München Karlsplatz is an underground S-Bahn

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...

 and U-Bahn

Munich 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...

 station below the Karlsplatz in central Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. It is one of the busiest stations in Munich, as it is located at the western end of Munich's Altstadt

Altstadt-Lehel

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 (Old Town).

Karlsplatz is also a stop on the Munich tramway

Munich Tramway

The Munich tramway is the tramway network for the city of Munich in Germany. Today it is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft and is known officially and colloquially as the Tram...

, located on the Altstadtring

Altstadtring

Altstadtring is located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany....

, the Old Town's periphery road. This stop is served by routes , , , , and .

The underground facilities were built as part of the S-Bahn tunnel through central Munich in the early 1970s.

Level 1

The first level, just below road level, is home to a large shopping mall

Shopping mall

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 which is due for renovation in the next years. Large shops have branches here, for instance Kaufhof or Woolworths

Woolworth GmbH

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.

Level 2

Level two has a branch of the Stadtsparkasse, a large local bank, as well as ticket counters and eateries.

Level 3

The third level holds the S-Bahn station with two tracks and three platforms, arranged in the Spanish solution

Spanish solution

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: The island platform

Island platform

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 is for boarding only and the side platforms are for disembarking. The lines S1, S2, S4, S5, S6, S7 and S8 call at this station.

Level 5

The fifth level holds the U-Bahn station with two tracks and two platforms. Lines U5 and U4 call here, travelling in north-west direction. The station is the deepest in the whole network and also has the longest escalator.