 codeMIS[1]
IBNR8004131
Category4[2]
Website
History
Opened 1972
Traffic
Passengers 45,900 daily
Services
Preceding station   Munich S-Bahn   Following station
S 1S 2S 3S 4S 6S 7S 8
Location
Isartor
Location within Bavaria

Munich Isartor station is a station opened in 1972 on the Munich S-Bahn on the trunk line between Munich Central Station (German: Hauptbahnhof) and Munich East station (Ostbahnhof). It is located below Isartorplatz and the Thierschstraße/Zweibrückenstraße intersection in Munich and is named after the nearby Isartor city gate.[3] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[2]

Like all other stations on the trunk line, it has two entrances. The Western entrance leads to a vast mezzanine on the Altstadtring/Tal/Zweibrückenstraße intersection and the eastern entrance starts at the courtyard of the Breiterhof shopping arcade between Thierschstraße and Liebherrstraße.

Because the S-Bahn trunk line passes under the Isar between the stations of Isartor and Rosenheimerplatz just to the east of the station, both tubes are fitted with flood gates so that the tunnel can be sealed watertight, so that in the event of flooding of the Isar the stations lying to the west are not also flooded. There is no similar construction on the eastern side of the Isar because Rosenheimer Platz station is substantially higher than the Isar.

During the tunneling, the approximately 2,000 ton Isartor tower had to be supported by elaborate scaffolding in order to protect the site and the tower.

The station is one of the five underground stations of the S-Bahn trunk line that were built between 1966 and 1972. Unlike the other four, München Isartor is not a Haltepunkt (“halt point”, defined as having no sets of points), because it has four sets of points. These allow trains towards Munich East station and trains towards Donnersbergerbrücke to change between track 2 and track 1. Like Rosenheimerplatz station, Isartor station is a purely S-Bahn station without connection to the U-Bahn or long-distance services. Transfer facilities exist to tram lines 16 and 18[4] and to the bus route 132. In 2007, the station was used daily (Mon-Fri) by 45,900 passengers, entering, exiting and transferring. The platform is 210 metres long and 96 cm high.[5] The station is not barrier-free for the disabled. Isartor is also one of only two stations with their island platforms not arranged in Spanish solution, the other one is München Rosenheimer Platz.

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Map of the station area, showing S-Bahn, tram and bus stops" (PDF) (in German). MVV. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Munich tram network" (PDF). MVG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Platform information on München Isartor station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  • "Munich S-Bahn/U-Bahn line map" (PDF-file; 221 kB). MVV. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  • "Map of the station area, showing S-Bahn, tram and bus stops" (PDF-Datei; 80 kB) (in German). MVV. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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