Munich Getting Around

Getting from Munich airport
Franz Josef Strauss International is Munich’s main airport, 18.5 miles to the north-east of the city centre. Suburban train lines – S1 from the east and S8 from the west part of the city – serve the airport. A magnetic levitation train (Transrapid), which will run at speeds of up to 400 km/h from the central station to the airport, is under consideration and could reduce travel time from the Hauptbahnhof to only 10 minutes, 30 minutes less than at present.

Public transport
Munich has one of the most comprehensive systems in the world, incorporating the Munich U-Bahn (subways), the Munich S-Bahn (suburban trains), trams and buses.

Railway
The main train station is Hauptbahnhof (Central Station), in the city centre, and there are two smaller mainline stations at Pasing, in the west of the city, and Munich Ostbahnhof in the east. All three are connected to the public transport system and serve as transportation hubs. Munich is connected to Nuremberg via Ingolstadt by a 300 km/h ICE high speed railway line.

Subway
The Munich U-Bahn is a subway system. The network is integrated in the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, MVV) and interconnected with the S-Bahn system. The network has 56.5 miles of active lines and 93 stations. Only one line, the U6, crosses the municipal border to the town of Garching. All operate completely below ground except for the U5 and U6 lines. Trains operate at intervals of 10 minutes, 5 minutes during peak hours. In the early morning and in the late evening, the interval is expanded to 20 minutes on most lines.

Suburban rail
The Munich S-Bahn network is a suburban railway system and, together with the U-Bahn, is the backbone of Munich’s public transport. The system was created by connecting the suburban rail services from the west of the city with those to the east, by means of a tunnel section from Hauptbahnhof in the west to Ostbahnhof in the east.

Cycling
It couldn't be simpler to navigate around by bike on a Munich city break as a growing number of cycle lanes are widely used throughout the city.

Taxis
Officially, licensed taxis in Munich charge fixed fares, graded according to a generally binding fare plan. There is a fixed basic charge of €2.70 to which a graded fare per kilometre is added. The price per kilometre is shown in units of €0.20.  Transport of guide dogs, wheelchairs, Zimmer frames, crutches and prams is free.

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