München Englschalking railway station
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München Englschalking is a Munich S-Bahn
railway station in the borough of Bogenhausen
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line U4 from Arabellapark
is planned to connect the station with Munich's U-Bahn network. Due to budget considerations, an alternative Stadtbahn
line is also considered.
mag-lev line from München Hauptbahnhof
to the Airport, it has proposed an alternative Express S-Bahn that should run along the tracks of the current S8 S-Bahn line.
To achieve a fast connection of airport and central station, the construction of a tunnel along the current tracks of the S8 has been proposed.
is considering the construction of a short S-Bahn tunnel to make the grade crossing at the station redundant as it constantly leads to traffic jams. Also, the long waiting times at the crossing hamper the development of the districts east of the railway line.
Alternatively, a bridge construction is considered.
Munich S-Bahn
The Munich S-Bahn is an electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for stadtschnellbahn , and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteristics of both rapid transit and commuter rail systems.The Munich S-Bahn network is operated by S-Bahn München, a subsidiary...
railway station in the borough of Bogenhausen
Bogenhausen
Bogenhausen is the 13th borough of Munich, Germany. It is the geographically largest borough of Munich and comprises the city's north-eastern quarter, reaching from the Isar on the eastern side of the Englischer Garten to the city limits, bordering on Unterföhring to the north, Aschheim to the east...
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Future development
There are a number of development plans for the railway station and its vicinity.U-Bahn extension
An extension of the Munich U-BahnMunich U-Bahn
The Munich U-Bahn system is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. "U-Bahn" is the German contraction for Untergrundbahn or "subway." It is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft...
line U4 from Arabellapark
Arabellapark (Munich U-Bahn)
Arabellapark is a Munich U-Bahn station in Bogenhausen borough. It is the eastern terminus of the U4. Arabellapark station is located in the Arabellapark district of Bogenhausen, a large housing and commercial district developed during the 1970s....
is planned to connect the station with Munich's U-Bahn network. Due to budget considerations, an alternative Stadtbahn
Stadtbahn
A ' is a tramway or light railway that includes segments built to rapid transit standards, usually as part of a process of conversion to a metro railway, mainly by the building of tunnels in the central city area....
line is also considered.
Munich Airport Express
As the Munich city government is opposed to plans of the Bavarian government to build a TransrapidTransrapid
Transrapid is a German high-speed monorail train using magnetic levitation. Based on a patent from 1934, planning of the Transrapid system started in 1969. The test facility for the system in Emsland, Germany was completed in 1987...
mag-lev line from München Hauptbahnhof
München Hauptbahnhof
Munich Central Station is the main railway station of the city of Munich in Germany. It is one of the three long distance train stations in Munich, the others being München-Pasing and München Ost. The station sees about 350,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in...
to the Airport, it has proposed an alternative Express S-Bahn that should run along the tracks of the current S8 S-Bahn line.
To achieve a fast connection of airport and central station, the construction of a tunnel along the current tracks of the S8 has been proposed.
Englschalking grade crossing
Independent of the city government's plans, Deutsche BahnDeutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
is considering the construction of a short S-Bahn tunnel to make the grade crossing at the station redundant as it constantly leads to traffic jams. Also, the long waiting times at the crossing hamper the development of the districts east of the railway line.
Alternatively, a bridge construction is considered.